Navigation:  How to... > How to configure… > Configure Cover Layers with SynerGIS UserManagement

In WebOffice 4.2 it was possible to use so called cover layers which covered specific areas of the map. This way only authorized map areas were visible to the accessing user, unauthorized map areas were covered by the cover layer – no map contents were visible.

 

Using WebOffice 10 R3 it is possible to use cover layers as well.

 

•You may reuse the polygon feature class cover layer

•Put this layer on top of your ArcMap Table of contents

•Specify symbology on this layer: Simple symbol, specify a fill color – filled polygons will cover areas of the map not authorized for the accessing user

•Switch the cover layer to visible

•In order to cover the whole map area except specific part(s), the cover layer must contain a filter field for identifying specific polygon objects of the cover layer that will NOT GET DISPLAYED and therefore WILL NOT COVER the map (assume the filter field is named FILTER_FIELD and a specific polygon object is identified by value ‘C’ in the FILTER_FIELD)

•In User Management Admin Web, for a specific user group specify the filter “NOT FILTER_FIELD IN (‘C’)” and the layer permission for the cover layer

•By means of this filter, for the specific user group all objects of the cover layer will get displayed except the one with FILTER_FIELD=’C’

•In WebOffice author open the corresponding WebOffice 10 R3 project and set the cover layer to be hidden in the Table of Content of WebOffice 10 R3. This way a user will not be able to switch off the cover layer. Assure that the user will not be able to switch of this layer by e.g. applying a specific configured map view.