topic Re: Validate Network Topology Error in ArcGIS Utility Network Questions

Validate Network Topology Error

LindseyStone — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:05:25 GMT

When validating my network topology on dirty areas it fails with a very generic error message. I tried it through the GP tool and get

and if I just try it the data tab across the top of Pro I get either one of these.

I just created this Utility network and getting this from the begining. I am getting this message in default and in child version. I'm running Pro 2.6.3 and Server 10.8.1

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

MelissaJarman — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:56:13 GMT

@LindseyStone - You should not be getting a generic validate failed error message like this.

I would recommend contacting support services to see if they can help isolate the issue further and either log a new data specific bug or link you to an existing issue.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

LindseyStone — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:36:59 GMT

I did put a support ticket in on November 18th, but they have been so busy switching people on me who can't help and taking over 24 hours to respond to any message. I'm making it no where because they evidentially didn't pass the information on from the previous person. So they had to ask all the same questions again. I have yet to get to any actually troubleshooting.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

VishApte — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:08:50 GMT

I have had similar problems with Validate Network Topology command previously.

Here is what I normally do.

1. Use GP tool instead and use small extent where dirty area is instead of full service area.

2. Create a new map. Add UN topology layer to it and accept to add all layers that participate in UN. Then run validate topology command or tool.

3. Check ArcGIS Server logs when error happens. It may indicate the problem. You may decrease log level to Debug or Verbose for diagnosis.

Hope it helps.

- Vish

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

MelissaJarman — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:11:06 GMT

I read through some of your notes where you said,

"It seems if I give it a minute or two and try it again it will validate successfully. However, I haven't done tons of edits to this data yet, due to the fact that I was getting so many validation errors yesterday."

So the validate will succeed sometimes? Sounds like you may be experiencing timeouts. Have you tried using smaller extents? The geoprocessing tool uses asynchronous processing which uses a separate service with a different timeout setting than the feature service itself. You can modify the timeout for this service to be higher if needed.

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/utility-network/validate-a-network-topology.htm

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

LindseyStone — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:28:28 GMT

At first it was validating some times, but once it started to error it would error every time. The only way to get the error to stop is to disable topology and then enable topology. But it is very short lived before it starts again. I have ran the GP tool, the validate in the ribbon, and opened up a completely blank project.

I did finally find this bug that is pretty much spot on. Bug BUG-000133185

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

MelissaJarman — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:47:54 GMT

It would be helpful if you could capture the ArcGIS Server logs at the time of the validate failure to see what specific error is returned. It may even be good to get your data inhouse so our development team can test against your data. I am not sure if that is a possibility, but please let the analyst you are working with know if this is possible.

It does sound similiar, but without getting a closer look at the logs we won't know for sure what the cause in the validate failing.

https://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/QlVHLTAwMDEzMzE4NQ==

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

Billy — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 17:58:51 GMT

Hi,

I was having similar problems when validating the topology. In my case, the problems came from a missing patch for Arcgis Server 10.8.1 that it's necessary for the UN to work properly. Make you that you have this patch installed.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

LindseyStone — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:07:24 GMT

I have that patch applied. ESRI support says it is because of this bug https://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/QlVHLTAwMDEzMzE4NQ== and says it will be fixed with Pro 2.7. So now I'm in a waiting game to see if 2.7 actually fixes.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

VishApte — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:10:21 GMT

I get little confused when the Esri says patch to ArcGIS Pro is required for UN related issue. All ArcGIS Pro is doing is calling a GP service that is a wrapper to UN REST API e.g. Validate Subnetwork REST API.

Using Fiddler, you can trace the REST API call and parameters that Pro uses. Then call this REST API directly using browser with the same parameters. If it still fails, the problem is likely to be in ArcGIS Server or the UN dataset and not ArcGIS Pro.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

Billy — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:10:12 GMT

Hi,

Could you post the URL for the bug again. It's broken.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

JasonVignochi — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:04:12 GMT

Where can I find this patch at? I have been searching all over for it and can't seem to find it. I am having this same issue right now and it's extremely problematic for my org as we need the network diagrams and we cannot clear topology at the moment. We just switched to 10.8.1 a few days ago.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

JasonVignochi — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:27:14 GMT

Nevermind, figured out the release for patch 2 was pulled back. We are about to install the first patch and see if this rectifies the situation.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

Billy — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:26:09 GMT

Hi,

You can get all the patches available to ArcGis Server going to the machine running it, click the windows icon and go to the ArcGis folder. There you will find an application (Check for ArcGis Enterprise Updates) that lists all the patches available for your version of ArcGis Server/Enterprise.

On 12/29/2020, Esri released a second patch for ArcGis Server 10.8.1 Utility Network. Check the pictures below.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

LindseyStone — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:26:47 GMT

So installing Pro 2.7 did not fix this issue, it is actually every time instead of getting a few validates before erroring out. I haven't installed Patch 2 yet, didn't know there was one, but the description is about reconcile and nothing about validation.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

VishApte — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:26:22 GMT

Has anyone found a right combination of patches?

I recently upgraded my ArcGIS Pro to 2.6.2 and ArcGIS Enterprise to 10.8.1 and I am now having exact same issue as @LindseyStone . Any edits or creates and I cannot run validation after using tool or Pro command. I tried to install 10.8.1 Patch 1 for UN. But after this patch, I consistently get error Enabling Topology as below. I have tried machine reboot, ArcGIS Enterprise restart etc.

Anyone found working ArcGIS Pro 2.6.x, ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1 and UN 4?

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

VishApte — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:55:20 GMT

Update: Installed ArcGIS Pro 2.6.3 patch and Enable Topology worked. But Validate Topology still fails consistently with ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1 UN Patch 1.

And I get this error sometimes

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

JasonVignochi — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:11:59 GMT

We are installing the UN Patch 1 this afternoon so I won't know if it helped until then. What I do know is that I was able to create and validate NEW topology. Dirty features that were present before the upgrade cannot be validated. However, this only appears to be in one of our services. Another of other utility networks is able to validate, making me think it's a specific type of dirty feature or, in our case, a line error causing the dirty feature to get stuck.

The oddest thing about this is that in 2 out of the 3 Utility Networks I maintain, we cannot clear topology. One of the networks is a backup network I created just to create network diagrams as topology validation has caused us many slowdowns in the past. This one currently has zero total features. Not a single one, and yet I still cannot validate topology.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

JasonVignochi — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:32:16 GMT

I may start a new thread for this since it has been marked solved, but is not actually solved. I will update my response after the patch is installed later today.

Re: Validate Network Topology Error

JasonVignochi — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 20:29:09 GMT

I have discovered how to solve this bug VishApte! First I had to change ownership of the portal owner of the dataset using the Update Portal Dataset Owner tool. You may not have to do this but we went from one generic account login to named user accounts on the new update and my user was not the Portal owner of the data set.

Next, I Disabled Network Topology. You will need an exclusive schema lock for this process. Then you Enable Network Topology. What we just did here cleared out the entirety of the dirty areas and gives you a fresh topology to begin.

From here I was able to validate new topology (as I mentioned in my last post) as expected.

I hope this helps!