Synchronize Indoor Mapping map data with CMN location

  • Versão de lançamento: Australia
  • Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
  • 6 min. de leitura

    • Synchronize the CMN Locations and Location place types with Indoor Mapping map data, places, and place types.

    Antes de Iniciar

    Role required: admin

    Procedimento

    1. Make sure that you have configured Indoor Mapping locations, floor plan, and map object:
      • Add campus, building, and floors in Map studio. For more information, see Create a campus with buildings and floors.
      • Add floor plan to a floor. For more information, see and Manage CAD source files.
      • Add places in Map studio. For more information, see Manage places
      • Enable the Default view in the Indoor Mapping Map studio. In the Indoor Mapping select View editor > Default. Select All content.
        Nota:
        Enabling the default view in Indoor Mapping is a mandatory step. The Default view is required to render the floor maps in Workplace Service Delivery. For more information, see Edit with view editor.
    2. Navigate to Indoor Mapping > Campuses.
    3. From the Campus page, select a campus.
      For example: Demo campus
    4. To create a CMN campus, navigate to All > CMN Location and open the open the Location table (cmn_location) and select New.
    5. On the Location form, fill in the form fields:
      • Name: Name of the campus.
      • Street: Street where the campus is located.
      • City: Address of the campus.
      • State/Province: Stat where the campus resides.
      • Country: Country where the campus is located.
      • Parent: Parent-child hierarchy. For example, Campus is the Parent and Buildings belonging to a Campus will be the child. For more information, see Configure location migration hierarchy.
      • Latitude: Latitude coordinates of a campus location.
      • Longitude: Longitude coordinates of a campus location.
    6. Select Submit.
    7. Select and open the Demo Campus that you created in step 3.
    8. Select Synchronize with CMN Locations.
      Campus showing the Synchronize with CMN location button.
    9. On the synchronization record form, search and select the CMN campus that you created in step 5.

      Search and select a CMN campus on the Synchronization record form.

    10. Select Update to map the Indoor Mapping campus with the CMN campus.
      The location record is updated in the CMN Locations table.
    11. Opcional: Navigate to All > Tables and search for the synchronization record.

      Make sure that the Indoor Mapping campus name matches with the CMN Location Campus.

    12. Navigate to Indoor Mapping > Campuses.
    13. Select the Indoor Mapping campus that you want to synchronize.
    14. Select Indoor Map / CMN Location Synchronization to run the sync script.
    15. The synchronization record form synchronizes the campus and moves to synchronize the buildings in a campus and shows the following prefilled data.
      Tabela 1. Indoor Map / CMN Location Synchronization
      Indoor Map Campus Name of the Indoor Mapping campus is selected by default.
      CMN Location Campus Name of the CMN Location campus is selected by default.
      State Building
      Domain Global
    16. From the Building related list, select an operation from the Operation column and right-click to change the suggested operation.

      Building synchronization page showing the proposed Create operation.

      Following options are available:
      • Create: Indicates that a corresponding CMN building doesn’t exist in Indoor Mapping, and a new record should be created. The location name used in CMN location should match with the the location name in Indoor Mapping.
      • Link: Indicates that a matching record from CMN location is found in Indoor Mapping. Select this option to link the CMN building with Indoor Mapping.
      • Ignore: Indicates that the CMN location can be ignored and won't be available in Indoor Mapping.
      • Keep: Indicates that the CMN location is already linked to a corresponding record in Indoor Mapping. This record can’t be changed in the synchronization process.
    17. Select Apply & Next.
    18. If you selected Create operation in Step 16, a building is created in the CMN location and the status is shown as Queued.
      The synchronization is executed according to the selection operation (Create, Link, Keep, or Ignore).
      Nota:
      The synchronization process is executed and the operation is Queued till it completes. A synchronization operation must complete before starting a new one. Don't select Update as synchronization of location records at this stage is incomplete. Wait for the operation to complete or till the page is refreshed with status Complete.

      Synchronization script synchronizes the Indoor Mapping buildings with CMN buildings.

