Getting Started

This section provides a brief introduction to LRM Web capabilities.   

Sign In/Out

The Land Resource Manager web application connects to the same database as the LRM desktop application and it also uses the same configuration, so you sign-in to the application using the same username and password used in the Land Resource Manager desktop application.

To sign-out of the application, click on the Account icon on the top right corner of the screen and then click on Sign Out.

Main Menu

Working in LRM Web starts with the main menu located on the left side of the application.  It allows you to set which application you work with and what document views you need to perform different actions related to managing content.  Selecting different document views will update the Table of Contents (TOC) to the right of the main menu.

Apps (Module Selection)

App selection is available in the top right corner.

To switch from one Application / Module to another, click on the Apps icon on the top right corner of the screen.

The “LRM Desktop” is an optional feature to launch LRM Desktop, if the link is configured and you have access to it:

The users can toggle between applications/modules. Application will auto close the current application/module and load the newly selected application/module.

Application will close the map view, then open the data view and reopen the mapview with the selected application/module’s map layers.

Dashboard

A dashboard can be embedded in LRM Web using a simple configuration by your administrator using the validation table “_Dashbaord”.  Dashboards can be configured for each Application Module and they can be embedded or launched in a separate browser tab.

A dashboard is configured as a separate service that can be linked to LRM.

Pinned Context

Up to 5 different contexts can be pinned in the side navigation bar for easy and quick access. When a context is “pinned” from Search, it honors hierarchy of context in order and can be easily reorder by drag and drop.

Reports

Report templates can be authored and linked to LRM Web to make it more convenient for running reports.  There is additional configuration require outside of LRM Web to launch report services like SQL Server Report Service (SSRS).

Create Map

Map templates can be authored and linked to LRM Web to make it more convenient for publishing maps to JPG or PDF.  You can use ArcGIS Pro or Portal for ArcGIS to create map templates. 

Browse

The data navigation browse feature on the left side of the application interface is the same as the Tree View in the Land Resource Manager desktop.  The data view on the right is updated by browsing through the Table of Contents (TOC) panel and navigating through your data hierarchy by clicking on nodes to expand or collapse the content. 

The nodes prefixed by a right-arrow “>” indicates the node may be expanded to show details associated with that object.

The nodes prefixed by a down-arrow “v” indicates the node may be collapsed to hide details associated with that object.

The Tree View can be hidden or displayed clicking on the Menu icon on the top left corner of the screen.

By default the tree view will open a powerful data viewer with editing capabilities.  Read more 

Search

LRM Web provides a dynamic view that lets you query the data contexts by selecting one or more contexts in the TOC and then filter subsequent data based on attributes available in the Data View.  

Once you select row(s) at one level, all rows in the child contexts are filtered accordingly. If no rows are selected then the child contexts list all rows (no filter applied).

The results can be saved to your Favorites.  

You can enter complex filtering conditions using the “Create Filter”.

In the Filter Builder dialog, you can enter different conditions to filter the data according to your needs.  For example, we can define a filter to query for “Casualty Loss” that are “Hurricane” or “Ice / Snow Damage”.

Once rows are selected, you can visualize only the selected rows or only the unselected rows. This filter becomes handy when rows are selected in multiple pages.

You can also save the query in your Favorites list by clicking on the Favorites icon and entering a name for the query.

Filter Up and Filter Down (Improved)

Depending on what you are interested in, you can either “Filter Up” or “Filter Down”: 

Filter Up: You want to see ancestor records related to the record(s) you have selected. E.g. if you have selected a District record (as seen above) and you click up in the hierarchy to State you will only see the States that the District is in.

Filter Down: You want to see descendant records related to the record(s) you have selected. E.g. if you have selected a District record and you click down in the hierarchy to County you will only see the Counties that are in the District.

Advanced Search

In addition to the regular Query view, a more advanced method of searching for data called Query Plus is available. This can be invoked using the “Query Plus” button on the “Queries” screen.

This feature allows users to specify one or more objects and fields to query and automatically relates these to provide a powerful and universal query tool.

The general workflow in Query Plus is as follows:

1. Add a search criteria: Click the “Add Query” button.

2. Select what to search: Click the “Table” field in the new query and select an object, e.g. “County”

3. Select the column to search on: Click the “Column” field, e.g. “County Parish Name”

4. Select the search operator: Click the “Filter Operator” field, e.g. “Equals”

5. Select the value to search for: Click the “Criteria” field and type a value, e.g. “Walker”

6. Click the “Search…” button

This is the most basic type of search and will return results in the query grid view.

Advanced Search Workflows

The “Column” field can be set to “*” to show all columns in the results for that object and specify no filter; for example you can create a query that shows all the fields in all Counties.

