Copy & Share location

The following location-related options can be used with permission set Location:Latest.

Figure 1: Copy and Share location

Copy address

Copies the machine address at the time the link was created, i.e. street name and number, zip code and city.

Copy coordinates

Copies the latitude and longitudes coordinates of the machine at the time the link was created.

Share static location and Share live location

The permission set Location:History is required instead Location:Latest to enable the following links.

• Create a link to a web page/view on the static machine location at the time the link was created, or

• Create a link to the live machine location.

The machine's live location is updated every 5 minutes by default as long as the link is valid, but stops the refresh if the machine is idling for 1 hour.

The links are accessible by users without DataPortal account and is valid for 48 hours. The number of shared links is displayed in the share dialog.

Note

A maximum of 5 links can be shared.

To create a shareable link, proceed as follows:

1. Click Share location or the 3-dots in the map.
2. Choose Share via secure link:

Figure 2: Share location dialog

1. Choose either Share static location and Share live location.
2. Confirm with Create and copy link:

The link will be copied to the clipboard.

Figure 3: Create copy link

The shared page looks as follows:

Figure 4: DataPortal location page

Note

Note that the page is displayed in the language of the browser when not logged in, otherwise it displays in the selected DataPortal language.

Note

You can open the live location in Google Maps via the 3-dots, see also (5) 3-dots.