Latest Contributions by RobertKrisher

Are you able to run the Add Spatial Index tool on this system table? It may not be listed in the database connection, but if you enter the path into the tool it should be able to run. ... View more

I agree that the majority of the junction objects may seem redundant but will try to explain how this model is typically implemented. This sort of bank/unit type modeling is a byproduct of an electrical system that can have anywhere from 1-3 different devices (or wires) at any given location. As an example, a location serving three phases of electricity could have a single three-phase transformer (junction object), three single-phase transformers (three junction objects), or even two single-phase transformers that are wired in a particular way (two junction objects). Each of these objects has its own unique serial number and attributes, so we need to model them in the GIS, but because they are all connected at a single location it is easiest to place a device there and create the equipment as junction objects. An alternative would be to draw each piece of equipment as its own device, contain them in an assembly, and attach them to the lines using junctions (spatial junctions). You can find examples of all of these approaches in Naperville if you look close enough. Placing a device at the physical location, then creating non-spatial objects that corresponds to the actual installed equipment gives you a degree of freedom to handle this. There can also be some benefits to this approach when it comes to integrating with certain asset management systems that require all equipment to exist at a location (device) but also have information about the individual assets (junction objects). ... View more

You should be able to pass in the URL to the feature service and layer id of the utility network to get this information. However, for creating standalone Python scripts doing fine-grained operations against ArcGIS Enterprise my recommendation is to use the ArcGIS API for Python (read this article about pros/cons of different apis for more details). One other important item to take into consideration, that the ArcGIS API for Python will give you but ArcPy won't, is that when you connect to a version and start making edits (or validating, reconciling, etc) you are potentially going to be competing with other users for locks. If another user is editing that version, your process will fail. If your process is running on a version than other users won't be able to edit it. ... View more

There is an online learning series specifically about Migrating to the Utility Network learning series that will help you understand the process and tools. You should also consider taking the full Getting Started with the Utility Network learning series since it covers the core concepts of the product, along with some important aspects of how to manage the topology and subnetworks. If this is your first utility network, and it sounds like it is, I recommend you use a mobile geodatabase or file geodatabase until you get very comfortable with the entire migration process. There are two reasons for this: Data migration is an iterative process. When you make a mistake, it's much easier to create a new file/mobile geodatabase and start over again (rerun your conversion, deploy your asset package, etc). It's possible to run a fully functional, single-user utility network in a mobile or file geodatabase, meaning you can convert the data into a local geodatabase and do all your quality assurance and testing without needing to do anything with ArcGIS Enterprise. In order to edit or analyze data in an SDE environment you need to register your data with ArcGIS Enterprise and publish/use feature services for all your work. Since you're just starting out, I'd recommend you start with the simpler approach (mobile gdb) until you are comfortable with adding additional steps to the process (or you need to share your data with others). Other final notes: When using a local geodatabase, I recommend you use a mobile geodatabase over a file geodatabase, especially if you have a lot of non-spatial objects or associations (which telco models typically do). You can always copy/paste a utility network between databases, so once you have everything up and running in a mobile geodatabase you can always just copy it to a new database in Postgres. ... View more

you need to clone your conda environment and deploy the untools. This will give you access to the utility network package tools that are used to stage/deploy a utility network. You should have done this as part of the installing implementation prerequisites task.   ... View more

The D_Rename table allows you to select different sets of aliases when you deploy an asset package. If you were to rename something that was referenced by that table, and then select one of those rename options, it would likely either fail or overwrite your renamed item with the name specified in the rename option you selected. ... View more

Adding new items to the asset package must be done by hand. While you can manually rename existing domains/vales in the asset package I've always recommended using the rename table. This makes it very easy to track where you've made modifications to the base model. In theory, if you selected a configuration that included a value in the D_Rename table this could lead to a situation where your change could get overwritten, but I don't believe any of the foundations include configurations that would do this. ... View more

Can you post screenshots of what you're seeing? The trace will always return the features that are part of the connectivity of the trace, the other settings about including content/structure/containers determine whether the content/structures/containers associated to those results are also included. As an example, we will always include a device that is part of the subnetwork in a subnetwork trace, selecting include content/exclude content determines whether we also include any content associated with that device (maybe it contains non-spatial objects)? You can find a full description in the including containers, content, and structures section of the Configure a trace online help page. ... View more