Linking tenants to a location and viewing them on your map

In this article, users will learn how to configure and link their tenant successfully in Map Editor in order to be seen in the Interactive Kiosk and Explorer map

The information below includes details on how to set up tenants directory, the sections have been divided for your convenience, if needed.

As you are reading this section, you would’ve already created your tenant with the relevant information inside. You may have noticed that your tenant is not linked to any location. This is where Map Editor is needed to create and activate this link.

PART 1: Configuring tenant in Map Editor to show in the kiosk (UNIT FEATURE TYPE)

A tenant needs to be added to a location within Map Editor in order to be displayed within the Tenant Directory section on an Interactive Kiosk.

To make the rest of the steps clearer, we will look at an example and see how we can establish links.

Steps

1. On the PAM navigation menu, go to 360 Planner > Map Editor

2. Select a UNIT feature type to add a tenant to. You may need to draw an area if you don’t have an existing location to put your tenant in

3. If you need to draw an area, make sure all the points are connected and you choose a UNIT type, as shown on the photo below. We have drawn a location for Wolfgang’s Burgers

4. If you do not need to draw an area, click on your existing UNIT feature type on the map. We will click on Mimi’s Café as we had already created the location for it.

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5. The feature type chosen is ROOM and belongs to the UNIT feature type group

6. Insert Dictionary Item (This could be the name of the location that a tenant will occupy. For this example, the location name is “Room 24 but the tenant occupying is “Mimi’s café”)

7. Insert Tenant (i.e. Mimi’s café)

8. If your tenant has a photo, it will be shown here. If no photo was uploaded, go to the next step

9. Label display helps to configure icons, so you can choose to have either Text label display or None

10. Select Children (location) within the location if there are any OR choose to keep blank. When creating tenants, this section is typically left blank.
By selecting children, you are creating location hierarchy. A Unit feature type can have a Digital Sign or Point feature type as a child. Learn more about location hierarchy here

11. Override Extrude is used to extrude the height of the location

12. Start Extrude Height is ideally only used for building bridges between 2 buildings. For a tenant, you can untick this

13. Enable Hidden (disabled) if you wish to hide this location from the Navigation Map

14. Enable ‘Locked’ to lock the location, this stops you from moving it around in Map Editor

15. Save changes

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PART 2: Configuring tenant in Map Editor to show in the kiosk (LEVEL FEATURE TYPE)

We have added our tenant into a location inside Map Editor. Now we have to link this location to other locations inside the map. For this, we will be following a process known as location hierarchy. Please read more about it here.

This is crucial because we have only linked the tenant to a room. The room is part of a level and the level is part of the area and the area is part of the venue.

Therefore to link tenants, the hierarchy we need should be: Room (or any UNIT feature type) > Level > Area > Venue

Steps

We will be continuing our example from PART 1.

1. In Map Editor, select a location with an LEVEL feature type. If none available, please draw it.
We have given you an outline of what we have drawn.

2. Click on the location and you will see the right-hand side pop out

3. We can confirm that the type is LEVEL

4. The dictionary item is THEATER which is the location. It is recommended to use dictionary items that are unique (i.e. Only used in 1 location)

5. We have put Room 24 as a children for Theater to establish a link between the UNIT and LEVEL feature type. This is crucial that you do this with your tenant.

6. Activate Enable as a content source. This will show all your tenants that are linked to this feature type to appear in the Interactive Kiosk whenever someone clicks on Theater in Directory on the map.

7. Save changes

Now Map Editor knows that Mimi’s café is a tenant belonging to Theater.

PART 3: Configuring tenant in Map Editor to show in the kiosk (AREA FEATURE TYPE)

We have added our tenant into a UNIT feature type and we have added this inside another the LEVEL feature type. Now we will repeat the same process and add THEATER to the AREA feature type.

Steps

1. In Map Editor, select a location with an AREA feature type. If none available, please draw it. In the example, The perimeter of an AREA feature type is typically seen in RED outline. Click on the location once located or drawn

2. We can confirm that the type is AREA

3. The dictionary item is STADIUM PRECINCT which is the name of this location. It is recommended to use dictionary items that are unique. (i.e. Only used in 1 location)

4. Note that THEATER is a child of STADIUM PRECINCT meaning that they are now linked and everything that is linked to THEATER will also be linked to this area feature type which means Mimi’s café is linked to STADIUM PRECINCT

5. Activate Enable as a content source. This will show all your tenants that are linked to this feature type to appear in the Interactive Kiosk whenever Stadium Precinct is shown in Directory on the map.

6. Activate Display as boundary. This is how we activate the RED outline on the map

8. Save changes

PART 4: Configuring tenant in Map Editor to show in the kiosk (VENUE FEATURE TYPE)

We will now add the AREA feature type (the dictionary item Stadium Precinct) from PART 3 to the VENUE feature type group.

The VENUE feature type can be from any of the following items:

• Stadium

• University

• Retail store

• Shopping centre

Steps
1. In Map Editor, select a location with a VENUE feature type. If none available, you will need to draw it.
We have given you an outline of how our VENUE looks like, it is the one selected with the orange outline.
Click on your venue once located.

2. We can confirm that the type is VENUE because Stadium belongs to the VENUE feature type group

3. The dictionary item is HOLLYWOOD PARK DISTRICT which is the name of this location. It is recommended to use dictionary items that are unique. (i.e. Only used in 1 location)

4. Note that STADIUM PRECINCT (AREA) has been established as a child of HOLLYWOOD PARK DISTRICT (VENUE) meaning that they are now linked and everything that is linked to STADIUM PRECINCT will also be linked to this venue feature type.

5. Activate Enable as a content source. This will show all your tenants that are linked to this VENUE feature type to appear in the Interactive Kiosk. (E.g. when user goes on a kiosk and clicks directory, they can see all the tenants linked to Hollywood Park District)

6. Save changes

Viewing your tenants on your map after linking them

Steps

1. On the PAM navigation menu, go to 360 Planner > Digital Signs

2. Go to Digital Sign Map tab

3. Select an Interactive Kiosk digital sign

4. You can see the Interactive Kiosk preview here

5. On the right-hand side pop up, click the ‘Sign ID’ link to launch the kiosk in a new tab for a better view

6. Click on the directory icon to see all the tenants available at the location.

7. Click on a specific tenant to see it in more detail (i.e. Mimi’s café)

This is how a tenant looks like on the Kiosk when it is opened up

8. You can see everything you need to know about Aladdin

9. Scan the QR-Code with your smartphone to get immediate directions to Mimi’s café from your phone

10. You can see directions displayed from the Interactive Kiosk itself. YOU is the start location

11. Follow the blue trail to reach your destination

12. Your destination is marked with the photo of Mimi’s café on top of the area