What is the difference between the Stop and the barrier in the tracing? ArcGIS pro v3.7

[angiexx1]

I have tried to do a tracing with a starting point and a stop also this is the new update called stop in the Utility Network, i just want to understand what it does, cuz i tried to add a stop but the trace happened even though, should it supposed to stop the trace right? 

[RobertKrisher]

Stop points are only used by the Path trace. We describe the Path trace and the new parameters you're seeing in this article: What's new for ArcGIS Utility Network with the 2026 Network Management Release

[angiexx1]

i tried path trace on the electric foundation data and i got path not found error, so how to run this trace effectively for me to get results?

[RobertKrisher]

@angiexx1 Doing a Path trace is an electric network is not recommended because it will ignore the flow direction of terminals and your sources. Having said that, its probably not finding a path because either your max hops is too low or the features belong to different circuits (i.e. there is no traversable path between the two points).