View and Edit Configuration

The Technical Console provides access to your atlas configuration, allowing administrators to view and modify settings directly.

Accessing the Configuration Editor

1. In the Admin Console, open the configuration editor from the Maps list (it's listed as config_edit on atlases that have it)
2. Or go straight to /staging/outlets/config_edit/ under your atlas's address

Using the Configuration Editor

The editor provides a visual interface for editing your atlas configuration JSON:

Navigation Modes

• Tree View: Easy navigation through nested configuration. Click to expand/collapse sections.
• Code View: Direct JSON editing with syntax highlighting
• Text View: Plain text editing
• Preview: Read-only formatted view

Common Tasks

Edit Layer Properties: 1. Expand dataswale → layers 2. Find the layer you want to modify 3. Edit properties like color, add_labels, editable_columns, etc.

Modify Asset/Outlet Settings: 1. Expand assets 2. Select the outlet (e.g., runbook, gazetteer) 3. Adjust properties like in_layers or feature_scale. (Runbooks always print Letter landscape; a page_size setting is ignored.)

Update Bounding Box: 1. Expand dataswale → bbox 2. Modify north, south, east, west coordinates

Saving Changes

1. Click "💾 Save Configuration" in the toolbar
2. Wait for the success message
3. Changes are saved to the staging configuration immediately

Important Notes

• ⚠️ Changes are saved to staging only - they won't affect published versions
• ⚠️ The editor changes the built configuration. The next full configuration rebuild replaces it from the atlas's source settings, so treat edits here as temporary unless SCS also makes them permanent
• Use "✓ Validate" to check for errors before saving
• Use "🔄 Reload from Server" to discard unsaved changes
• Invalid JSON will not be saved - fix errors first
• After saving, you may need to Publish to see changes in production

Configuration Structure

Key sections in the configuration: - name: Atlas name - data_root: Base path for data storage - dataswale.bbox: Geographic bounding box - dataswale.layers: Layer definitions and styling - dataswale.versions: List of published versions - assets: Output configurations (runbook, gazetteer, webmap, etc.)