Latest Contributions by RobertKrisher

The answer is largely dependent on what software was used to gather the initial inspection information to begin with, but we typically try and have our supervisors and engineers use web applications built using the Esri Web App Builder to access the resulting data.  We'll typically flag the inspection with some sort of status indicating it needs to be reviewed (similar to the above post), assign it to a named resource, then point them to a map that will show them just the items they need to review (hosted layer views). ... View more

Diptesh,   The UPDM 2019 model (posted in a separate thread) adds the ability to model your cp zones as subnetworks in the model.  Each test lead of a test point can be set up to be a subnetwork controller for a cp zone then you simply connect the leads up to their corresponding pipes and make sure you're properly modelling the conductivity / insulation lines and equipment in your data. Thanks, Robert ... View more

This is a great use case you have and  you're in good hands if you've got John Alsup answering your comments 😃 If you're going to be at the Esri UC this would be a good topic to bring up with some of the Esri staff or Vendors there.  You may find that the vendors you are using to store your SCADA data you may have COTS software available to you through that vendor that can achieve what you're looking for (OSIsoft's PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS, https://www.osisoft.com/solutions/advanced-integrations/esri-arcgis/ ).  You may also be inspired to develop an in-house solutions for what John is describing, which could rely on anything from python scripts (run from a geoprocessing server), using a GeoEvent server to update the GIS, or even staging your SCADA data into the GIS periodically and leveraging ArcGIS Insights to do the analysis and presentation of the data.  Bring some good use cases and get some hard numbers from your SCADA systems like: what types of points, how many points are you showing, which values from SCADA do you want to bring over, and how often are you going to need to poll your SCADA system for updates. ... View more

I can confirm that Collector works fine with the Utility Network as long as you don't need to take it offline (not currently supported). Squished Fields - this first problem sounds like your map isn't properly set up.  The default aliases for fields in the utility network list out all the subtype level aliases for each field.  You will want to adjust these in your map by either reset them to be the field names if you have all your layers in one table or splitting out your layer into multiple layers and applying the appropriate alias / visibility settings on each individual layer. Domain Values not appearing - This is something that can happen when you publish web maps using ArcGIS Pro.  Refer to the tips in this thread ( Domain decode inconsistency  ) for how to work around it. ... View more

Damien,   I'm not an Esri person so I'm in the same boat as you 😃  The last status I saw on this was on another thread ( https://community.esri.com/thread/214206-esri-utility-network-configuration-and-migration-tool-status ) that quoted Q3 2019.  Here's hoping 😃 ... View more

Once we get arcade expressions for processing associations my assumption is that we'll be able to push the status from the device to the assembly (granted it gets ugly when you have mixed status's) using an attribute rule. ... View more

The challenge with trying to just use the append tool is that you're typically going to have to do a fair amount of translation to get from your current model to the target model.  This means that if you want to use GP tools to accomplish this you will likely need to go through several iterations of deriving new feature classes that slice and dice your data in different ways, along with translating values between the source and target domains. If you have the data interop license available I'd recommend you check out the sample workbenches Esri has provided that allow you to do these operations using FME / Data Interop. Because you're an Electric client you'll also need to consider how you're going to handle the fidelity of your data, and you may need to also introduce code to handle the creation of any additional connection points or terminals you need. If this seems like its too much work Esri has a large network of partners and a Utility Network specialty program specifically designed to get you in touch with a company who can help talk you through the process or do some / all the work for you. ... View more

Mark,   That definitely seems like a bug (I'm assuming a manual test would also fail), if you haven't already logged a bug with Esri I'd definitely do that.  Each terminal on an emergency valve should definitely be able to act as its own isolation controller.  Are you going to be at GeoConX? ... View more

RJ,   You are correct.  Fortunately OSIsoft also has a RESTful API available that allows for querying out data from the PI system (my guess is you would want to use the StreamSet objects: StreamSet  ).  Managing all the configuration / mapping between OSIsoft and the GIS model as well as Geo Enriching the data streams from PI (adding geometries and other information from the GIS features) should all be doable via the GeoEvent server without any need to write code, but it will still take a fair bit of work to develop the set of inputs / processors / outputs to achieve this.  There are a number of reasons why OSIsoft has a product for doing this (and that product does leverage the GeoEvent server) and most of them have to do with a) making is easier to set up and maintain the mappings between the two systems and b) making the solution more scaleable by introducing some components to manage the demand on the OSI infrastructure. -Robert ... View more

Damien,   Duct / Duct, Duct Bank / Duct, and Duct / Cable associations are managed through containment.  That is to say each duct would have a containment association with the cable it contains and each duct back or duct  would have containment associations with its corresponding ducts (sub-ducts are allowed in this model, finally).  Unfortunately there are no products or extensions build around conduit management for the utility network yet so if you want cross sections you'll need to develop something yourself. Thanks, Robert ... View more

Anna,   I'm familiar of several instances where customers who aren't using PI have leveraged the GeoEvent server to process and store SCADA data inside the GIS.  You'll still need to develop something on your end to relay data to the GeoEvent server. ... View more

OSIsoft PI actually has a product that allows you to do this, so I'd recommend you start there ( PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS  ).  It is possible to write your own solution to do this using GeoEvent Server and some other components from OSIsoft, but it would require a fair amount of work. ... View more

As long as each row is referencing a different terminal you should be fine.  Is it possible that the other valve were each referencing different terminals and this latest valve has two or more rows referencing the same terminal? ... View more