What's New

The most recent updates to ArcGIS Solutions for Gas include the following:

June 2018

Gas Utility Network Configuration
  • An update to the asset package to support ArcGIS Pro 2.2. See release notes for more information.
  • Added a data dictionary which provides an overview of the elements used in the utility network and a description of what they are.
  • New functionality in the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool leverages version 1.4.1 of the ArcGIS API for Python and provides additional functionary to specify a master service during deployment. To take advantage of these changes, download version 2018-6-26 of the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool and review What's new for additional details.

April 2018

As-Built Mapping
  • The Maps and Apps Gallery is moving to mature support.
  • This configuration is now using the Minimal Gallery configurable application template.
Gas Utility Network Configuration
  • The latest release of the Gas Utility Network Configuration includes updates to the asset package, Gas Utility Network map, and Gas Network Editor map. See the release notes for more information.

January 2018

Gas Utility Network Configuration
  • The first release of the Gas Utility Network Configuration, which is a series of tools, maps, and apps to get started creating, configuring, and using a utility network for gas utilities.
As-Built Editing and Analysis
  • The latest release of the Attribute Assistant Add-In. See release notes for more information.
  • An update to the As-Built Editing and Analysis map to include a tee editing template for non-controllable fittings.

July 1, 2017

Leak Survey Mobile Map

June 2017

As-Built Mapping
  • As-Built Mapping documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Damage Assessment Collector
  • Damage Assessment Collector documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Excavation Damages Collector
  • Excavation Damage Collector documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Exposed Pipe Collector
  • Exposed Pipe Collector documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Facility Reports for Gas Distribution
  • Most recent version of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that includes the following:
    • Support for ArcGIS 10.5.
    • A resolution to a bug in which using a custom length field in the report summary would result in incorrect results. When reporting on a custom length field, values can now be proportionally split when setting the new reclass report parameter, AdjustCountField, to true (BUG-000100918).
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReportAreasOverlap, which reports when a feature is split and the sum of the parts do not equal the original feature length. The logic is similar to the Pairwise Intersect tool, which results in faster processing.
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReclassType, which determines how features that span multiple reporting areas will be summarized.
Facility Reports for Gas Gathering
  • Most recent version of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that includes the following:
    • Support for ArcGIS 10.5.
    • A resolution to a bug in which using a custom length field in the report summary would result in incorrect results. When reporting on a custom length field, values can now be proportionally split when setting the new reclass report parameter, AdjustCountField, to true (BUG-000100918).
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReportAreasOverlap, which reports when a feature is split and the sum of the parts do not equal the original feature length. The logic is similar to the Pairwise Intersect tool, which results in faster processing.
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReclassType, which determines how features that span multiple reporting areas will be summarized.
Facility Reports for Gas Transmission
  • A resolution to an issue in the PreProcessingPipeDOT geoprocessing model where the wrong pipe was being assigned to the DOT area.
  • An update to two reports, Data Summarization of Onshore Transmission Pipe by DOT Class and Data Summarization of Offshore Transmission Pipe by DOT Class, to use the PipeDOTClass layer. The filter SQL of these reports has also been updated to summarize only active features with a system type of offshore transmission.
  • Most recent version of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that includes the following:
    • Support for ArcGIS 10.5.
    • A resolution to a bug in which using a custom length field in the report summary would result in incorrect results. When reporting on a custom length field, values can now be proportionally split when setting the new reclass report parameter, AdjustCountField, to true (BUG-000100918).
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReportAreasOverlap, which reports when a feature is split and the sum of the parts do not equal the original feature length. The logic is similar to the Pairwise Intersect tool, which results in faster processing.
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReclassType, which determines how features that span multiple reporting areas will be summarized.
Gas Asset Locator
Gas Relight
  • Gas Relight documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Gas Service Lookup
  • Gas Service Lookup documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Leak Survey Manager
  • An update to the Leak Survey Reports map document to remove the database specific data frames and symbolize areas with no overdue surveys.
  • Most recent version of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that include the following:
    • Support for ArcGIS 10.5.
    • A resolution to a bug in which using a custom length field in the report summary would result in incorrect results. When reporting on a custom length field, values can now be proportionally split when setting the new reclass report parameter, AdjustCountField, to true (BUG-000100918).
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReportAreasOverlap, which reports when a feature is split and the sum of the parts do not equal the original feature length. The logic is similar to the Pairwise Intersect tool, which results in faster processing.
    • A new parameter in the reclass report configuration, ReclassType, which determines how features that span multiple reporting areas will be summarized.
Map Change Request
  • Map Change Request documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Map Notes
  • Map Notes documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Service Request
  • Service Request documentation updated for automated deployment with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
Tracking and Traceability
  • The first release of Tracking and Traceability.
Upsell Analysis

March 2017

As-Built Editing and Analysis

December 2016

Utility and Pipeline Data Model
  • A new release of the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.