Multiple query rows can be added to the search to relate various objects; like a query that shows all Counties in the state of Alabama.

Query rows can be hidden and used only for filtering, where the state name is hidden. 

A query row can be used for specifying fields to display only and not for filtering, like show only the County Parish Name.

The “And/Or” field is used to determine the logical combinations of query rows. The application automatically relates various objects in the query rows. To further refine this, the relational operator can be changed from “And” to “Or”. The following shows Counties and States which are related and which are either “Example Organization” or “Alabama”. Note that the criteria specified are in addition to the existing relations of State and County, so combinations of Counties and States do not appear if the County is not related to the State.

Multiple criteria can be specified on the same object. For example, show all Counties whose name is either “Waler” or “Iberville”, or whose GIS Acres is greater than 500000.

Queries can be saved to the Favorites. They will appear in the “Query Plus” section and can be recalled and modified later.

Favorites

LRM Desktop has Working Sets, Spatial Bookmarks and other shortcuts.  With LRM Web we plan to make it easier to work with lists and shortcuts to your data.   

LRM Web includes expanded Favorites functionality to help manage lists and shortcuts to other data oriented around working sets, queries, and map bookmarks.  This feature is introduced as another experimental feature and currently works with the Data View, Query View, and Map View where you can tag data as a favorite using the “Star” button located in any of those views.

All the Favorite items are displayed by clicking on the Star button on the Main Menu. To retrieve the data associated with a Favorite item, just click on the Working Set, Query, or Map Bookmark to find your item.

If you wish to remove a Favorite item from the list, click on the icon at the right side and select “Delete” from the pop-up menu. If you wish to delete the whole Favorite list, then click on the garbage icon on the top left portion of the Favorites section.

You can also rename or delete a Favorite Query item by clicking on the icon at the right side and selecting “Rename” or “Delete”.

You can create lists of items that you may need to view or edit frequently and save them in Favorites. The Favorites functionality is available in Data, Query View and Map View, but it is important to note the differences in each case.

The Working Sets and Queries can be shared with other users.

From the Working Set, you can now Bulk Update the values of the selected rows.

You can also navigate from an item in the Favorites to the Tree View using the “View In Tree” functionality.

Working Sets

From the Data View you can place any record into a Favorite list by clicking on the star icon and you will be prompted to select a previously created Favorite list or to create a new one. If you are familiar with LRM Desktop, this feature is similar to the LRM Desktop’s Working Set.

Items in a Working Set can now be moved to a different Working Set.

You can also create a new empty Working Set.

Search

From Search if a filter is active when the Favorite is saved, it saves the criteria for the filter as a search instead of saving the record. This enables you to save frequently used searches and reuse them whenever required. 

Map Bookmarks

A Map Bookmark identifies a particular geographic location that you want to save and refer to later.  At the moment this feature only allows you to go to the existing bookmarks saved from LRM Desktop.  LRM Web currently does not create or edit bookmarks. Click on a bookmark and it will bring you to the predefined extent on the map. This capability will be expanded in future releases.

Other Lists

History and My Tasks functions will be available in later releases. 

Map

A Map can be enabled for Browse, Search, and Favorites depending if the content has a map feature.  To enable the map document simply toggle the Map on.  Turning on the map will change the active document view (Data, Search, or Favorites) to a map.  Toggling the Map off will return the document view. 

Map View is a powerful map view with editing capabilities.  Read more.

Map View is accessible from the Data, Search and Favorites.  There are some limitations in Search and Favorites on how many features can be displayed. 

Export

The Export and Download icon allows you to export the active content to an Excel spreadsheet.  The spreadsheet will be formatted based on the layout of the active content view.

Export - with Spatial data

Users can select features from Search / Pinned context view / Browse (Data view) and download the features into the shapefile (.shp) format.

Users will get a prompt with a dialog box if selected data is spatial.

Users can select what data format they want to download. CSV For tabular data, Shape for GIS data, or Both.

Note: For the Shapefile export functionality, Application will open the map view for the user and download the shapefile (if the map is not open). Once the shapefile is downloaded, the application will take the user back to view from where the user has selected the data (Search/Pinned/Browse). 

Export - with Tabular data

If Users have selected Non-Spatial (Tabular) data from any of the respective views, the application would show the tabular data symbols in the header. Application would download the CSV file for the selected records. 

If the Map View is active then it will prompt you with a dialog to define the map layout.

Print

The printing functionality will depend on the active view - data or maps. In Browse (Data view) it will print the data available in the visible grid. 

Settings

There are a number of quick settings you can adjust to personalize some of the application interactions: