Adding and Configuring Catalog Groups

You can group catalogs together so that users can access a number of subcatalogs through a single "virtual" catalog that contains them, called a catalog group. One of the advantages of catalog groups is that the subcatalogs they contain can have different coordinate reference systems, enabling you to combine and access catalogs of different projections. Another is that you can apply settings to an entire subset of catalogs at a stroke while not necessarily making global changes that affect all of your catalogs.A catalog group can many of the same properties as an individual catalog.

NOTE: LiDAR catalogs cannot be added to a catalog group.

Adding a Catalog Group

By default, a newly created catalog group is "enabled", which means it will be accessible via Express Server.

To add a catalog group:

1. Open the Express Server Manager (see Accessing the Express Server Manager).
2. Click Catalog Groups on the top navigation bar.
3. Click the Create a New Catalog Group icon on the toolbar. A new catalog group form appears with available catalogs listed on the right. (This list includes other catalog groups; you can nest catalog groups within other catalog groups.)
4. Name the new catalog group.
5. Move desired catalogs from the table at right to the list of subcatalogs at left using the left and right arrows.
6. Use the up and down arrows to move selected catalogs up or down in the list order. (Note: the catalog at the bottom of the list will be rendered first in viewing and will be covered by those above it in the list. The catalog at the top of the list will be rendered last and on top of the ones below.)
7. Click Save.
8. If you have no further settings to edit, click Publish.

Remember that clicking Save in the workspace only temporarily saves your changes until you click Publish or Discard. Clicking Publish sends all edits on all the configuration pages to the live Express Server. Clicking Discard overwrites all pages of the workspace with the current live configuration.

Editing a Catalog Group

You can add subcatalogs to or remove subcatalogs from a catalog group, or change their order.

To add, remove or reorder subcatalogs in a catalog group:

1. Open the Express Server Manager (see Accessing the Express Server Manager).
2. Click the Catalog Groups tab on the top navigation bar.
3. Use the left and right arrows to move catalogs into or out of the list of subcatalogs on the left side.
4. Use the up and down arrows to move selected subcatalogs up or down in the list order. (Note: the subcatalog at the bottom of the list will be rendered first in viewing and will be covered by those above it in the list. The subcatalog at the top of the list will be rendered last and on top of the ones below.)
5. Click Save.
6. If you have no further settings to edit, click Publish.

Setting Advanced and WMS Properties for a Catalog Group

The Advanced properties and the WMS properties for catalog groups are the same as for individual catalogs.

See Setting a Catalog's Advanced Properties and Setting a Catalog's WMS Properties.