Catalog Manager

The Catalog Manager panel provided by the product is used to organize and manage workspaces, data sources, and other files. It also supports establishing connections to local directories, database data sources, online services, and cloud storage. The Catalog Manager panel provides an intuitive directory tree structure. You can create connections for frequently used folders, data sources, and other directories, making it easy to quickly find and open files in those directories.

When the application is launched for the first time, the Catalog Manager panel is opened by default. If you accidentally close this panel, you can reopen it by checking the Catalog Manager checkbox in the View tab -> View group. The Catalog Manager panel contains the following items:

Recently Used: Includes recent workspaces and data sources.
Home Directory: The root directory of the product package.
Folder Connection: Supports associating and removing local directories, as well as creating new data sources and deleting data sources within connected folders.
Database: Supports opening and recording databases.
Online Services: Supports opening and recording web online services.
Servers: Supports adding SuperMap iServer server connections in the Catalog Manager and obtaining the service catalog on the server based on the current user's permissions.
Cloud Storage: Supports connecting to cloud storage and directly accessing directories and files in the cloud storage.

Recently Used

Displays recent workspaces and data sources. Clicking these records will directly open the corresponding files, making it easy to quickly open recently used files.

Home Directory

When you are using the full installation package, the Home directory is connected by default to the SampleData folder under the installation folder, making it easy for you to quickly open sample data. When you are using the compact green installation package, the Home directory is connected by default to the bin folder under the compact green package. You can modify the connection as needed.

Folder Connection

You can quickly access a local folder by adding a folder connection. You can add multiple folder connections, and you can also right-click for more operations. Files in the connected directory folders will be automatically filtered to display only the file types supported by , including workspaces (*.smwu), file databases (*.udb/*.udbx), as well as external raster files (*.png, *.tif, *.img, etc.) and vector files (*.shp, *.mif, *.tab, *.dwg, etc.), and spatial 3D model tile data description files (*.scp). You can directly double-click to open a file, or right-click on the file node and select Open to open the data as a file database; alternatively, you can right-click on the file node and select Import, then set the import data properties and other information in the Import Data dialog box to import the data into a data source in the workspace.

Follow these steps to create a folder connection folder:

Select the Folder Connection node, and choose Add Folder Connection from the context menu; or click the add button in the toolbar above the Catalog Manager panel to add a folder connection.
In the Select Folder dialog box, browse to the path of the folder location on the local or network computer.
Click OK to establish the folder connection. The new connection file has been added under the Folder Connection node in the directory tree.
Folders in the directory tree support the following quick management operations via the context menu:
- Disconnect Folder: Click the folder node, and select Disconnect Folder from the context menu to delete the connection information for that folder.
- New File Datasource: Click this option to create a new file database under this folder.
- Create Folder: You can create a new folder under this folder.
- Open File Location: You can open this folder in the system file manager.
- Copy Path: Copy the path address of the selected file.
- Refresh: Refresh the contents of the folder.
- Rename: You can rename the folder.

Connecting to a Database

You can record database data source connection history under the Database node. Double-click the history to open the database data source connection dialog box, and you only need to enter the password to access the database data source. You can also click the Connect a Database button in the context menu of the Database node to pop up the Open Database Datasource dialog box. The operation instructions are as follows:

Select the database node, and choose the Connect a Database option from the context menu.
In the Open Database Datasource dialog box, select the type of database to connect to and fill in the information for establishing the connection. The database connection information depends on the database platform you choose to connect to. For details, please refer to Open Database Datasource.
After a successful connection, the new database connection has been added under the Database node in the directory tree.
Database connection information supports the Delete operation via the context menu.

Connecting to Online Services

The Online Services node can connect to a web map service. Follow these steps to add a connection from the Online Services node:

Select the Online Services node, and choose the Connection Service option from the context menu, or click the add button in the toolbar to pop up the Open Web Data Source dialog box.
In the Open Web Data Source dialog box, select the type of data source to connect to and fill in the information for establishing the connection. The connection information depends on the map service you choose to connect to. For details, please refer to Open Web Data Source.
After a successful connection, the new web map service connection has been added under the Online Services node in the directory tree.
Online services connection information supports the Delete operation via the context menu.

Connecting to SuperMap iServer Services

Supports connecting to SuperMap iServer services. For details, please refer to SuperMap iServer Server Management.

Connecting to Cloud Storage

Supports connecting to cloud storage and directly accessing directories and files in the cloud storage service. Currently supported cloud storage services include: object storage services (compatible with AWS S3 protocol object storage services) and FTP services; supported file types include: *.tif, *.tiff, *.img, *.ecw, *.sci, *.shp, *.gpkg, *.dbf. All connected cloud storage services are organized under the Cloud Storage node, which supports Add and Import cloud storage connections. The operation instructions are as follows:

Select Add Cloud Storage Connection from the context menu of the Cloud Storage node.
Enter the connection information in the Cloud Storage dialog box. For details, please refer to Cloud Storage Connection Parameter Description.
After a successful connection, you can view the corresponding files in the cloud storage under this node.