Geofences

The "Geofences" panel allows you to create geographic areas necessary for the user's work. 

To open the "Geofences" panel, select "Geofences" from the drop-down list in the top panel. 

Geofences can have different forms (polygon, circle or line). 

In addition to visual mapping on the map, geofences can be used in reports, notifications, tooltips, etc. 

The geofences panel is displayed in the left part. 

A map is displayed on the right side.

To create a geofence, click on the "Add" button in the geofences panel. The geofence properties dialog box appears in the upper left corner. 

The geofence properties dialog box can consist of the following fields: 

• Name. Geofence name.
• Description. Custom description text of the geofence. 
• Geofence type. 
  • Circle. A geofence in the form of a circle, an additional field "Radius of the circle, m" will appear, in which you can specify the radius of the circle in meters. For example, it is convenient to use a circle for printing out trade points. 
  • Line. Geofences in the form of a line, the "Line thickness" field will appear, in which you can specify the thickness for the line. Lines, for example, are convenient for applying to certain streets. 
  • Polygon. Geofences in the form of a polygon, the "Line thickness" field will appear, in which you can specify the thickness for the line. Polygons, for example, are convenient to use to apply the city or territory of the base. 
• Radius of the circle, m. The radius of the circle in meters. This field is visible if the geofence type "Circle" is selected. 
• Line thickness. The thickness for the line. This field is visible if the type of the "Line" geofence is selected. 
• Color. The color of the geofence on the map.
• Area (m²). Informative field, automatically calculates and displays the area.
• Perimeter (m). An informative field that automatically calculates and displays the perimeter.

At the bottom instructions for creating geofence points are written in red color. 
First you need to select the type of geofence, then double-click on the map you need to put the first point of the geofence. Other points are added in the same way. To delete a point, right-click on the point. You can move the points by left-clicking on the point, holding it, move it to the desired place.

To save the geofence click the "Save" button.

By default, the geofence names on the map are displayed, if you want to change this setting, then you need to go to the user settings on the "Display geofences on the map" tab. 

The geofence table is displayed under the "Add" button on the left. 

The geofence table consists of the following fields: 

• Visibility flag on the map. Geofences marked in this column are visible on the map only when they fall into the zone of visibility. The map can be freely moved and scaled. It is possible to mark simultaneously all geofences by putting a flag at the very top of the column. Removing this flag causes the removal of the flags from all geofences in the list. Geozones will be visible on the map only if a check mark is on the "Geofences" layer on the top panel in the "Layers on the map" drop-down list.  
• Name. Geofence name. When you click on the name of the geofence, the geofence will be in the center of the map.
• Actions.
  • - opens a dialog of the properties of the geofence, the geofence itself is centered on the map. 
  • - add a copy.
  • - remove geofence.

By default, the table is sorted by geofence name in alphabetical order in ascending order. It is possible to sort by geofence name in alphabetical order in ascending or descending order, for this in the column header, click on the icon ,  or . It is also possible to filter by geofence name, enter the text in the column header and the table will be filtered.