This is an archive related to a previous version of Esri Maps for MicroStrategy. If you need the current version go to http://doc.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-microstrategy/.
Location Architect allows you to create relationships between attribute forms in your MicroStrategy project and ArcGIS location types such as Address, US State, or Country. These relationships, called location definitions, are stored in your model. Location definitions are used by Esri Maps for MicroStrategy at run time to automatically generate a map layer from the data in a report.
With Location Architect, you can create style definitions for any stylable element in your MicroStrategy project. A stylable element is any column in a BI dataset that contains attribute forms or metrics (for example, revenue, unit cost, or retailer type) for which style properties (for example, color, size, and grouping method) can be defined. When style properties are defined for a stylable element in your data, a style definition is created in the model.
A model created using Location Architect is made up of location definitions and can include style definitions. To learn more about location definitions and style definitions, see What is Location Architect?
To create a simple model, create one or more location definitions in Location Architect and save the model. You can also create style definitions, but this step is not necessary; a default style will be applied when the data is drawn on the map if no styles are defined explicitly.
To begin creating a model for your MicroStrategy project, start Location Architect from the project page.
Location Architect opens in a new browser window.
Create one or more location definitions for the model.
The Create new location definition wizard opens.
The location definition is listed in the Location definitions table, and a details page for the new location definition is displayed.
You can create style definitions for stylable elements in your data. At run time, if the report grid contains one or more stylable elements, Esri Maps for MicroStrategy uses the style definition corresponding to the rightmost stylable element in the grid when drawing the layer—or draws the layer using the default style if the stylable elements in the grid are not defined. If you create multiple style definitions in the model, all the defined stylable elements present in the report grid will be included in the list of styles available to apply to the map in Esri Maps for MicroStrategy.
When you create a style definition, you have the option of defining style properties for any of the three geography types—points, lines, or areas. If you choose not to explicitly define style properties for a geography type, default style properties will be applied for that type as needed when the layer is drawn on the map.
The attribute form or metric you chose is displayed in the Style definitions table and default style properties are applied.
Ensure that you save your model before closing Location Architect or your work will be lost.
Location Architect closes and the model is saved.