The Lookup component enables you to launch an Internet-based mapping provider, such as Yahoo maps, to display the location of an address selected from an embedded table or results section in a dashboard.
The mapping provider is configured in the Qiq_addresslookup dashboard frame that accompanies the component. Use one of the two default mapping providers or configure another provider.
The component displays a map of the selected address by inserting the address data into a URL with a known format. The default address, displayed in text labels within the frame, is shown as:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&newFL=Use+Address+Below&Get%A0Map=Get+Map&Country=|||Country|||&addr=|||Street_Address|||&csz=|||City|||,|||Locality|||
The text between each set of (|||) separators or delimiters, is the column name. For example, |||Country||| is replaced by the contents of the column named country in the selected row. Use the same process for |||Street_Address|||, |||Locality|||, and |||City|||. To use the default address shown, the results or table section must include columns named Country, Locality, City, and Street_Address.
To use other columns for a table, replace the column names within the format. See Changing Default Column Names.