<%NUMBERING1%>.<%NUMBERING2%>.<%NUMBERING3%> PRTG Manual: Maps Step By Step

To create a new map, follow the steps in this section. In the PRTG web interface, click Maps in the main menu bar to show the Maps overview.

In this section:

• Step 1: Add Map
• Step 2: Add Map Items
• Step 3: View and Share
• Create Advanced Maps

This documentation refers to an administrator user accessing the PRTG web interface on a master node. If you use other user accounts, interfaces, or failover nodes, you might not see all of the options in the way described here. If you use a cluster installation, note that failover nodes are read-only by default.

When a user with administrative rights creates a new object, only other users with administrative rights can view or edit the new object by default. When a read/write user creates a new object, all members of the read/write user's primary group can view and edit the new object as well. This behavior applies to libraries, maps, reports, notification templates, and schedules.

For more information, see section Access Rights Management.

Step 1: Add Map

Hover over and select Add Map from the menu to add a map. An assistant appears. Enter a Map Name and define Map Layout settings (size and an optional background image). In the Public Access section, define the accessibility to your map without login.

For more information, see section Maps Settings (Settings).

Step 2: Add Map Items

• Click the Create button to open the Map Designer.
• Select an object from the device tree on the left.
• Drag and drop an object from the items list on the right to the main window of the Map Designer.
• The item immediately appears on the map.
• Define further properties of the item: mark it in the main window of the Map Designer and see section Properties on the right. Save your changes to the properties.
• Repeat this procedure as often as you wish until you have added all desired items to the map.
• Drag items to change their position. You can also draw connection lines between items and edit the items' properties.

For more information, see section Map Designer.

Step 3: View and Share

Click the View Map tab to see your map. If available for an object, you can click most object names as well as all sensors. It depends on the access rights of the object and the logged in user account if you can get more detailed information about the object or an error message indicating insufficient access rights.

Click the Get HTML tab to get the direct URL of your map that you can share with others. You can also add your map as dashboard to the Home menu of the PRTG web interface.

For more information, see section Maps Settings.

The single map items refresh in the refresh interval you define for this map when viewing it. Hover over the arrows symbol in the lower-right corner to define the interval.

Map objects of type Data Tables, for example, include entries according to the security context as defined in the settings of the map, but the table headings regard the rights of the particular user account that views the map. Because of this, a user might see more objects in the table itself than denoted in the header.

Create Advanced Maps

Maps provide the possibility to publish data from various sources. Besides using the default map items, you can create a completely individual map with desired data in any design. See the following articles for more details.

• Adding External Information to PRTG Maps: https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/9263
  Embed information from sources other than PRTG into your map using IFRAME or IMG, for example, weather and traffic maps or webcam images.
• Map Rotation and Public Map Rotation: PRTG Manual: Maps
  Show several maps rotating on one page like in a slide show.
• Nest Maps: https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/71833
  Display and link multiple maps within one map.
• Accumulating Sensor Data with HTTP XML/REST Value Sensor: https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/71932
  Display sensor data from various PRTG installations in a single map using the HTTP XML/REST Value sensor
• Use your Own Images in PRTG Maps: https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/8043
  Add any browser-compatible image to your map.

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Creating Maps in PRTG

• https://www.paessler.com/learn/videos/creating-maps