In larger organizations with multiple floors and hundreds or even thousands of installed sensors, it can be challenging to easily monitor specific sensors, identify areas with gateway issues that prevent data transmission, or have an easier way to perform sensor maintenance.

Visualizing inactive sensors on a map simplifies locating them for maintenance - even for administrators who don't work with sensors regularly.

In this article, you'll learn how to use the Sensor Map View for efficient sensor maintenance management, issue identification, custom view creation (filtering), and general management of sensors.

When the Occupancy Add-on is enabled for your Mapiq subscription and sensors are available in the building setup, with access to the Building tab in the admin portal, you can switch between the Sensor List View and the new Sensor Map View by selecting the "Show on map" button located above the sensor list.

The map view, by default, displays all active sensors on a given floor, beginning with Floor 0 or the initial available floor in the building configuration. Should there be no active sensors on that floor, you may promptly switch to another floor by applying a filter to the desired floor(s).

Mapiq displays a list of commissioned sensors on each floor, ordered by location name. It prioritizes the area first and then the most specific location, such as a desk or meeting room. The system highlights inactive sensors or those that have not recently received data with grey or orange markers on both the map and the list.

Similarly to the Here & Now page, if images for specific meeting rooms are configured, they appear in the list view. If not, icons representing different sensor types (such as workspaces and rooms) are displayed for easy distinction.

In the map view, selecting a sensor provides details about the current state of the desk, area, or meeting room it monitors, including availability, the last data transmission to Mapiq, and daily traffic for that location.

These details resemble those on the sensor detail page accessible through the Buildings Tab under Sensors. When you select a sensor from this list, the side panel also shows a thumbnail of the map at the bottom, with a marker indicating the sensor's location.

Mapiq introduces three different status states represented by distinctive colors:

Create a custom view to display relevant sensors by filtering based on the floor, sensor activity, and provider:

You may search for particular sensors using the Sensor Map View. Utilize the search field to locate a sensor by its ID or location name. Moreover, refresh the data by selecting the "Refresh" button located at the list panel's base.

Clustering multiple sensors when you are not zoomed in on the map follows a similar pattern and logic as our Here & Now page (clustering workspaces and meeting rooms), where the number in the cluster reflects the highlighted sensors.

For instance, consider an island with eight desks, each equipped with a sensor. When the map is zoomed out, the cluster displays the total count of sensors, which is eight. Once you zoom in, all individual sensors appear, showing their current status for each desk.

The order of priority for merging markers is as follows: 🟠 Orange for "No data received for a while," ⚪️ Grey for "Inactive," and 🔵 Blue for "Active." This means, when the map is not zoomed in, sensors experiencing issues will be displayed first, providing a quick overview of areas requiring attention.

Administrators may now share or bookmark specific links for future use. For instance, you can generate a current summary of all inactive sensors on the second floor of a particular building and share it with colleagues or bookmark it for quick and easy access. The browser page URL mirrors the filter combination established by you, allowing anyone with that link to directly access that particular view.

Additionally, other pages in the Building Editor are now also shareable.