Creating a View

This topic describes how to create a view to track parameters that you specify for a set of devices. You select which devices to track, the data items or topics to watch, and how the map displays that information.

To create a new view:

From the main menu, select Live View.
In the View dropdown menu and select the Create New View icon.
The Configure View panel displays.
In the Name field, enter a unique name to identify the new view.
In the MobiControl Instance dropdown menu, select the instance of SOTI MobiControl you want the new view to use.
In the Platform dropdown menu, select Android, Windows, or Linux.

In the Filter section, select the Add Filter icon and then choose one of the following filter types:

Group
Location
Manufacturer
Device Name
Indoor Location

Use filters to target which devices to display in the view.

In the Filter section, select the Add Filter icon

Note: You can add as many filters as needed.


Filter	Description
Device	In the Configure Device Group panel, select the groups whose devices you want to add to the view.
Location	In the Configure Location panel, drag the top left and bottom right corners of the red rectangle to configure the location to monitor. Move and resize the red rectangle to select a specific area on the map.
Manufacturer	On the Configure Device Manufacturer panel, select the device manufacturers you want to add to the view.
Device Name	In the Configure Device Name panel, enter the name of a device to add to the view. You can filter the search using the Equals, Starts With and Contains radio buttons.
Indoor Location	In the Configure Indoor Location panel, select an indoor location to add to the view. To configure indoor locations, see Using Indoor Location.

In the Topics to Monitor section, select the Add Topics button.
The Add Topics panel displays.
Select from the Available topics column on the left and drag them to the Selected topics column on the right to choose the topics to be monitored. You can drag topics up or down in the Selected topics column to change their order.

Note: Shared topic bundles you have created appear in the Available topics column. To create a new custom topic, select the Add Custom Topic/Event button. This opens the Add Custom Topic/Event Wizard. See the Shared Topic Bundles section for information on Creating a Shared Topic Bundle.

Note: The Selected topics are the topics that appear in the map view legend (see Displaying the Map Legend).

Note: The first three topics in the Selected topics column appear as regions of a device's icon on the map. This enables you to see the status of a device at a glance. You can see all other added topics by scrolling, or by opening the list.
Select the Flag Events checkbox to enter information about key events and optionally to draw a flag on top of the device icon on the map.
Select Save.

Assigning and Changing the Color of the Rings

The device icons shown in a view's map and list modes indicate the state of a device. The circle icon represents a device. The inner circle, or marble, is the center. The thicker layer is the disk, and the outer layer is the ring. Each part has meaning as determined by you.

You can edit the properties of the circles by highlighting a topic on the Selected list and then selecting Edit.

Edit topic panel showing options for color, min and max value and collection frequency.

The Edit Topic panel displays.

You can assign meaning to each color by defining a range during which the color displays. For example, the topic could represent the number of pallets of bottled water in a delivery truck.

Assume that this topic is at the top of the list, represented on the map by the inner marble. The marble shows green when the truck has between 80 and 100 cases of water. When the stock drops to 70 cases, the marble turns blue. If the stock drops below 24 cases, the marble turns red.

Use the Collection Frequency dropdown list to set how often the device sends topic data. Select a value from the Significant Change dropdown to choose an amount of change that must happen before the device sends data. This prevents transmission of every small change, thereby saving unnecessary data usage. You can configure this setting so that expected fluctuation does not generate data. In the example, if the truck's stock of bottled water drops by five cases between collection frequencies, the device sends data.