Key Concepts

Print Templates

A print template is a formatted presentation of a map. Print templates are created by print authors (administrators) and shared with end users to create on-demand, printable maps of the user's current session.

End users run print templates from web applications that the author has configured to host the templates (host applications). The print output is a PDF.

Print templates are designed using a web-based tool called VertiGIS Studio Print Designer. You can either create a template from scratch, or you can use one of the preconfigured templates offered by Print Designer.

Print templates are saved to the VertiGIS Studio Printing service, with an item in the content area of the author's ArcGIS account. Access to the print template is controlled by sharing the ArcGIS item.

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Create Print Templates

VertiGIS Studio Print Designer

VertiGIS Studio Print Designer provides an extensive suite of tools for laying out print templates. You can add map components like a scale bar, legend, overview map, and north arrow, include descriptive text and images, and brand the print template.

Print Designer has a built-in Preview environment for running print templates. Using the Preview is the quickest way to verify a print template's layout while you are designing it. For more information on all the features available in the interface, see Print Designer Interface ElementsPrint Designer Interface Elements

Host Applications

A host application is a web application from which users can run VertiGIS Studio prints.

VertiGIS Studio Printing supports the following types of host applications:

• VertiGIS Studio Web
• Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
• ArcGIS Web AppBuilder

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Configure Host Applications

Bands

Print templates are divided into horizontal and vertical sections called bands. When you create a new print template, it has bands for the top margin, the bottom margin, and a Detail band in the middle. Detail bands are used to display the print's details.

Required Bands

Every print template has the following bands:

• Top Margin, Bottom Margin: The Top Margin and Bottom Margin bands reserve areas at the top and bottom of the page. The Margin bands appear on every page of the report.

• Detail Band: The Detail band contains controls, each of which defines something to include in the print, such as the map from the user's session, the legend, or a scale bar.

You cannot delete the Top Margin, Bottom Margin, or Detail band.

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Configure Bands

Band Reference

Controls

A control is an element that you add to a print template to present a particular piece of information. For example, the Map control presents the map from the user's current session, the Legend control presents the legend, and so on. Controls can be static or dynamic. A static control gets its value when you design the print template. A dynamic control gets its value when the print template runs. For example, Label controls that contain print inputs are dynamic controls.

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Configure Controls

Control Reference

Parameters

You can configure print templates to take inputs from the user at run time. This is useful if you want to allow the end user to supply a custom title, notes, or other text to include in the print output.

To configure a print template to take an input, you add a parameter to the template. The parameter acts as a placeholder for print content that gets its value when the print runs.

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Configure Parameters