Core ArcFM Configuration

Core ArcFM configurations also apply to Fiber Manager configurations. The sample data provided with the ArcFM Solution makes extensive use of model names and autoupdaters to support the functionality of tools and components that make editing more productive in ArcMap. This page lists basic configuration information that is necessary for configuring feature and object classes in the FiberDataset.

Feature Class Configuration

Where they exist, set Editable to No on these fields: CreationUser, CreationDate, LastUser, and DateModified
Assign the ArcFM User Name autoupdater to the On Feature Create event of the CreationUser field
Assign the ArcFM User Name autoupdater to the On Feature Update event of the LastUser field
Assign the ArcFM Current Date autoupdater to the On Feature Create event of the CreationDate field
Assign the ArcFM Current Date autoupdater to the On Feature Update event of the DateModified field
Set ArcFM Primary Display field to FacilityID, if applicable

Object Class Configuration

Where they exist, set Editable to No on these fields: CreationUser, CreationDate, LastUser, and DateModified
Assign the ArcFM User Name autoupdater to the On Feature Create event of the CreationUser field
Assign the ArcFM User Name autoupdater to the On Feature Update event of the LastUser field
Assign the ArcFM Current Date autoupdater to the On Feature Create event of the CreationDate field
Assign the ArcFM Current Date autoupdater to the On Feature Update event of the DateModified field

Locator Configuration

All Locators use the same options dialog. These settings let you determine how the results selection is handled. Select the Options button on the Locator Tool user interface.

Auto Zoom to Results: Automatically zooms to the set of found features. If the user clicks the Stop button before the search is complete, the Auto Zoom will NOT zoom to the found set.
Auto Add to Selection: Automatically selects the found set on the map and appends it to the Selection tab of the Attribute Viewer. If you click the Stop button before the search is complete, the found set will be selected. This field will be disabled if the layer you're searching is not selectable or is a table.
Use Case Sensitive Search: If this box is checked, the Locator Tool will select only those features that match the same case of the characters displayed in the attribute field. The box is unchecked by default. This option applies when using the ArcFM Display Field, Attribute Query or Object Query locators with an Oracle or File geodatabase.
Return FM2.0 Data: This only applies to electric features and has no effect on fiber features. But for explanation purposes, by default, joined data used by Feeder Manager 2.0 do not appear in the ArcFM Locator. The feeder information fields appear, but instead of data, they contain a 0 or “Feeder Tracing Disabled” message. Returning Feeder Manager 2.0 data affects performance, and the box is unchecked by default.
Locate Threshold: Use this value to limit the number of features that can be returned. This can improve performance when executing a locate that returns a high number of features. The default value is 50,000.