    19. Opcional: Select Refresh to refresh the page and see if synchronization is complete for a building.
    20. Synchronization state moves to Floors.
      Tabela 2. Indoor Map / CMN Location Synchronization
      Indoor Map Campus Name of the Indoor Mapping campus is selected by default.
      CMN Location Campus Name of the CMN Location campus is selected by default.
      State Floor
      Domain Global

      Sync Script synchronizes the Indoor Maps Floors with CMN Location Floors records.

    21. Select the Floors that you want to synchronize.
      Select the required operation from the proposed operation (Create, Link, Keep, Ignore) from the Related list.
    22. Select Apply & Next.
      Nota:
      The synchronization process is executed as per the proposed operation (Create, Link, Keep, or Ignore). Wait till the operation completes and is queued. A synchronization operation must be complete before starting a new one. Don' select Update as synchronization at this stage is incomplete.
    23. Synchronization state moves to Type synchronize Indoor Mapping Place types with CMN Location Place types.
      Tabela 3. Indoor Map / CMN Location Synchronization
      Indoor Map Campus Name of the Indoor Mapping campus is selected by default.
      CMN Location Campus Name of the CMN Location campus is selected by default.
      State Type
      Domain Global

      Synchronization of CMN places with Indoor Mapping Place types.

      Select the required operation from the proposed operation (Create, Link, Keep, Ignore) from the Related list.

      If the CMN Location Place Type column is empty, create a CMN Location Place Type to map it to corresponding Indoor Mapping Place Types. For more information, see Add CMN locations and map it to Indoor Mapping Place types.

      Create CMN Location Place Type if they are missing while running the sync script.

    24. Select Apply & Next.
      Nota:
      The synchronization process is executed as per the proposed operation. A synchronization operation must be complete before starting a new one. Don' select Update as synchronization at this stage is incomplete. Wait for the operation to complete.
    25. The Synchronization state moves to Places.
      Tabela 4. Indoor Map / CMN Location Synchronization
      Indoor Map Campus Name of the Indoor Mapping campus is selected by default.
      CMN Location Campus Name of the CMN Location campus is selected by default.
      State Places
      Domain Global

      Select the required operation from the proposed operation (Create, Link, Keep, Ignore) from the Related list.

      Nota:
      The synchronization process is executed as per the proposed operation. Wait till the operation completes. Remaining Operations shows the progress of the synchronization process. A synchronization operation must be complete before starting a new one. Don' select Update as synchronization at this stage is incomplete. Wait for the operation to complete.
    26. Synchronization moves to Complete when all location records are synchronized.
    27. After synchronization is complete, verify that the CMN location Campus, buildings, Floors and Places are synchronized.
      1. To verify that the Place Types are linked, navigate to the Indoor Mapping Campus that you created in step 1 (Demo campus) and open the campus form.
      2. Notice that the Location field is having the Campus name Demo Campus.
        This is a reference to the Campus in CMN location and shows that the Indoor Mapping campus is linked to the CMN location.
      3. The Unlink Campus tab is available after the synchronization is complete and the Indoor Mapping map object is linked to the CMN location indicating that the linking is complete.

        Unlinking a campus unlinks all the buildings associated with a campus. Unlinking a building unlinks all the floors and spaces associated with a building. Unlinking a floor unlinks the spaces associated with a floor.

    28. When the records are fully synchronized, the CMN Locations table shows the Location source column as Indoor Mapping.

      Locations table.

    29. Opcional: To make a synchronization record as favorite, complete the steps.
      1. Select the List controls icon (List controls icon.) and select Create favorite to easily locate your sync record.
      2. Select a color, if required.
      3. Select Ok.

      For more information about synchronizing Indoor Mapping locations with Workplace Indoor Mapping, see Synchronize Indoor Mapping with Workplace Service Delivery.

    30. To add a place or location to an Indoor Mapping building, navigate to All > Indoor Mapping > Map Studio.
      1. Select the building to add a place or location.
      2. Select Manage places.
      3. Select the floor to be displayed on a map.
      4. Click New point or New polygon to start creating places and new points of interest.

      For more information, see Manage places.

    31. After adding the places or locations in Indoor Mapping Map Studio, synchronize the places with CMN locations for a building or campus.