Create Reference View for Work Areas

A Work Area represents the “footprint” or boundary of a design, which gives the design a defined space and informs other designers of nearby activity in the area. Symbology attributes (fill, style, and outline) are configurable at the company level; the image here is just one example. As stated in the Publish Network Feature Service topic, you should include the Work Areas polygon feature class within the Network Feature Service to allow end users to create Work Areas for their own designs.

It is strongly recommended to also create a Reference View for Work Areas. By default, designers see the Work Area for their own current designs, but seeing other Work Areas requires either a Reference Map or a Reference View. Either of these options allows designers to turn on Work Areas in the Designer XI application and see other work happening near their designs.

You may include the Work Area polygon feature class either as a standalone Operational Map or as part of a larger Reference Map. In the latter situation, you then create a Reference View from the Operational Map that only includes the Work Area. See the Work Areas and Reference Views topics in Solution Center for more information.