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Better Explanation of Implementing the Field Crew Task/Map

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11-16-2011 02:47 AM
StevenBlitzstein
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Is there better documentation out there, other than ESRI???s generic approach in the ArcGIS Resource Center, which explains how to implement and configure the View Field Crew task?

All of my data is currently running out of a SDE geodatabase, and I have created both Field Crew Layers Feature Classes, along with their schema, exactly how ESRI???s documentation explains. However, I am lost when it comes to Authoring and Publishing the Field Crew Map.

What exactly is my map document suppose to look like? Is it just your basic MXD document, with my AGM_FieldCrewMembers and AGM_FieldCrewLog Feature Classes contained inside? Do these Feature Classes need to actually be created in my MXD or do they just need to be contained within it, with each being properly symbolized?

Also, does my map document need to be published as a map service with mobile data access capabilities or can it be cached like I would with my original MXD project?

If someone could offer me a more in depth step by step approach, I???d really appreciate it. It would be really nice if there was a video which illustrated how to do this process, instead of it being just glossed over like most things.
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KimGicasvili1
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Hi Steven,

Firstly, create your map document (MXD) with both 'FieldCrewMembers' and 'FieldCrewLog' as your only featureclasses - just as you would for an operational map service - and publish as a service with mobile data access capabilities (dont forget to set your data frame extents or it will not work).

Then add that service to your mobile project and make sure you add 'View Field Crew' as a Task and 'Sign In' and 'Field Crew Logging' as Capabilities to your mobile project in MPC.

Publish your project and voila'!

The View Field Crew functionality relies on connectivity to enable it to update the locations of your field crew so it cannot be used in a local cache.

I have added symbology for the 'FieldCrewMembers' featureclass in my projects so it now shows the locations of all crew members directly on the main map without having to use the view field crew button in the mobile project. This could be taken further with the addition of the 'Timestamp' field as a label to allow you to see when the crew's position was last updated.

Hope this helps 🙂

Kim
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