To use Google Maps with MicroStrategy, the user needs to have a Google Maps API key. The following are the steps to obtain this key:
Firstly we need to get a license key using the following steps:
http://SERVERNAME:PORTNUMBER/MicroStrategy/servlet/mstrWeb*
.ASP.NET
, the URL will be http://SERVERNAME/MicroStrategy/asp/Main.aspx*
.To deploy and configure a map visualization are as follows:
The GIS connector for Google Maps allows us to integrate MicroStrategy with Google Maps. The following are the steps to do this:
GISConnectors
in the MicroStrategy installation folder.GoogleMap
folder under the GISConnector
folder.ConnectorForGoogleMap
folder,ConnectorForGoogleMap_ASP
folder
In our case, it will be the ConnectorForGoogleMapfolder
.
ConnectorForGoogleMap
folder.ConnectorForGoogleMap
folder.WEB-INF/xml/config/google
and edit the googleConfig.xml
file to add the key obtained from Google in the getting license section.<mk>
and </mk>
tags, and, as we are using the standard Google Maps API, we set the isPremier
attribute to False
. The following is the file structure:
After restarting, the Google Maps visualization should be available in DHTML, mobile, and visual insight modes in MicroStrategy Web, as shown here: