Mastering Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy

MicroStrategy and Google Maps integration

To use Google Maps with MicroStrategy, the user needs to have a Google Maps API key. The following are the steps to obtain this key:

Firstly we need to get a license key using the following steps:

1. Access https://developers.google.com/maps/.
2. Select the platform for which you need the Google key. In our case, we will select Web.
3. On the next screen, select the Google Maps JavaScript API.
4. Click GET A KEY.
5. On the Activate the Google Maps JavaScript API screen, click CONTINUE.
6. Create a new project.
7. On the next screen, under the Credentials tab, provide the URL. In our case, as we are using J2EE, the URL will be http://SERVERNAME:PORTNUMBER/MicroStrategy/servlet/mstrWeb*.
8. If you are using ASP.NET, the URL will be http://SERVERNAME/MicroStrategy/asp/Main.aspx* ...