VCC: Creating a Saved View in Visual Command Center

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Topic

Creating a Saved View

Description

Follow along and create a saved view.

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1. Review Map

Saved views are helpful when you want to monitor a specific area or event. To do so, pan and zoom the map to a particular area. Or, type a location in the search bar.

Review Map

2. Choose Location

For this example, I will search for New York City.

Choose Location

3. Find Location

 

Find Location

4. Select Location

And select it from the search results. Once selected, the map will move to this location.

Select Location

5. Enable Alerts

Enable the Alerts feed.

Enable Alerts

6. Context Feed

Open the Context feed and scroll down.

Context Feed

7. Traffic Cameras

And enable the Traffic Cameras Feed. Now we can see any generated Alerts as well as Traffic Cameras as we visualize New York City.

Traffic Cameras

8. Review Selections

Since I will be looking at New York City Traffic often, I want to be able to come back to this view. Instead of having to re-select these elements each time, I can save this combination into a saved view for quick navigation.

Review Selections

9. Open Menu

To do so, let's create our saved view. Click the three dot menu.

Open Menu

10. Saved Views

And select Saved Views.

Saved Views

11. Create View

Click New.

Create View

12. Enter Name

And give it a name. For this example I will name it "New York City Traffic".

Enter Name

13. Enable View

Select the "Visible to others" checkbox so that others can use it, too.

Enable View

14. Click Save

And finally, click save.

Click Save

15. Close Overlay

Your saved view is now available for use. Close out of the overlay window to test it.

Close Overlay

16. Navigate

Navigate to a new location.

Navigate

17. Move Map

For this test I will navigate to California.

Move Map

18. Find Location

Find Location

19. Select Location

Select Location

20. Review Location

Now that we are in a new location, we can test the New York City saved view.

Review Location

21. Open Menu

Click the three dot menu.

Open Menu

22. Saved Views

And select Saved Views.

Saved Views

23. Launch View

Click "Go" to launch the saved view.

Launch View

24. Review Map

And see that you are transported back to New York City with the Alerts and Traffic cameras enabled.

Review Map

Congratulations on creating a saved view!

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