Topics

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Use this window to edit any settings concerning topics.

Buttons and their functions

Add New Topic Group

With this function, a new topic group can be added. Such a group enables a hierarchical structuring of the topic group and does not contain further datas itself. Different street types as Streets respectively Small Streets or Settlements are some of these possibilities:

As visible in the picture shown above, it's possible to create sub-groups (which are groups, assigned to another group). There are two possibilities to achieve this. The group, to which one the sub-group will be assigned is selected before clicking the button. Or: the sub-group is moved into the group to which one it's assigned, this can be done by "Drag and Drop" (hold the left mouse button) and holding at the same time the Shift key and moving now the selected items to the wanted group.
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If a group is wrongly moved to an other one, it can be removed by "Drag and Drop" or it can be moved back to the highest hierarchical level by clicking the button Move current item to top level

Important Advice

• The structuring by groups or sub-groups can have some impact on the possibilities of how the topic groups can be found and activated respectively deactivated by the user.

• If there is a big number of topic groups it's advisable to structure it and giving it a clear layout.

• A too excessive structuring can have a confusing impact on the user though. The best is, to find a compromise in the middle of the two poles.

• It's advisable to give clear and simple names to the topic groups as to make it possible for all the users to find the wanted datas without bigger problems.

• Logo-Users can give a feedback about what concerns the topic groups to enable a continously adjustment of the structuring and the naming corresponding to the user's needs.

Add New Topic

This button enables the user to select a topic already existing and is not there to create a new one. For this, it's not used very often.

When clicking, the window Configile Topics is opened where it's possible to navigate by using an existing configile or topic file (TPC-file with the ending *tpc). The wanted TPC-file is selected by the button Open or by double click and will be added to the list as a new entry.

Create new topic file for topic

To create a new topic file this button is used. The window Create New Topic will be opened. With this window, a name and an order, where to save the topic-file, can be assigned. Also the data-files are assigned by this function.

Important Advice

• If a topic group is selected when opening the window Create New Topic, the new topic file will be assigned to this selected group.

• After having created a new topic file, it has to be edited, using the button Edit topic file for current topic (look in next section.

Edit topic file for current topic

With this button, the currently selected topic file in the list can be edited. For this, the Window Edit topic file is opened.

Move current item to top level

With the help of this button, a currently selected entry in the list (a sub-group) can be moved to highest possible level of the hierarchy, to the top level.

Delete current item (including subitems)

This button deletes the entry currently selected in the list. The topic-file itself is no deleted when using this button.

Important Advice

• When deleting a group, all the sub-groups are deleted as well.

Only selected

If this button is activated, only the selected entries are shown in the list.

When clicking once more the button and deactivating it, all the entries are visible.

Add and remove WMS, SDE und PostGIS Server

This button opens the window Manage GIS Servers. From here you can add, configure, test or remove data and map servers.