To have a coordinates picker displayed on a form, you must add it to the template and then customize the field in the Field properties dialog box.
Before you begin
- Create an area. For more information, see Creating areas.
- Create a form.
Procedure
- In the fields toolbar, click the Coordinates picker () button, then click the area of the form where you want to add the coordinates picker.
- Click the edit () button beside the field.
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In the Field properties dialog box, customize the field:
- Name
- Enter a name for the field.
- Select areas
- Click the Select areas button, then select one or more areas that you want to be able to select in the form and click OK.
- Use a custom zone
- To use a custom zone instead of a selectable area, click the Define a custom zone button, then drop a pin on the map where you want your custom zone to be and click OK. When this option is selected, you can bind the form to a triggered source. When the form is bound to a triggered source, event coordinates are updated automatically.
- Color and border
- Choose colors to fill the field and for the border of the field, and set the thickness of the border.
- Searchable
- Select whether forms can be searched for by location in the Dynamic Log Book report task in Security Desk.
- Mandatory
- Select whether the field must be completed by the Security Desk operator.
- Size and position
- Indicates the size of the field, and its location on the form.
- Close the dialog box.
- Click Apply.
Parent topic: Designing the body of a form template