The first step that you need to take when configuring MyHouse MapSources is to either add an existing map source or create a new a new one. You can do this by right clicking on the MyHouse root icon 
and selecting either Import Existing MapSource or Create New MapSource. Any Map Source that you wish to use in My House, other than your BaseMaps, will need to be defined under the MyHouse node.For details on how to configure Layers and Layer Groups please refer to the Layer Groups section.
You can change the number of columns displayed in My House by selecting the iShare Settings. In the General Settings under Web you will see the entry MyPagesColumns; change this to reflect the number of columns you wish to be displayed.
Display Name
Enter the name that you wish to appear on the tab for My House.
Page Type
Panels Page
This style is the default and is usually used for My House and presents the information in panels e.g.
Nearest Page
This style is used for My Nearest and displays the information as a list with expandable and collapsible Layer Groups e.g.
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Here you can select the type of search you wish to be performed for this map source.
House Search
This is the default option and will perform an address search.
Area Search
Selecting this option allows the creation of a My Ward style page which show information for the area that the current address falls within. When a user visits such a page a point in polygon search is used to find the polygon that the current address falls within then this polygon is used to query layers for features which fall within it.
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When creating layers within a Area Search MapSource the "Show My" option is generally used which will result in all features which fall within the current area polygon being selected. |
Lookup
Selection this option will perform a lookup in a Data Source. You will be asked to specify the Data Source, Layer Name and Search Field to be used to perform the lookup. The way that this works is:
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