Set up the extension
The following screenshot appears on the last step of the setup wizard for QB Maps.
Following is a summary of the fields on the form:
Select Address Table—This is the table that has locations of all the markers stored. Once you select this table, the other drop-downs are populated with the fields from that table.
Note
Select the table before setting any other field on the form.
Field containing name of the location—The value in this field, for each marker, is displayed in the location list and on the marker info window that pops up whenever a location on the map is selected.
These fields are necessary for generating an address that can be geocoded to get the latitude and longitude of that location.
Note
Selecting a field with type Address in the Address dropdown automatically populates the city, state, and zip code drop-downs with appropriate values. You have the option of changing the auto-selected values.
Custom fields that appear on the info window—These are the three fields whose data appears on the info window or the popup window that appears whenever a marker is selected. See a sample of a populated info window.
The map dimensions—These are not required for QB Maps version 6.0 and earlier. Users have the option of leaving these unselected or setting them to default values.
Creating a filter—The structure of a filter is as follows: {<fid>.<condition>.<value>}. The query builder in the setup form lets you build simple filters. The field can be selected from the Select a field dropdown, and the condition from the second dropdown. By selecting either of the radio buttons, the filter can be set to compare the selected field with either a static value or a column from the table (by selecting the second option).
Note
Currently, multiple filter conditions can only be combined using AND.
