Question about Bulk Associations

[TSmith]

Hey ya'll- 

Got a question regarding a workflow for bulk adding associations. I know the Asset Package tools allow for associations to be created prior to implementing the UN. In our case, we have a lot of service connections in an existing UN that we would like to add junction-junction associations to with associated service meters. 

To me- this seems like an FME/Data Interop solution, however I am not 100% sure how to go about creating associations through that tool. Another option would be to iterate by parcel and somehow script this out, if the add associations is a scriptable command within python API or not. 

Curious to see if anyone else has done this workflow and what the preferred route would be. Thanks in advance!

[RobertKrisher · Accepted solution]

To bulk load associations into a utility network after the fact you need to use the Import Associations tool. The tool takes a CSV with the global ids and layer information for each feature you want to associate. You can create this CSV using something like python or FME/Data Interop, whichever you're most comfortable with.