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What’s new 3.0

Creation of more modules with different configuration
More customization on modules

How to configure

Only System_admin group can access to this tab

Going on Control Panel > System > Modules (Figure 1 - Modules tab), you can access to the list of existing modules (Figure 2 - Modules list).

If the license in use does not permit access to a specific module, that module will be disabled.


Figure 1 - Modules tab

Figure 1 - Modules tab

Going on “Modules” tab, you can search existing modules or also create a new configuration starting from already existing modules, clicking the “Add module” button.


Figure 2 - Modules list

Each module is defined by (Figure 3 - Configure a module) :

Field	Description
Icon	Editable by the user
Name	The name of the module (xtype)
Title	A brief description of the module, managed with multi-language
Description	A more detailed description of the module's features, managed with multi-language
Tags	A list of tags identifying the module. These tags are defined in the pre-configuration stage using Liquibase scripts
Map	A dropdown menu that allows users to load a map when the module is initiated. Default value is empty.
Opening mode	Exclusive: The module can be opened alone. If the module is opened is not possibile open other modules. If I have another module opened, the system asks if the user wants to close other opened modules. If the user confirms, other modules will be closed. The module is opened with the map and extent Append: The module can be opened in append on other modules: If I open a module in “append”, the system asks to close all modules in “exclusive” mode Add on the map new module’s services Don’t change extent Closing one module, the system removes all services of the module If two modules have some services in common, the system closes only services not in common


Figure 3 - Configure a module

Figure 3 - Configure a module

Access to the module is granted only if the user's group is associated with the module.

If the user does not have access, an error message will be displayed. See how to configure access here: Functional Groups | How to configure

See reference about how to use module widget in NextGen Geo: Module widget