Maps Other Settings

Using the Map tabs you can access all functionalities and settings for a map.

Maps Tabs

Maps Tabs

View Map

Click on the View Map tab any time to show a preview of your map.

Map Designer

Click on the Map Designer tab to edit the contents of your map. Please see Maps Designer section.

Settings

Click on the Settings tab to open a map's general settings.

Map Name

Map Name

Enter a meaningful name for the map.

Map Layout

Map Width

Define the width of the map in pixels. Please enter an integer value.

Map Height

Define the height of the map in pixels. Please enter an integer value.

Background Picture

Define if you want to use a background picture for the map. Choose between:

  • On: Use a background image (define below).
  • Off: Do not use a background image.

Background Image

This option is only visible if a background picture is enabled above. Click on the Choose File button and select an image from your computer or network. Note: Only images in the format JPG, PNG, and GIF are supported. The image must be smaller than 500 KB. If you try to upload other images, you will get an error message. In a cluster, background images are not automatically deployed to the other nodes! In order to view maps on other nodes, please copy the background pictures manually to \website\mapbackground of the program directory on every node. For detailed information on how to find this path, please see More section below.

Public Access

Allow Public Access

Define if others can see the map. Choose between:

  • No (map can not be viewed without login): Do not allow public access to the map. Only users with both a login to the PRTG web interface and sufficient access rights can see the map.
  • Yes (map can be viewed by using a unique URL): Allow access to the map using a unique address. The URL contains an ID that you can change below.

Map ID

This field is only visible if public access is enabled above. An ID is automatically generated. It is part of the public URL for the map. We recommend using the default value. For more information on public access, please see the Get HTML section.

Inherit Access Rights

User Group Access

Define which user group(s) will have access to the object you're editing. A table with user groups and right is shown; it contains all user groups from your setup. For each user group you can choose from the following access rights:

  • Inherited: Use the settings of the parent object.
  • None: Users in this group cannot see or edit the object. The object does not show up in lists and in the sensor tree. Exception: If a child object is visible to the user, the object is visible in the sensor tree, though not accessible.
  • Read: Users in this group can see the object and review its monitoring results.
  • Write: Users in this group can see the object, review its monitoring results, and edit the object's settings. They cannot edit access rights settings.
  • Full: Users in this group can see the object, review its monitoring results, edit the object's settings, and edit access rights settings.

You can create new user groups in the System Administration—User Groups settings. To automatically set all objects further down in the hierarchy to inherit this object's access rights, set a check mark for the Revert children's access rights to inherited option.

Click on the Save button to store your settings. If you change tabs or use the main menu, all changes to the settings will be lost!

Get HTML

Your PRTG map is like a standalone HTML page. You can make it accessible to others, if you like. Depending on the Public Access setting of your map, a visitor will need to provide PRTG user account login data to view the map, or will see the map immediately using a URL containing a unique ID. When using the unique ID, you can also include your map on another webpage, embedding it via <iframe>.

  • Option 1: Link to a web page with the map
    Two URLs are shown: One for access with login, and another for direct access without login. In order for the URL without login to work, you must enable Public Access in the settings tab of your map. Note: In the URL, manually replace the string YOUR_PRTG_SERVER_IP by the IP address or DNS name via which the page is available. PRTG cannot determine this automatically, as there may be a NAT translation set in your firewall, or you may want to use a domain name or a name from a dynamic DNS service for public access.
  • Option 2: Show a map inside other web pages using an IFRAME
    For your convenience, this shows source code for adding an iframe to another webpage. It includes a URL for direct access. Just copy the code and paste it into your webpage's code. Note: In the URL, manually replace the string YOUR_PRTG_SERVER_IP by the IP address or DNS name via which the page is available. PRTG cannot determine this automatically, as there may be a NAT translation set in your firewall, or you may want to use a domain name or a name from a dynamic DNS service for public access.
     

Comments

In the Comments tab you can enter free text for each object. This can be used for documentation purposes or to leave information for other users.

Delete

You can delete the entire map any time by clicking on the trash symbol on the right.

More

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