Individual Device Tracking

There are three ways to track an individual device: Automatic, Heat, and Spot tracking. You can simultaneously track multiple individual devices using any of these tracking modes.

You can configure tracking for individual devices using the Control Panel dialog.

To access the Control Panel:

Follow steps 1 through 3 in Starting a View from the Starting a Live View Session section.
Select the Control Panel icon.
Enable tracking for an individual device by selecting the Track Device icon associated with the device.
The Tracking Style panel displays.
Select one of the following tracking styles: Automatic, Heat, or Spot. Select Off to turn tracking off.

See the descriptions below for each tracking type.

Note: After selecting Save in the Tracking Style panel, you must select Apply in the Control Panel for your changes to take effect.

Note: Devices that have tracking enabled have a colored dot to the left of the device name in the Control Panel.

Devices with tracking enabled

Note: When device tracking is enabled, a two-hour buffer of previous tracking data for the device is available. You can adjust the buffer in the Tracking Time Period section of the Tracking Style panel.

The Tracking Time Period section of the Tracking Style panel

Automatic Tracking

This tracking style automatically selects the tracking color. Live View picks a color for the track of the device selected. The color of the track is arbitrary and does not have meaning.

To select automatic tracking:

In the Tracking Style panel, select Automatic.
Select Save.

Heat Tracking

Heat tracking shows a continuous line of different colors, based on the chosen topic and the colors shown in the map legend (see Displaying the Map Legend).

To select heat tracking:

In the Tracking Style panel, select Heat.
Select a topic in the Topics section. Live View uses the tracking color associated with the selected topic to track the device.

Note: You must select a topic to enable heat tracking.
Select Save.
The following example street view map shows heat tracking enabled for a device with the Delivery Status topic selected for the tracking color. The Tracking Legend part of the map legend indicates the delivery status for the tracked device in red, green, and blue.

Spot Tracking

This option displays tracking with separate, color coded-spots, based on the chosen topic and the colors shown in the map legend (see Displaying the Map Legend).

To select heat tracking:

In the Tracking Style panel, select Spot.
Select a topic in the Topics section. Live View uses the tracking color associated with the selected topic to track the device.

Note: You must select a topic to enable spot tracking.
Select Save.
The following example shows spot tracking enabled for a device with the Signal topic used for the tracking color. The Tracking Legend part of the map indicates the delivery status for the tracked device in red, orange, and blue.

Excluding Individual Devices

You can remove devices from the view if you no longer want to track them or to reduce clutter.

To exclude devices from the view:

Select the Hide Device icon associated with the device.
The Edit Exclusion Filters panel displays.
In the Edit Exclusion Filters panel,
- select Off to turn off the exclusion filter for the device.
- select Exclude device to remove the device from the view.
- select Exclude by color to select a topic, and the color of the focus to exclude a device.
Select Exclude by color to remove devices of the chosen colors from the view.
Select the Add filter icon. The Add Filter Wizard panel displays.
Select a topic in the Add Filter Wizard panel and select Next. The Add Filter Wizard panel expands to include a list of colors associated with the selected topic.
Select one or more colors for the selected topic to exclude the device. When the device's topic turns the color of any of the selected colors, the device is removed from the view.
Select Save. The Edit Exclusion Filters panel displays, showing the selected topic and selected colors to use to exclude the device.
You can add more filters by performing steps 3 through 5 until you have used all available topics.
Select Save and, in the Control Panel, select Apply for your changes to take effect.

Note: You can edit or delete the exclusion filters by selecting the Edit or Delete icons in the Edit Exclusion Filters panel.