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To access the user and data administration console please log into the GMS system with the provided gms_admin account.

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User Management

To manage users please click the Users tool. A window will be shown with the list of all users of the GMS system.

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If you want to know more about the individual tools described here, please go to our online documentation. Please check the section Accessing Help to learn about the easiest way of accessing it.

Security and Password Enforcement Policy

This section shows what restrictions can be configured to strengthen the application and password security. A configuration is applied by the StatMap technician during the GMS application deployment and your input is required to determine what values should be entered in each box.

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A section that determines what characters need to be used while creating new passwords:
• Upper-case and lower-case letters
• Numbers
• Special characters (eg: !@#$%^&*()_+)

Custom Data Management

In this section, we will explain how to manage the custom datasets and configure the map document which can be added to the default GMS map at will. If you want to know more about the individual tools described here, please go to our online documentation. Please check the section Accessing Help to learn about the easiest way of accessing it.

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Let’s start with the tools in the Data section as you first need to import some data via the Import Layer tool before you can set it up as part of the Map.

Import Layer

This tool allows you to import spatial data stored in one of many widely recognised flat file formats:

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a) prevent you from accidentally overwriting a table that exists in the database with a new data file due to identical names - Overwrite if table exists box unchecked.
b) allow you to intentionally overwrite an existing table if the imported dataset is supposed to refresh existing data - Overwrite if table exists box checked.

Export Layer

This tool allows you to export spatial data stored in the GMS database into one of many widely recognised flat file formats. The exported data will be saved on your local disk as a compressed (zipped) folder.
When you click the Export Layer tool, an Export layers window will pop up.

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Please select Save and confirm the location where the file should be saved.

Delete Layer

The last of the data management tools is the Delete Layer. This tool allows you to remove the data table from the database when the data is no longer required.
In order to delete the data, please click the Delete Layer tool, select the layer which you wish to delete, and confirm with OK.

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Please check the Also drop the table from the database box and click Yes if you want to delete the dataset or No if you’ve changed your mind.

Map Management

Once you have your data imported, you can start organising the Map. The Map is a collection of individual datasets (called Layers) which are stacked on top of one another.

Add Layers

To add a layer to the map or remove a layer from the map please click Add Layers tool.

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Being able to add and remove layers from the map will allow you to reorganise your map to fit your current requirements without having to re-import the data every time you want to use it in your map.
To finish map organisation please press Close.

Configuring layers in Map

Layers have a wide array of properties that can be configured on them. To see those properties please click a layer on the Map Key pane so that its entry is expanded and highlighted yellow and click Properties to show the Layer Properties window.

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Layer Properties window consists of 3 tabs.

General

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Here you can set the Title of the layer which will be shown in the Legend of the GMS app and the visibility thresholding which controls at what scales the layer should be visible on the map.

Display Query

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Here you can configure the styling of the data as well as its Opacity. Correctly setting up opacity is very important as the map which you are configuring will be drawn on top of the default map so if your data consists of, for example, solid polygon geometries representing Listed Buildings, it may obstruct the points representing BLPU records.

Labels

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On this tab you can set up the labelling of the records on the map. Please keep in mind that labels are immovable so they will be obstructing objects underneath.

Save map

When you’re finished with setting up the map, please click Save Map to preserve it.

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If you made changes to the map and haven’t saved it you can restore the map to its previous state by reloading the management console. The state of the map will be read from the last save point so any unsaved changes will be discarded.

Add a map to GMS app

By default, the GMS app comes with a predefined map with all necessary layers configured to allow you to manage gazetteer data. In order to expand this map to include the layers which you have set up earlier, the URL which is used to open the StatMap GMS application must be extended with an additional parameter called custommap.

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Changing gms_admin password

If at any point you want or need to change the password please click the StatMap logo and select Change password from the drop-down.

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You will then have to enter the current password and the new password. The new password will have to adhere to the password enforcement policy.

Accessing Help

You can learn more about the various tools described in this guide by reading our online documentation. The quickest and simplest way of accessing this documentation is via the Help icon in the top-right corner of the window. When you click it, the window will dim and you will see amber outlines around each tool. When you click within an outline, the documentation about this tool will open in a new web browser tab. When you click outside any of the outlines you will be able to use the interface again.

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