Add a control from which the Request participant can auto-complete an entered address, location, or business.
Use the Google Places to allow Request participants to do the following in Form-type Screens:
Start entering an address, location, or business name into a Screen control, then allow the Google API to auto-complete that address or location. The Google Place control stores the selected address in the Request data as well as all the returned data from the Google API.
View and/or select from one or more geographical locations in a Google map.
This control is only available for Form-type Screens. See Screen Types.
Below are a few ways to use the Google Places control:
Follow these steps to add this control to the Screen:
Validate that the control is configured correctly. See Validate Your Screen.
The following screen uses a Google Places control where you can enter the work location for an employee offer.
The Google Places control has the following configurable settings in the Properties Panel:
Expand the Variable panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:
Expand the Configuration panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:
Expand the Design panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:
Expand the Advanced panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:
The Google Places control receives its source data from the Google API response after the Request participant selects an address or location. The Google Places control stores the entire JSON data object that the Google API returns in the Request data. See the Google JSON API response key name descriptions to determine how to use JSON key name values in the response for Request data.
Review the Google's JSON API response often as Google revises it often and without notice.
Follow these guidelines to reference JSON object key names and/or arrays from Google's returned data object in other Screen controls.
Allow Request participants to easily enter a shipping or billing address.
Enter a business name into the Google Places control to select a business location.
Enter well-known monuments or international airport names to get their addresses or locations when requesting to travel.
From the Controls Menu on the left, expand the Advanced category, and then locate the Google Places icon.
Drag and drop the control to the Screen Builder canvas. Existing controls in the Screen will adjust positioning based on where you drag the control.