Calling Map Pages from UI Actions etc and passing parameters

[Ian Elrick1]

Hi

I am keen to start making use of some of the google maps functionality in map pages. 

I understand where to put the script etc but am struggling to see:

1. How do I pass parameters to the map page script to allow me to gliderec based on ticket number/ affected users/affected items etc to highlight these on a map. 

2. How do I call the map page functionality from a UI action button?

Thanks in advance

[Ben Collyer]

Hi Ian,

In your UI Action you need to make Client = true.  In "onClick" put in the name of your client side function like: "doClientSide();".  In the script 

function doClientSide(){
  var dialog = new GlideDialogWindow('UI_Page_Name_Goes_Here');
  dialog.setTitle('Page title goes here'); //Set the dialog title
  dialog.setPreference('current_sys_id', g_list.getChecked().toString()); 
  dialog.render(); //Open the dialog
}

In your UI Page set the HTML to something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<j:jelly trim="false" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:g="glide" xmlns:j2="null" xmlns:g2="null">
	
	<g:evaluate var="jvar_sys_id" expression="RP.getWindowProperties().get('current_sys_id')" />
	
	<g:evaluate var="iframe_url" jelly="true">
		var session = gs.getSession();
		session.putClientData('workOrdersList', '' + RP.getWindowProperties().get('current_sys_id'));
		
		var iframe_url = "$map_page_primary.do?sysparm_sys_id=a18ac018dba97b806fb6403c3a96190a$[AMP]sysparm_stack=no";
		iframe_url;
	</g:evaluate>
	
	<div style="width:800px; height:600px;">
			<iframe frameborder="0" name="map_frame" id="map_frame" width="100%" height="98%" src="${iframe_url}" />
		</div>
	
</j:jelly>

You'll need to replace the "sysparm_sys_id" part with the sys_id of your Map Page.  Your map page script will look something like:

var session = gs.getSession();
var workOrdersList = session.getClientData('workOrdersList');

(function() {
	var grWO = new GlideRecord('wm_order');
	grWO.addEncodedQuery('sys_idIN' + workOrdersList);
	grWO.query();
	
	while (grWO.next()) {
		//get the current record's location
		var loc = grWO.location;

		// create new map item for this WO
		var item = map.addItem(grWO);

		// set lat/long
		item.latitude  = loc.latitude;
		item.longitude = loc.longitude;
		
		//build the html value to be displayed when you click the map icon
		item.html = _buildWOTHTML(grWO, loc);
		
		//set the size of the icon
		item.icon_width = 10;
		item.icon_height = 10;
	}
	
	/**
	* Inner function to build HTML box for WO entry
	*/
	function _buildWOTHTML(gr, loc) {
		var s = [];
		s.push("<a href='/nav_to.do?uri=wm_order.do?sys_id=" + gr.sys_id + "' target='_blank'>" + gr.number + "</a>");
		s.push("State: <b>"+ gr.getDisplayValue('state') + "</b>");
		s.push("Assigned to: <b>"+ gr.assigned_to.name + "</b>");
		s.push("SLA due: <b>" + gr.getDisplayValue('sla_due') + "</b>");
		s.push("Scheduled start: <b>" + gr.getDisplayValue('expected_start') + "</b>");

		return s.join("<br/>");
	}
})();

I'm yet to discover a better way of passing through values to a Map Page and the documentation of functions with in Map Pages isn't very good.

I hope this helps.

Ben.

[Shamma Negi]

Same thing i had to do but couldn't find much on map pages. Hence i did this by copying the sysid in user preference and from there i passed it to map page. Hope this helps