E-Directory
User Guide/Quick Start
Quick Start

E-Directory Quick Start

1Overview

E-Directory is an advanced service offered by Vispoint.cloud that displays tenant information for each floor of a building on electronic screens for visitors. To use this service, you must request authorization from the Vispoint.cloud administrator.

This guide is designed to help you quickly get started with E-Directory by walking you through the complete core workflow:

Create Building & Add Floor → Create Tenant → Screen Design → Save to first Media Library folder

1.1

Workflow Overview

The core workflow: Create Building & Add Floor → Create Tenant → Screen Design → Save to first Media Library folder.

Workflow OverviewCore workflow
1.2

E-Directory Architecture Overview

A Building contains multiple Floors; each Floor contains multiple Tenants. Screens and Content Libraries carry the tenant information and the assets for display.

Architecture OverviewSystem architecture
1.3

The on-screen presentation

Tenant information for a floor is shown on the electronic screen (for example 10F-101, 10F-102, and 10F-103 on floor 10F).

On-screen presentationOn-screen presentation (10F)

2Create Building

Here are the detailed steps to create the building.

Open Building management, create a new building, and upload its logo, background image, and top background image.

2.1

Click on Building

Click the Building entry to open building management.

Step 4Building entry
2.2

Click on Add Building

Click the "+ Add Building" button.

Step 5Add Building button
2.3

Type "海景大厦"

Enter the building's Chinese name (Chinese Name field).

Step 6Enter the Chinese name
2.4

Type "Seaview Mansion"

Enter the building's English name (English Name field).

Step 7Enter the English name
2.5

Click "Click or drag to upload" under "Logo"

Click the upload area under "Logo".

Step 8Logo upload area
2.6

Select "logo.png" from file upload menu

Upload the logo image from your local computer; the image name can be customized.

Step 9Select and upload logo.png
2.7

Click "Click or drag to upload" under "Background(Image/Video)"

Click the upload area under "Background(Image/Video)".

Step 10Background upload area
2.8

Select "backgroud.png" from file upload menu

Upload the background image from your local computer; the image name can be customized.

Step 11Select and upload background.png
2.9

Click "Click or drag to upload" under "Top Background Image"

Click the upload area under "Top Background Image".

Step 12Top background upload area
2.10

Select "top_background.png" from file upload menu

Upload the top background image from your local computer; the image name can be customized.

Step 13Select and upload top_background.png
2.11

Click on Create Building

After clicking "Create Building", you can see the building you created on the Buildings management page.

Step 14Building created

3Create Floor

Next, you can create floors under the building created in the previous step.

Enter Floor management from the right of the building column and add floor identifiers (for example 10F, 11F) according to the actual situation.

3.1

Click on Manage Floor List

Click "Manage Floor List" on the right side of the building column created in the previous step.

Step 15Manage Floor List entry
3.2

Type "10F"

Enter the corresponding floor identifier according to the actual situation; enter "10F" here.

Step 16Enter floor 10F
3.3

Click on Add

Click "Add" to add this floor.

Step 17Add button
3.4

Type "11F"

You can continue to add floors, such as 11F or other floors.

Step 18Continue adding 11F
3.5

Click on Add

Click "Add".

Step 19Add confirmation
3.6

Click on Save

Click "Save" to save the floor list.

Step 20Save floors

4Create Tenants

The tenant refers to the occupying tenant within the building. During configuration, it is necessary to specify the corresponding building and the floor it belongs to.

A tenant is an occupant within the building; during configuration you must specify the building and the floor it belongs to. The steps below walk through creating several example tenants (肯德基/KFC, 星巴克/Starbucks, 耐克专卖店/Nike) to demonstrate the full tenant-creation flow.

4.1

Click on Tenants

Click the "Tenants" entry.

Step 21Tenants entry
4.2

Click on Add Tenant

Click the "+ Add Tenant" button.

Step 22Add Tenant button
4.3

Type "肯德基"

Enter the corresponding name according to the actual on-site situation.

Step 23Enter the tenant name
4.4

Type "KFC"

Enter the corresponding name according to the actual on-site situation.

Step 24Enter the tenant's English name
4.5

Click on Building

Select the building this tenant belongs to.

Step 25Select Building
4.6

Click on 海景大厦

Select the building "海景大厦".

Step 26Select 海景大厦
4.7

Click on Floor

Select the corresponding floor.

Step 27Select Floor
4.8

Click on 10F

Select the "10F" floor.

