MapViewer - Configuration

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This paragraph talk about the management of the mapviewer configuration file :

in OC4J: oc4j_home\j2ee\home\applications\mapviewer\web\WEB-INF\conf\mapViewerConfig.xml
in Weblogic: fmw/Oracle_BI1/bifoundation/jee/mapviewer.ear/web.war/WEB-INF/conf/mapViewerConfig.xml

You can manage it on-line in this location:

from this direct link
from the MapViewer start page > Admin/Manage MapViewer/Configuration.

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  <!-- ****************************************************************** -->
  <!-- ************************ Logging Settings ************************ -->
  <!-- ****************************************************************** -->

  <!-- Uncomment the following to modify logging. Possible values are:
       log_level = "fatal"|"error"|"warn"|"info"|"debug"|"finest"  
                 default: info) ;
       log_thread_name = "true" | "false" ;
       log_time = "true" | "false" ;
       one or more log_output elements.
  -->

    <logging log_level="warn" log_thread_name="false"   log_time="true">
       <log_output name="System.err" />
       <log_output name="../log/mapviewer.log" />
    </logging>

Database Connection

Ensure that your J2EE application server (OC4J of Weblogic) is running, and launch MapViewer from a Web browser. The default URL is http://mapviewerhost:9704/mapviewer.
Then click the Admin link (top right) and enter the admin username and password to log in.
From beneath the Management tab, select the Configuration link (top left) to edit the mapViewerCongig.xml configuration file.
Scroll down to the bottom of the configuration file and find the section, Predefined Data Source. In this section, add the world_sample data source as described below:

From here : If you see an alert dialog with an error message that reads like “JDBC theme is not supported on this data source”, then you need to add the allow_jdbc_theme_based_foi=“true” attribute to the 'mvdemo' data source definition in the MapViewer's mapViewerConfig.xml config file (can be done from the MapViewer admin web console under Management then Confgiuration), then restart MapViewer.

<map_data_source name="world_sample"
            jdbc_host="YOUR_DB_HOSTNAME"
            jdbc_sid="YOUR_DB_SID"
            jdbc_port="YOUR_DB_PORT"
            jdbc_user="YOUR_DB_USER_WHERE_WORLD_SAMPLE_IS_LOADED"
            jdbc_password="!DBUSER_PASSWD"
            jdbc_mode="thin"
            number_of_mappers="2"
            allow_jdbc_theme_based_foi="true"
/>

Hint: Here is a completed example of the world_sample data source:

<map_data_source name="world_sample"
           jdbc_host="gisserver.oracle.com"
           jdbc_sid="orcl"
           jdbc_port="1521"
           jdbc_user="world_sample"
           jdbc_password="!world_sample"
           jdbc_mode="thin"
           number_of_mappers="2"
           allow_jdbc_theme_based_foi="true"
/>

Before you continue, ensure that your jdbc_password has an “!” in front of it, as illustrated in the examples above. Also, ensure that the data source is in an uncommented section of the xml file: text within is considered as comments only.

To conclude this step, click the Save & Restart button to save and add the data source.

To ensure that your data source was successfully added, click the Datasources link (under the Configuration link). Your world_sample data source should appear under the Existing data sources section. If your world_sample data source is not visible, then repeat the first step.