How to configure custom map shapes

To configure custom map shapes in the Bold Reports^® ASP.NET Core Report Designer, place your shape data file in the wwwroot folder, list it in a mapshapes.txt file, and load the map settings in the Startup method.

Create Report Designer ASP.NET Core application

To create a Report Designer ASP.NET Core application, follow Add Report Designer to an ASP.NET Core application.

How do I add a custom map shape file to the ASP.NET Core Report Designer?

To add a custom map shape to the Bold Reports^® ASP.NET Core Report Designer, create a folder in the wwwroot folder, copy your shape data file into it, and list the file in a mapshapes.txt file.

In the wwwroot folder of your Report Designer application, create a new folder. For example, ShapeData.

Copy your shape data file and paste it in the ShapeData folder. For example, storelocations.js.

Create a text file inside ShapeData folder. For example, mapshapes.txt.

Open the mapshapes.txt file, add your file name and display name, and save the file.

[{ Name: 'Store Locations', FileName: 'storelocations' }]

Load map shape data in application startup

1. Open the code-behind file Startup.cs and add the following using statement.

       using BoldReports.Web;
       using Newtonsoft.Json;
       using System.Reflection;

2. Add the following code to load shape data in the Startup method.

      public Startup(IConfiguration configuration, IWebHostEnvironment _hostingEnvironment)
       {
           //Use the below code to load map shape data into report designer
           ReportConfig.DefaultSettings = new ReportSettings()
           {
               MapSetting = this.GetMapSettings(_hostingEnvironment)
           };
   
           Configuration = configuration;
           env = _hostingEnvironment;
       }
   
       private BoldReports.Web.MapSetting GetMapSettings(IWebHostEnvironment _hostingEnvironment)
       {
           try
           {
               string basePath = _hostingEnvironment.WebRootPath;
               return new MapSetting()
               {
                   ShapePath = basePath + "\\ShapeData\\",
                   MapShapes = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<MapShape>>(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(basePath + "\\ShapeData\\mapshapes.txt"))
               };
           }
           catch (Exception ex) { }
           return null;
       }

Visualize shape data on map

1. Launch the Report Designer application.
2. Drag a map into design area from item panel.
3. The newly added shape data entry will be listed in the Shapes property drop-down under Basic Settings category.

To visualize shape data and analytical data using the map report item, see Design an RDL report using map.