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Configuring the Visualization Suite Google license

If you are running Visualization Suite with a demo or POC license, you will need to configure your Visualization Suite with a production license key for Google Maps before they can be switched to a production account. This only applies to on-premises deployments.

When a purchase order is received, you can request a production license. Afterward, you can configure the license for your customer.

Production licenses

To request a production license:

Send an email request to HVS Sustaining for a production license with with the following information:

  • Customer name
  • Hitachi Vantara Oracle OE#
  • PO#
  • Customer approval date, if known

Configuring the Google license key

  1. Update the Web configuration file.

    Locate the Visualization Suite Web configuration file config.json in the hvs_web folder on the Visualization Suite host machine. For example: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\hvs_ui\config.json. The following example shows the addition of the license key, GOOGLE_LICENSE_KEY:
    "licenses":{
    
      "gMaps": "GOOGLE_LICENSE_KEY",
      "Flowplayer":  [...]
    },
  2. Update the API configuration file.

    Locate the Visualization Suite API configuration file appsetting.json in the hvs_api folder on the Visualization Suite host machine. For example: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\hvs_ui\appsetting.json. The following example shows adding the license key GOOGLE_LICENSE_KEY:
    "GeoCoding":{
    
      "ApiKey": "GOOGLE_LICENSE_KEY"
    },
  3. Restart IIS and the Visualization Suite Web instance.

  4. Log in to Visualization Suite.

  5. Verify that you can view the map.

  6. Create an entity.

  7. Set the location of the map.