Latest Contributions by JamalNUMAN

Jamal, You are working with a mosaic dataset, not a raster catalog.  Please review the documentation on mosaic datasets, specifically the section on mosaic dataset overviews. These should also help guide you. The workflow and tools to create mosaic datasets Imagery: Data management patterns and recommendations Your data appears to be somewhat high resolution.  At 1:200,000 what will you get by looking at the image at that scale?  If you'll never actually look at the data at 1:200,000 then don't bother building overviews.  Only take the time to build them if it's appropriate to do so, or if you just want to see something at all scales. Regards, Eric This is very helpful. Many thanks Eric 1)why disappearing of the rasters at certian scale occur for the Raster Catalog and Mosaic Rasters but not for the Raster Datasets themslves? (see the attached screenshots please) for example, the Mosaic Dataset disappears at the scale of 250, 000 while the Raster Datasets don't 2) I couldn't distinguish accurately between loading the existing rasters to: Raster Catalog, Mosaic Dataset and Raster Datasets. Based on what we choose to load our Rasters to: Raster Catalog, Mosaic Dataset or Raster Datasets? 3) why does it take so much time to load the rasters to Raster Catalog while it takes little time to load it in Mosaic Dataset? 4) why loading the rasters to Raster Catalog produces "Coarse" raster while loading them in a Mosiac dataset produces "Clear" raster similar to the source raster? appreciated regards Jamal ... View more

Hi Jamal, Please provide specific examples and I can provide comments/history. Thanks, Eric Many thanks Eric. Just as a simple example: What is the equivalent command to "Export Data" in the ArcToolbox? I think we all need to have all the commands to be in the ArcToolbox WITH EXACTLY THE SAME NAME. regards Jamal ... View more

1.  Make sure that valve is connected to the geometric network.  Start editing, select it and move it, does the network move with it.  Also is the valve operable? 2:  Remove fittings <add key="TraceIsolation_Valve_FeatureLayer" value="Valves" /> 3:  Add a field to your valve layer and your source layer called Operable.  Apply the dmBooleanYesNo No(0)/Yes(1)  domain to those fields and calculate all your sources and valves as operable. <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Valves" value="Operable" /> <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Sources" value="Operable" /> <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Values" value="0|1" /> <add key="TraceIsolation_Valve_AddSQL" value="" /> Hi Michael, 1) I checked the valve: it is connected Then what might be the reason being not selected in the trace? 2) what is the type of the Field "Operable"? 3) after I've added the field "Operable" to the Valves and Reservoir layers, i got a new message saying that the "Reservoir" can't be found! 4) the final code is (is this correct now?): ------------------------------------- <add key="TraceIsolation_Source_FeatureLayer" value="Reservoir" />     <!-- The layer used to stop the trace. Used by the Iso Trace and the Summary Iso trace and the Toggle operable staus-->     <add key="TraceIsolation_Valve_FeatureLayer" value="Valves" />     <!-- The field in the valve layer to determine the if the valve is operable 0/false or 1/true are valid values.     If a valve is non operable it is skipped by the trace used by the Iso Trace and the Summary Iso trace and the toggle valve status tool     -->     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Valves" value="Operable" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Sources" value="Operable" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Values" value="0|1" />     <!-- you need to use character codes for reserved xml characters, less then, greater then, etc-->     <add key="TraceIsolation_Valve_AddSQL" value="" />     <!-- Option to clear existing Flags before running the Isolation trace-->     <add key="TraceIsolation_ClearFlagsOnClick" value="true" /> -------------------------------------------------- the screenshots and the data are attached. thank you regards Jamal ... View more

1:  Yes, make those changes.  The Operable fields is a Yes No field telling the tool to use that asset or skip over it, say a valve is stuck open, you set it Operable = False or No, and it will be skipped.  Create an Operable field that is a short int and apply the Yes/No Domain and set them all to Yes. 2:  Sorry, had a typo, the tool does NOT look at flow.  From each valve, it does a trace to find connected water sources.  3:  No, just enhance and make things easier. Sorry bothering you with my endless questions. Thanks Michael. I modified the code and accomplished what I have been looking for! BUT I couldn�??t exactly understand the behavior of the �??Valve isolation trace�?� tool. 1. In the attached screenshots, I selected a rupture point, and then clicked the �??Valve isolation trace�?� tool, the result doesn�??t include one of the most important valves that should be selected (indicated in the screenshots!) How is this result justified? I�??ve sent a sample of my data to your e-mail in case you have time to have a look. 2. Although some explanation is provided about the code, but still I don�??t deeply understand the effect of the two codes below on the result:     <add key="TraceIsolation_Source_FeatureLayer" value="Reservoir" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Valve_FeatureLayer" value="Valves|Fittings" /> 3. And also the effect of the following codes:     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Valves" value="Operable" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Sources" value="Operable" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Values" value="0|1" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Valve_AddSQL" value="" /> Appreciated, Regards Jamal ... View more

