Example: Configuring geographical discovery by using location data from device records
One way to enrich devices with geographical data is by using location data from the device records.
About this task
The AddGeoLocationData stitcher is provided as a demonstration of one method
of adding geographic information from device records. This stitcher assumes that valid geographical
data was added to the device record in the SysLocation
field in the following
format: location
address;longitude;latitude
. Your network
administrator can set the SysLocation
field on devices manually or by using a
script. To use a different field, modify the stitcher.
To configure discovery to use geographical data from the SysLocation
field,
complete the following steps.