Customise Sub-Themes

The below only describes what needs to be done in IMSMANG. The sub-theme also needs also to be defined in the imsma.mxd and the map imported again. Contact your GICHD IM advisor for step-by-step instructions.

IMSMA Themes window

IMSMA allows you to add up to five customised themes, called sub-themes, to each of the IMSMA themes. Sub-themes can be created based on any IMSMA fields or custom-defined fields (including subobject CDFs) for that theme. For example, you could modify the Activity theme to include a sub-theme for the Booby Trapped field.

To add sub-themes:

1. From the Customisation menu, select Sub-Themes Manager.


Customise Sub-Themes window

2. The Customise Sub-Themes window displays.

Each theme contains five blank rows for adding a sub-theme. These are labelled UserDefined1, UserDefined2, UserDefined3, UserDefined4, and UserDefined5.

3. Select the row of the sub-theme that you want to assign or reassign.
4. Click the button.


Customise Sub-Themes window

5. The Custom Sub-Theme Picker window displays.
6. Select a field from the Sub-Theme drop-down list.
7. Click the Save button.


Updated Customise Sub-Themes window

8. The sub-theme displays in the Source column on the Customise Sub-Theme window.


Updated IMSMA Themes window

9. The sub-theme is automatically added to the IMSMA Themes.

Once a sub-theme has been assigned to a blank row, that row cannot be unassigned (made blank) again. It can only be reassigned to another sub-theme.

The sub-theme assignments are not stored in the IMSMA database. They are stored in the file C:\IMSMAng\client\conf\UserPrefs.props. The file is included in the Map Data option of backup and restore.

10. Define the sub-theme in the imsma.mxd.
11. Re-import the background map.