It was a corrupt MXD. I started a fresh MXD, added the data, and performed the same trace and the selection set results worked as expected. I've been working with ArcMap for 5 years now, and it still amazes me how fragile the internal workings are.  The bugs always seem to find me! Anyways, hopefully this simple solution helps out someone in the future! I encountered in same problem related to the mxd! Hi Alex, I got the message "Couldn't edit the data in the folder or database you selected" (see screenshot please). i switched the data to a different mxd and all worked fine! yes you are right: mxd file is very fragile! On the other hand, Mr. Michael Miller (ESRI) has been helping me a lot in adopting the new tools to work with Utilities. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=14bdfb26bc2f4e0388a633fbd0ccca02 regards Jamal ... View more

1: Because water is a pressurized system, this tool finds all valves that lead to a water source and returns them.  Just closing one valve is not going to stop flow to the break location.  The tools does look at flow, just if a valve is feed water by a source.  If you do not want to trace to a source, set the source as non operable. 2:  The tools are AddIns in ArcMap, you remove them using the Add In Manager, not windows.  3:  You do not have to modify the code for the tools to work on your data.  You just need to update the config file.  The last tool on the infrastructure reporting toolbar will open the config file for you. 4:  To set flow on your water datasets, you need to define the source of flow, but even this will give you indeterminate flow(circles).  You need to use the Set Flow based on Digitized direction on the Infrastructure editing toolbar.  But as I explained early, this will not accurately show flow because of being pressurized. This is very useful Michael. Thank you. The issue now is to employ the tools of �??Infrastructure Reporting Toolbar�?� and the �??Infrastructure Editing Toolbar�?� in my own data. My data includes 6 layers (screenshot is attached): I. Main; II. Lateral; III. Fittings; IV. Meters; V. Valves; VI. Reservoir (water source). Then: 1. How can I update the configuration file to fit my own data? What should I change in the Loaded.config file according the given the names of layers above?(screenshots are also attached) Do I need to replace the �??Water Network Structures|Water Pumps�?� by the �??Reservoir�?� ? and �??Water System Valves|Water Control Valves�?� by the �??Valves�?� What about:      <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Valves" value="Operable" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Field_Sources" value="Operable" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Operable_Values" value="0|1" />     <add key="TraceIsolation_Valve_AddSQL" value="" /> What should I change in the above codes to fit my own data? 2. �??The tools does look at flow, just if a valve is feed water by a source. If you do not want to trace to a source, set the source as non operable�?� a) It is a fact that the water is a pressurized system, but just in case, I need to select ONLY the valve from which the water is coming from the source, then how can I achieve this using the tools? b) How can i assign that the valve is feed water by source? c) How can I set the source as non operable? 3. Are the tools of �??Infrastructure Reporting Toolbar�?� and the �??Infrastructure Editing Toolbar�?� assumed to replace completely the tools of �??Utility Network Analyst�?�? Appreciated Best regards Jamal ... View more

Jamal,    That is a problem with the sample data.  A wNetworkStructure feature in the sample data is not properly connected.  The new release of the data and tools(release just now) has this fixed.  You can download the new version with the updated data or find a structure in your dataset and connect it to your network. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=14bdfb26bc2f4e0388a633fbd0ccca02 Thank you Michale for your prompt answers. I�??m still stuck with three issues: 1. The tool �??Valve isolation trace�?� selects all the valves, meter, fittings connected to the point of rupture instead of selecting ONLY the nearest valve that will stop of water flow when closed! How to use this tool to select only the nearest valve? the valve needed to be closed is assumed to be the valve that stops the water coming from the source (reservoir) but not all the valves, meters, fittings connected to the point of rupture (see screenshots please). 2. I�??ve uninstalled the �??Infrastructure Reporting Toolbar�?� and the �??Infrastructure Editing Toolbar�?� but they remain in the ArcMap after being uninstalled from windows. Then how to uninstall them completely 3. At which stage we modify the code of the icon �??Valve isolation trace�?� to be compatible with our geometric geodatabase? How and when we modify the code of the icon �??Valve isolation trace�?�? Do we use the class feature �??Name�?� or the �??Alias�?� in the modifications? 4. Flow direction: clicking the flow direction doesn�??t indicate the flow water in the system! It gives �??solid circles�?� which means that the direction is not defined. Appreciated. Regards Jamal ... View more

Jamal,   Please download and try this version.  Make sure to uninstall the older version first. http://downloads.esri.com/blogs/waterutilities/BetaVersions/release11-1-2011.zip Thank you Michael. Sounds that the tool "The Valve Isolation Trace" is working now! BUT my question is still not answered: "Finding the closed valve to close"! In the attached screenshot, i wanted to find the nearest valve to close in case of rupture at the indicated point, how can i use this tool to achieve this purpose? All what i get is a long message saying that "No water network structures......" Please, how to achieve this purpose? I'm using the data from the "Infrastructure Editing Template for ArcGIS 10" http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=14bdfb26bc2f4e0388a633fbd0ccca02 Appreciated, regards Jamal ... View more

