Editing Extras (section)

===Instructions===
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  <li>First you need to upload a PNG floor plan into LiveDC (See [[#Uploading an Image|Uploading an Image]] section for instructions) </li>
  <li>Once the floor plan is uploaded into LiveDC, On the navigation menu (left-hand side) click “Extras” and click “Layers” this will open a new tab titled “Layers”</li>
  <li>Within the layers tab (upper left-hand corner) click the “Create” button. A new window will open up called “Create Layer.”</li>
    <ol type="a">
      <li>Enter the name of the layer in the "Name" Field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Examples: Server Room Floor Plan, Data Center Floor Plan</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Enter additional information about the layer in the "Details" field</li>
      <li>For a floor plan layer, we will select "Image" in the "Layer Type" drop-down menu</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>In the drop-down list find the floor plan image you uploaded in step 1</li>
          <li>Select "center" from the "Placement" drop-down menu</li>
[[File:Image Layer.JPG]]
        </ol>
      <li>Click "Create"</li>
    </ol>
  <li>Next we need to create a Solid Background layer for the map</li>
    <ol type="a">
      <li>Again, in the upper left-hand corner click "Create"</li>
      <li>Enter the name of the layer in the "Name" Field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Examples: Solid Background</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Enter additional information about the layer in the "Details" field</li>
      <li>For a solid background layer, we will select "Solid" in the "Layer Type" drop-down menu</li>
      <li>Select the color you want the background to be</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>We like to use #808080</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Enter the Transparency Percent</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>We usually do 0%</li>
[[File:Solid Layer.JPG]]
        </ol>
      <li>Click "Create"</li>
    </ol>
  <li>On the navigation menu (left-hand side) click “Visuals” and click “Maps” this will open a new tab titled “Maps”</li>
  <li>Within the maps tab (upper left-hand corner) click the “Create” button. A new window will open up called “Create Map.”</li>
    <ol type="a">
      <li>Enter the name of the map in the “Name” field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Examples: Operational Model – Cooling, Power %, Operational Cost per Cabinet, etc.</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Enter any additional information about the map in the “Details” field</li>
      <li>Define a horizontal size in pixels for the map in the “Width” field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>A good rule of thumb is to look at the properties of the image and use those predefined dimensions (usually no more than 1650 pixels)</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Define a vertical size in pixels for the map in the “Height” field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>A good rule of thumb is to look at the properties of the image and use those predefined dimensions (usually no more than 1300 pixels)</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Add a legend to the map in the section titled “Legends” by selecting from the drop down menu and clicking the left-hand facing arrow or create a new “Legend” record by clicking the star button (See [[#Creating a Legend|Creating a Legend]] section for instructions)</li>
      <li>In the Map Layers section, click the star button</li>
      <li>Select the "Solid Background" layer from the drop-down list</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Change the red x to a green check mark for "Show Dots" and "Show Values"</li>
          <li>Do not change line color, text color, background color or background transparency percent</li>
[[File:Solid Map Layer.JPG]]
          <li>Click "Add"</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Again, click the star button in the Map Layers section</li>
      <li>Select the floor plan layer you created above from the drop-down list</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Change the red x to a green check mark for "Show Dots"</li>
          <li>Do not change line color, text color, background color or background transparency percent</li>
[[File:Floor plan map layer.JPG]]
          <li>Click "Add"</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Click "Create"</li>
    </ol>
  <li>You have now created a Map with a floor plan. You will need to add additional layers to the map to see data. (See [[Map#Creating a Map|Creating a Map]] section for instructions)</li>
    </ol>
</ol>
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