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Analyst's Notebook configuration options determine where addresses and coordinates are detected when entities are sent to a mapping surface.

Analyst's Notebook can be configured to restrict which entity properties it looks in for location information. Restricting the properties helps to improve mapping performance and can also ensure that specific data is used as the source of mapping information. For example, you might choose that Analyst's Notebook looks only for location information in labels and attributes because it is the standard place for your organization to store this type of information.

For successful mapping, entities must contain either coordinates or addresses.
Note: Coordinates or addresses are not required for links because their position is determined by the entities at each link end. Links are always plotted as a single line.
The following entity properties can be specified as holding location information:
  • Labels
  • Descriptions
  • Card summaries
  • Card descriptions
  • Attributes
  • Data records

Specify the properties to search in the Chart Items panel of the Options page in the Map Chart Items pane.

Coordinates

Coordinates can be entered as text (identified by a prefix and suffix) or as attribute values. For example, you might enter the coordinates in the description and the datum as an attribute value. If you do not want to use the standard LOC/ prefix and // suffix for text coordinates, you can change the values. On the Chart Items panel of the Options page, click Specify Details under the Labels, Descriptions and Cards check box.

When you enter multiple coordinates for the same entity, consider how the chart item is displayed on the map. Each mapped chart item is displayed with the same label appended with a number, and has the same description. This description might be confusing where a chart item has coordinates in the label, description, and card summary.

Addresses

Address information that can be converted by Analyst's Notebook into coordinate values can be added to a mapping surface.

Two ways of identifying addresses are available:

  • By using a prefix of ADDR/ and a suffix of //

    For example, ADDR/ My street, My city, My postal code//

    If you do not want to use the standard ADDR/ prefix and // suffix, you can change the values. On the Chart Items panel of the Options page, click Specify Details under the Labels, Descriptions and Cards check box.

  • By deriving it from the label, description, and card properties as a whole.
Note: If an address is converted into a coordinate, then the item is focused when you map it. A message is displayed if the address is not able to be converted.

Where an entity has multiple coordinates or addresses, at more than one location, then the entity is displayed at each of those locations on the map surface.