Create and manage products—ArcGIS Maritime server | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise

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Available with ArcGIS Maritime license.

Custom Chart Builder (CCB) highlights the capabilities of the technology through a few tools that allow you to define, create, and export information charts on demand.

There are two methods for product creation: Custom Product and Fixed Product.

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Custom Product is the default web app configuration. Fixed Product must be set in the CCB configuration file when deploying the app.

Change display settings

You can change all supported Maritime Chart Service display settings before exporting the product.

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Starting at 10.8.1, the Display Settings pane is disabled for the Fixed Product type by default, but can be enabled by the web administrator, if required.

Click the Change display properties button to open the Display Settings window.
Change either the Depth Contour (Meters) or Miscellaneous properties to change the display based on the new values.

All display property changes are reflected on the exported product.

Add layers

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Only the layers that are turned on are exported in the PDF.

This is only available for the Custom Product configuration.

You can add layers to a map in any of the following ways:

Search for data shared within your ArcGIS organization.
Enter a URL.
Load local files.

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The added layers are exported in a PDF. You must sign in to your ArcGIS Enterprise account to add content from your organization.

Click the Add Data button .
The data pane appears.
Choose one of the following methods to begin adding data:
- Click the Search tab, and type the name of the dataset you want to use in the Search text box. You can further refine your search by clicking the Type drop-down arrow and the Relevance drop-down arrow.
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  Click the Within map toggle button to choose layers from within the map. For layers outside the scope of the map area, click the Within map toggle button once to turn it red.
- Click the URL tab, and type the information in the URL text box. You can further refine your search by clicking the An ArcGIS Server Web Service drop-down arrow. Click Add.
- Click the File tab and browse through files you want to add locally.
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  Shapefiles in ZIP, CSV, GPX, GeoJSON, and KML format are supported in ArcGIS Online.
Click the Layer list button .
The layer you added is visible in the Layers pane.
Optionally, click the Layers button at the bottom of the Add Data pane, and click the Remove Layer button next to a chosen layer to remove it from the list.
Click Back to return to the main pane.

Turn layers on and off

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This is only available for the Custom Product configuration.

The Layer List pane provides a list of operational layers and their symbols and allows you to turn individual layers on and off. Each layer in the list has a check box that allows you to control its visibility. You can also set the transparency of each layer.

The order in which layers appear in the Layer List pane corresponds to the layer order in the map. This pane provides functionality allowing you to change the order of layers in the map.

The visibility, transparency, and order of the layers set in the Layer List pane is reflected in the exported product.

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Only the layers that are turned on are exported in the PDF.

Click the Layer list button .
The Layers pane appears.
Click the options button next to the chosen layer, and choose from one from the following options:
- Zoom to—Sets the map extent to the extent of the layer.
- Transparency—Sets the transparency for the layer.
- Enable pop-up and Disable pop-up—Enables or disables the pop-up for the feature layer. If a feature layer does not have a pop-up configured in the map, click Enable pop-up to show all field values for the feature layer.
- Hide labels and Show labels—For hiding or showing labels for feature layers.
- Move up—Moves the layer one level up.
- Move down—Moves the layer one level down.
- Description—Opens the service description or the item details page for the service or the item associated with the layer if available.
Click the Control All Layers button .
You can turn the layers on or off or expand and collapse them.
Optionally, press Ctrl and click the check box next to any of the layers simultaneously to turn the layers on or off in the same level.
Optionally, press Ctrl and click the drop-down arrow next to any of the layers simultaneously to expand or collapse layers in the same level.
Click the Search button to find a specific layer from the layers list.

Caution:

Layers in the list are unavailable if you zoom out of their visible range.

Define and create a custom product

The following steps guide you through defining and creating custom products with CCB.

Pan and zoom to the area where you want to create a product.
Click the Define a Product button .
Define the Scale of the product with a numeric value.
Click the Page Size drop-down arrow and choose a size.
Click the Orientation drop-down arrow and choose Portrait or Landscape.

You are now ready to insert the product extent.

Click the Create a new extent button .
Move the pointer so that it is centered over the location where you want to create the product.
Click the map to create a product extent.
A new extent is inserted into the map and is added to the Export Queue list.

Move a custom product

After inserting a new extent, you may want to adjust its location. To adjust the position of the product extent, you can use the Move custom extent tool.

Click the Move custom extent button .
Note:
Fixed product areas of interests can't be moved.
Move the pointer over the area of interest (AOI) on the map.
Click and drag to move the AOI.
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If you have two or more overlapping custom AOIs, choose the product in the Export Queue list first. If necessary, click Move custom extent to move the AOI.

Create a fixed product

Areas of interest (AOIs) for fixed products have predefined paper size for a specific location and scale. Locations of available fixed products appear on the map when a scale is chosen from the drop-down menu.

Learn more about enabling Fixed Product types

The following steps guide you through creating a fixed product with CCB.

Pan and zoom to the area where you want to select a new product.
Click the Define a Product button .
Choose the scale of the product you want from the Scale drop-down menu.
Areas of interest appear on the map.
Tip:
If the grid is obscured by other map symbols, click the Change display properties button to open the Display Settings pane and turn off Data extents. This option may be disabled by the web administrator.
Click the Select an extent button .
Move the pointer over the grid and click Select an extent.
An extent is selected in the map and is added to the Export Queue list.

Export a product

You can export one or multiple products created from the Export Queue list using the following steps.

Click the Export products button .
The Export Queue window appears.
If necessary, type a chart name in the text box.
If there is more than one product in the export queue, choose the one you want to export.
Tip:
To choose multiple products, press the Ctrl key while you click the products you want to export from the Export Queue list.
Note:
If nothing in the Export Queue list is chosen, all the products in the queue are exported.
Click the Export Products button .
The export process begins.
Click Open to view the exported product in a new tab.

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If you want to download the exported product, you must do so before exiting or refreshing the CCB website. The download link is not accessible once the website is refreshed.

Delete a product

You can delete one or multiple products by choosing them in the Export Queue window.

Click the Export products button .
The Export Queue window appears.
If there is more than one product in the Export Queue list, choose the one you want to delete.
Tip:
To choose multiple products, press Ctrl while you click the products you want to delete from the Export Queue list.
Click the Delete button .
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You can also press Delete on your keyboard to remove a chosen product.
Click OK.

The product is deleted.

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Change display settings

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Turn layers on and off

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Define and create a custom product

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Create a fixed product

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