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11.8.5 Updating Map Data
Updating allows you to replace the map source data file of a map on the server running DAS with
another file. Your new map source data file must have the same delimiter, number of columns, and
overall structure as the existing map data source file in order for the map to function properly after
the update. The new map source data file should only differ from the existing file by the values that
appear in the columns. If the new map source data file has a different structure than the existing file,
use the “Edit” feature to update the map definition.
Map updates can be performed on demand from the Sentinel Control Center. To set up an automated
process to update map data, it is possible to run an equivalent process from the command line using
map_updater.sh
or map_
updater.bat.
There are two map locations; the location referenced by the Event Map Configuration (which is a
user-defined location) and the location where Sentinel stores its internal representation of the map
($ESEC_HOME/data/map_data). The internal representation of the map should never be manually
updated.
To update map data from the Sentinel Control Center:
1 If you haven’t already, create a file containing the new map source data. This file can be
generated (for example, from a data dump script), created manually from scratch, or be an
edited version of the existing map data source file. If needed, you can obtain the existing map
data source file from the location:
For Windows:
%ESEC_HOME%\data\map_data
For UNIX:
$ESEC_HOME/data/map_data
2 Navigate to Admin tab and select Map Data Configuration from the navigation pane or click
Map Data Configuration button.
3
Expand the folder of interest. Highlight the mapping to be updated. Click Update.