Step 28Select floor 10F
4.9

Type "10F-101"

Enter the location of this tenant (for example the room number).

Step 29Enter location 10F-101
4.10

Click on 饮食/yinshi

You can select the tenant type. If the relevant type is not available in the list, click "Manage" to go to the Manage page and add it.

Step 30Select the tenant type
4.11

Click on Click or drag to upload...

Upload the tenant's logo (company or store logo).

Step 31Upload the tenant logo
4.12

Select "schot-logo.png" from file upload menu

Upload the logo image from your local computer; the image name can be customized.

Step 32Select and upload schot-logo.png
4.13

Click on Click or drag to upload...

Direction Logo is used to indicate the directional location of tenants.

Step 33Upload the direction logo
4.14

Select "Direction Logo.png" from file upload menu

Select and upload the direction logo image.

Step 34Select Direction Logo.png
4.15

Click on Create Tenant

Click "Create Tenant" to create this tenant.

Step 35Create the tenant
4.16

Repeat the above steps to create other tenants within the building

To add more tenants, simply repeat steps 4.2–4.15 for each one — for example, 星巴克/Starbucks, 耐克/Nike, and so on. This lets the subsequent Screen Design step demonstrate the multi-tenant display effect for a single floor.

Step 36Repeat to create more tenants

5Screen Design

Screen Design means users can adjust the display effect of tenant information on the electronic directory board. In the current version, one Screen can only show tenants on one floor.

In this section you will create a Screen Design with the Classic template: give the screen a friendly name, select the building and the floor to display, set the orientation and resolution, fine-tune the logo size, position and font colors, then create and preview the finished design.

5.1

Click on Screen Design

Click the "Screen Design" entry.

Step 67Screen Design entry
5.2

Click on Add Design

Click the "+ Add Design" button.

Step 68Add Design button
5.3

Click on Classic...

Here we temporarily take the Classic Template as an example for illustration; the Modern Template can be explored later.

Step 69Select the Classic template
5.4

Click on Next

Click "Next" to proceed to the next step.

Step 70Next button
5.5

Type "Lobby"

You can enter a friendly name for easy identification. For example, you can name it based on where the Screen is installed.

Step 71Enter the design name Lobby
5.6

Click on Building

Select the building that this Screen belongs to.

Step 72Select Building
5.7

Click on 海景大厦

Here we can select the previously created building "海景大厦".

Step 73Select 海景大厦
5.8

Click on Floor

Select the floor to be displayed on the Screen.

Step 74Select Floor
5.9

Click on 10F...

After selecting the floor, the Preview window on the right will display the temporary effect on the Screen.

Step 75Select floor 10F and preview
5.10

Select Vertical

Orientation is used to configure landscape or portrait display, adjusted according to the installation method of the on-site monitor.

Step 76Select Vertical orientation
5.11

Click on Resolution

Click the resolution option.

Step 77Select the resolution
5.12

Click on 1920×1080

Select the "1920×1080" resolution.

Step 78Select 1920×1080
5.13

Click on Increase Value

Click the control that increases the value (for example the tenant page duration).

Step 79Increase the value
5.14

Click on Decrease Value

The display size and position of the logo can be adjusted.

Step 80Decrease the value / logo settings
5.15

Type "#f2f2f2"

Font color can be adjusted.

Step 81Adjust the font color
5.16

Type "#f7f7f7"

Continue to adjust other color parameters (for example the common-floor font color).

Step 82Adjust other colors
5.17

Click on Create Design

After adjusting the display effect, click "Create Design" to create and save the current Design.

Step 83Create the Design
5.18

Click on Preview

Click the Preview icon of the Screen you just created to preview the playback effect published to the player.

Step 84Preview the Screen
5.19

Preview

Preview the display effect of the floor-10F tenants (10F-101, 10F-102, 10F-103) on the Screen.

Step 85Screen preview effect

6Save to first Media Library folder

Save the designed E-Directory to the Media Library and publish it as a Vispoint resource.

Save the E-Directory you just created to the first Media Library folder so that you can publish it to the corresponding player.

6.1

Click on Save to first Media Library folder

Click "Save to first Media Library folder" to save it to the Media Library.

Step 86Save to the Media Library folder
6.2

Click on Content Library

Click the "Content Library" entry.

Step 87Open the Content Library
6.3

Content Library

The first item in the Content Library on Vispoint.cloud is the E-Directory you just created. You can publish it as a Vispoint resource to the corresponding player.

Step 88E-Directory in the Content Library