Get a utility network element from a selected feature

[EdwardBlair]

Am assuming (but don't really know) that there is an equivalent in ArcGIS Pro/Utility Network to the Geometric Network for getting network elements from a selected feature.  There don't seem to be classes like ISimpleEdgeFeature or ISimpleJunctionFeature that subclass Feature.   And there doesn't seem to be anything like a GetNetworkElement() member on the Feature class.  But I suspect there is *some* way to do this.  If someone could point me in a direction here, that would be much appreciated.

Thx,

Ed

[EdwardBlair]

Please note, I'm aware of the documentation that describes fetching features from an element -- and that describes many other cool utility network functions as well.  What I can't seem to find is the process to go in the other direction -- that is, get network element(s) from a given feature.

Thx,

Ed

[CharlesMacleod]

Ed, I think this is what you are after:

UtilityNetwork.CreateElement

so, it might look something like this:

 var layer = map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().OfType<UtilityNetworkLayer>().FirstOrDefault();
 if (layer != null)
 {
    var utilityNetwork = layer.GetUtilityNetwork();
    //the feature class being a network source...
    var rowCursor = featureClass.Search(queryFilter);
    while (rowCursor.MoveNext())
    {
       var currentRow = rowCursor.Current;
       var currentElement = utilityNetwork.CreateElement(currentRow);‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[EdwardBlair]

Looks good. Thanks Charlie!

[RichRuh]

Charlie's code will get you the ArcGIS.Core.Data.UtilityNetwork.Element object that corresponds to a feature.  This is used for editing associations, setting starting points and barriers, and getting results back from a trace.  It does *not* give you access to the fine-grained topology for that feature.  For example, if a linear feature representing a conductor consists of five edges with taps between them, you cannot get back the five individual edges.  This capability is not yet exposed through the utility network. 

[RichardDumont]

Rich, Any ETA on this?

[RichRuh]

None.  

Our intent is that network topology operations should take place server-side using our tracing framework.  If you have scenarios or use cases that tracing doesn't currently fulfill, we would love to hear details.

Exporting topology information for a subnetwork (circuit) for the purposes of exporting to a third-party OMS, DMS, or analysis package will be supported at ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.

Hope this helps,

--Rich

[RichardDumont]

Rich,

   The export of the topology was something I was thinking about, OMS/DMS (CIM) specifically, I heard about the export and I am hoping this will do what I am thinking.  I will check out 10.7 when it is available and I have the time.  (Billable time does come first.)  Thanks again!

Rich

[StarletMyers]

Rich,

Is this "export topology" now in 10.7?  What function should I look for in the API?

Thanks

Star

[RichRuh]

Hi Star,

Yes, this is included with the Export Subnetwork geoprocessing tool.  You can call it from a geoprocessing model, Python, or by using the geoprocessing API in the Pro SDK.

--Rich