Containment association disappears from feature template after publishing

Question

I am working with an electric utility network, which has topology enabled. I have created a feature template for Electric Line, which includes containment of Electric Edge Objects. The feature template was created through a direct database connection, before publishing (example below):

The feature template appears in the feature service after publishing. However, the "Containment" has disappeared from the feature template. When creating a new electric line feature from this template, no edge objects are created either (see below).

I searched through the known bugs for both enterprise and ArcGIS Pro, but have not found this mentioned anywhere yet. Am I missing a setting somewhere when publishing, or is this a legitimate bug?

I am running ArcGIS Pro 2.9.10 along with Enterprise 10.9.1.

MikeMillerGIS · Answer

I think we need to log an enhancement to support that.  We have used Attribute Rules in comms to create contained strands in cables.  You could steal that logic.

NSimmons44 · Answer

I gave this a try and it worked for creating the content along with the feature/container. However, I am really hoping to have this function when drawing a new line feature (electric line), instead of placing a pre-set line (via point placement). It seems that preset template only utilizes point placement for features, regardless feature type. The only way workaround I have found would be to place a preset template (line with content), and then have the editors reshape/redraw the line - which is not ideal

Do you have any suggestions or ideas for improving that workflow?

I appreciate your help!

MikeMillerGIS · Answer

Set up sounds correct.  You now need to select the rows and create a present templates.  You cannot define the containment in a template

- Create the items you wish the make a template out of, such as a xfer and the 3 junctions objects.  Make sure to have the xfr contain the junction objects

- Select the spatial feature and the non spatial rows

- In the manage template dialog, under xfer, add a new preset template

That will create you a template with the containment and all the selected rows