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3 Select the map definition to be deleted.
4 Click Delete.
NOTE: Default Sentinel maps cannot be edited or deleted.
10.7.5 Updating Map Data
Updating allows you to replace the map source data file of a map on the server running DAS with
another file. Your new map source data file must have the same delimiter, number of columns, and
overall structure as the existing map data source file in order for the map to function properly after
the update. The new map source data file should only differ from the existing file by the values that
appear in the columns. If the new map source data file has a different structure than the existing file,
use the Edit feature to update the map definition.
Map updates can be performed on demand from the Sentinel Control Center. To set up an automated
process to update map data, you can run an equivalent process from the command line using
or map_
map_updater.sh
There are two map locations: the location referenced by the Event Map Configuration (which is a
user-defined location) and the location where Sentinel stores its internal representation of the map
(
<Install_directory>/data/map_data
manually updated.
"Updating Map Data from the Sentinel Control Center" on page 247
"Updating Map Data by Using the Command Line" on page 248
Updating Map Data from the Sentinel Control Center
1 If you haven't already done so, create a file containing the new map source data.
This file can be generated (for example, from a data dump script), created manually from
scratch, or be an edited version of the existing map data source file. If needed, you can obtain
the existing map data source file from one of the following locations:
<Install_directory>/data/map_data
2 Navigate to the Admin tab and select Map Data Configuration from the navigation pane or
click the Map Data Configuration button.
3 Expand the folder of interest, select the mapping to be updated, then click Update.
updater.bat.
). The internal representation of the map should never be
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