Getting the Esri IDs and network URL

Log in to the Esri portal for your installation to get the Esri Map, Building, and Floor IDs and the Esri network URL.

Logging in to the Esri portal

Log in to the Esri portal for your installation with Esri administrator credentials.

Before you begin

You must have the following information.
  • The Esri Portal URL https://host.domain/portal.
  • The Esri Port administrator credentials, or credential for a user that can access the organization’s content.

For information about the Esri URL and the initial Esri administration log-in credentials that are generated during installation on Red Hat container platform, see the next section.

Procedure

Open the Esri Portal URL and log in.

Obtaining Esri Map IDs

Procedure

  1. In the Esri Portal, select Content > My Organization.
    This image shows my organization tab.
  2. Filter the content by selecting Maps > Web Maps.
  3. Click the web map title to select the web map that you want to configure in IBM® Maximo Real Estate and Facilities. Clicking the image opens the map viewer instead).
    This image shows the web map link.
  4. Note the id parameter value in the browser URL, which is the value to enter in the Esri Map ID field in IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities. For example, 9a8068284e614be3bdcb1cd26f05499a.
    This image shows the id parameter value.

Obtaining Esri Building ID and Esri Floor ID

Procedure

  1. On the Web Map details screen, click the link to the main layer under Layers. In the following example, the link is called TRIRIGA_Demo_Web_Map_MIL1.
    This image shows the demo web map.
  2. On the layer details screen under Layers, click the link to the main layer. For example, IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities_Demo_Web_Map_MIL1.
    This image shows the web map link.
  3. The REST services descriptor opens, which describes the technical information about the service. Click Levels under the Layers section.
    This image shows the REST services descriptor.
    If this doesn’t exist, then no building levels are published for this web map, you must consult the administrator.
  4. This opens another REST services descriptor, which describes the technical information about the Levels layer. Scroll to the bottom of this screen.
    This image shows the REST service descriptor.
  5. In the Supported Operations section, click Query.
    This image shows the query link.
  6. A form opens, which allows the layer to be queried. Complete the details as:
    • In the Where field, add the value 1=1
    • In the Out Fields field, add the value FACILITY_ID, LEVEL_ID (do not avoid the comma)
    • All other fields must remain as default values
    This image shows the query: levels form.
  7. Scroll to the bottom and click Query (GET).
    This image shows the query get UI button.
  8. The page will reload. Scroll to the bottom of the screen to see the records that matched. This is a list of each facility and level.
    This image shows the list of each facility and level.
  9. Choose the Facility and Level that you need for the configuration. A campus can have more than one facility defined in this layer, but Maximo Real Estate and Facilities works on a building-by-building basis, so choose the details for your current building.
  10. Enter the FACILITY_ID in the Esri Building ID field and the LEVEL_ID in the Esri Floor ID field.

Obtaining Esri Network URL

Procedure

  1. In the Esri Portal, select Tools > Network Analysis.
  2. Select the Network Analysis Service for your map. In the grid view, click the title under the thumbnail (do not click the thumbnail, it opens the map viewer).
    This image shows the network analysis services link.
  3. On the details screen, click the link to the navigation layer under the Layers. In the following example, the link is called TRIRIGA_Demo_Network.
    This image shows the network analysis link.
  4. This opens a REST services descriptor, which describes the technical information about the navigation layer. Click Route under the Route Layers section.
  5. This opens another REST services descriptor, which describes technical information about the route solver part of the navigation service. Note the full URL from the browser’s URL field.
    This image shows the navigation analysis URL.
  6. The URL captured in the previous step must be entered in the Esri Navigation URL field.