iShare housekeeping checklist

Are you an iShare Administrator? If so, you’ll appreciate Darren’s handy checklist of regular iShare housekeeping tasks, shown below. If you’d prefer to receive this as a spreadsheet, please log a request via the Support Desk. 

Before you get started, Darren has shared a note of caution, “Be mindful of any changes you make. Don’t make too many changes to a mapsource in one go as if you have an error it might be difficult to track down which changes caused it.”

iShare Maps / iShare GIS

  • Delete any map sources that are not needed
  • Delete any layers that are not needed

Base Maps

  • Consider if any base maps can be replaced by online services from Astun, APGB, Getmapping etc.
  • Delete any base maps that are not needed
  • Delete relevant map sources in Studio and remove the source data
  • Complete the migration to OS Maps APIs & delete OS Premium base maps

Data Share Connections

  • Delete any connections that are not needed

Workflow (Studio / Studio ETL)

  • Delete any jobs that are not needed
  • Delete any tasks that are not needed
  • Fix any failing tasks

Database

  • Delete any custom databases that are not needed
  • Delete any tables or views that are not needed
  • Delete any custom functions or triggers that are not needed

Custom maps and pages

  • Delete any Lite, Solo, ol-ishare maps that are not needed
  • Delete any custom pages (address search, local info etc.) that are not needed
  • Fix any custom maps and pages that are failing

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