Jamal,     The toolbar in the video is an order version and it has changed since the filming.  The tool allows you to click a location on the main and preform the trace.  So select the Tool and just click on the main.  If you want to return all the features as a selection set, hold the control key down when you click on the main.  Where you able to get the tools to work on the sample data?  Did you get an error about a source not being defined?  If so, you need to connect a water source to the network(wNetworkStructure).  Find one of these features and connect it to a water main with a new water main.  There was a problem with the sample data that is going to be fixed in the release this week. You need to update the configuration file to allow the tool to work on your own data.  If you download the most recent version from the Beta thread, there is a tool to open the configuration file you.  You will need to update the Trace Isolation tags, these tags let you define the Sources of water and the Valves, as well as their fields and values that define if they are operable or non operable.  I would review the overview pdfs that are also available on the beta thread. Many thank Michael. - At all! the "The Valve Isolation Trace" is not working. for example, i wanted to find the nearest valve to close for the location indicated in the the attached screenshots, i clicked the "The Valve Isolation Trace" then went to select the Main but nothing happen! furthermore, the icon of the "The Valve Isolation Trace" becomes inactive)!! What might be the problem?? how to use this tool? - Where is the link to "download the most recent version of the configuration file" so that i can "define the Sources of water and the Valves, as well as their fields and values that define if they are operable or non operable"? appreciated, regards Jamal ... View more

Jamal,   The tool is included in the Infrastructure Editing Template.  The template include an add in that contains this functionality as well as a secondary trace, a sewer profile graph trace and much much more. You can find the released version here http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=14bdfb26bc2f4e0388a633fbd0ccca02 And the most recent beta version here http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/20000-Beta-Versions?p=116013&viewfull=1#post116013 Hi Michael, sorry for the frequent posts. I couldn't even know how to select the point at which I've a rupture to find the nearest valve to close. Watching the video suggests that we have two icons under the "Valve Isolation Trace". In the installed toolbar,  these icons are not existing. Screenshots are taken for the installed toolbar and the toolbars from the video". Why the two icons under the "Valve Isolation Trace" are missing in my toolbar and existing in the toolbar shown in the video?! It would be highly appreciated how can i use the  "Infrastructure editing toolbar" and the "Infrastructure reporting toolbar" in order to close the nearest valve of a rupture point. By the way, can we use these two toolbars if we have our own data which is built using the geometric network (screenshot is provided)? Thank you, regards Jamal ... View more

Jamal,   The tool is included in the Infrastructure Editing Template.  The template include an add in that contains this functionality as well as a secondary trace, a sewer profile graph trace and much much more. You can find the released version here http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=14bdfb26bc2f4e0388a633fbd0ccca02 And the most recent beta version here http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/20000-Beta-Versions?p=116013&viewfull=1#post116013 Hi miller, I tried to use the command to find the nearest valve to close in case we have a rupture at the indicated point but sounds to be difficult to perform this command! How can i "Click a location to start the trace"? please, see the attached screenshot that shows my question how can i use the tools available in the "Infrastructure editing toolbar" and "Infrastructure reporting toolbar"? Do these toolbars can entirely replace the "Utility Network Analyst" toolbar? Is there a more detailed manual that explains thoroughly how to use these two bars? thank you regards Jamal ... View more

All of the commands have always been in ArcToolbox.  The toolbar was what was limited in functionality. It only contained a subset of tools that 3D Analyst offered. This is one of the very reasons the toolbars from Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst had their tools removed.  Different names, different parameters, different UI's, different environments/options, all led to confusion for many users.  The full power of these extensions (analytically anyway) has always been and remains in ArcToolbox. Regards, Eric Thank you Eric for the reply. i think, this kind of confusion is still there! i to collect some examples that shows these two issues: - commands that are not in the ArcToolbox; - commands that have different names. regards Jamal ... View more

They have augmented the 'Create Tin' tool to do all of the processing like the old toolbar button did. The old 'Create TIN' did not include data, but the new one does.  I agree the help needs to be updated for version 10 and I have indicated as much on the feedback for the page. If you see something like that I encourage using that feedback button.  It is a little button with a pencil on it.  As far as the TIN Chris mentioned, it appears that you are using your boundary as a Hard Clip rather than Soft clip. I would create the TIN again and this time, specify a soft clip and remove the height for that feature. Thank you Jeff for the answer. I'm wondering why ESRI couldn't includes all the commands in the ArcToolbox. It's quite crucial for the user to access all the commands from one place! second, some times, the same command has two different names! one name in the Arctoolbox and other name in the toolbar minue! regards Jamal ... View more