September 2016

ArcGIS for Gas Layer Catalog
Attribute Assistant
  • An update to the Attribute Assistant documentation to include improved grouping of Attribute Assistant methods and detailed examples for each method.

July 2016

As-Built Editing and Analysis

June 2016

Leak Survey Mobile Map (Mature Support)
As-Built Editing and Analysis
  • The latest release of the Attribute Assistant Add-In.
  • The latest release of the Gas Utility Network Editing Add-In.
  • An enhancement to the outage workflow to include a count of valves and customers in the isolation area.
Facility Reports for Gas Distribution
  • The UPDM.gdb has been removed and replaced with the NapervilleGas.gdb.
  • The ReportingArea parameter now uses the P_ServiceArea included with the NapervilleGas.gdb.
Facility Reports for Gas Gathering
  • A resolution to an issue in which the pre-processing geoprocessing models did not preserve the Global ID field of input feature classes.
  • The UPDM.gdb has been removed and replaced with the NapervilleGas.gdb.
  • The ReportingArea parameter now uses the P_ServiceArea included with the NapervilleGas.gdb.
Facility Reports for Gas Transmission
  • A resolution to an issue in which the pre-processing geoprocessing models did not preserve the Global ID field of input feature classes.
  • The UPDM.gdb has been removed and replaced with the NapervilleGas.gdb.
  • The ReportingArea parameter now uses the P_ServiceArea included with the NapervilleGas.gdb.

April 2016

As-Built Editing and Analysis
  • Renaming of the solution from As-Built Editing to As-Built Editing and Analysis.
  • First release of the Gas Utility Editing and Gas Utility Trace tools.
  • New toolbox and schema to publish the in-memory trace results to a feature service.
  • Updated map document to support the editing of transmission and gathering systems.
  • Updated sample gas dataset that includes transmission and gathering systems.
Gas Facility Maps
  • The Gas Pressure map, which provides a view of pipes by operating pressure, and Gas Distribution Network map, which provides a view of all network assets, are now included in the Gas Facility Maps.
  • The most recent sample data is now included in the NapervilleGas.gdb.
  • An update to the map documents to include new symbology.
Model Organization for Gas Utilities
  • An update to the ArcGIS Online services registered with an organization to use the most recent demographic and land use services.
Upsell Analysis (Mature Support)

February 2016

As-Built Editing
  • The latest release of the Attribute Assistant Add-In.
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model schema.
  • The inclusion of the Editing.gdb to include additional layers to support editing workflows.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.4.
Facility Reports for Gas Distribution
  • A resolution to an issue with the Mains Report in which the Ductile Iron and Other Material fields were using the incorrect material type for reporting.
  • An update to the configuration file data query expressions to run the reports for a hard coded data versus data reported in the current year.
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools.
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model schema.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.4.
Leak Survey Collector
  • An update to the Leak Survey schema to remove the bare hole and dimension features in order to streamline the leak collection workflow and improve the user experience.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.4.
Model Organization for Gas
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that include the latest versions of ArcREST and Reporting tools.
Facility Reports for Gas Gathering
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that include the latest versions of ArcREST and Reporting tools.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.4.
Facility Reports for Gas Transmission
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that include the latest versions of ArcREST and Reporting tools.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.4.
Leak Survey Manager
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that include the latest versions of ArcREST and Reporting tools.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.4.

December 2015

Facility Reports for Gas Gathering
  • The first release of Facility Reports for Gas Gathering, a series of tools that can be used by pipeline operators to create reports summarizing their gathering system.
Facility Reports for Gas Distribution
  • An update to the Mains Report and Services Report to summarize assets with reconditioned cast iron as a material type.
  • An update to the Excavation Damage Report to summarize excavation damages by root cause.
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model schema.
Utility and Pipeline Data Model
Gas Asset Locator (Mature Support)

November 2015

Information Lookup
  • A new parameter (Locale URL) to change the language of the application.
  • A new configuration parameter to change the size of the splash screen.
  • A new configuration parameter to turn off the basemap selector.
  • A redesign of the top and side bars to better display on mobile devices.
  • An enhancement to include a scroll bar on the splash screen (ENH-000090466).
  • A resolution to a bug where attribute values that contain spaces return "space" in the next line of the pop-up (BUG-000090525).
  • A new loading icon.
Leak Survey Manager
  • The Batch Attribute Editor widget is no longer included in the download. The widget is now included with Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS.
  • Use of Web AppBuilder (Developer Edition) is no longer required. The application can be configured using ArcGIS Online and Web AppBuilder.

October 2015

Gas Facility Maps
  • An update to the Cathodic Protection map document with updated symbology.
  • A resolution to an issue with the rectifier feature class in which related tables were missing from the map document resulting in an error message when publishing.

July 2015

Leak Survey Collector
  • The first release of Leak Survey Collector, a configuration of ArcGIS to conduct leak surveys using the Collector for ArcGIS app.
Utility and Pipeline Data Model
  • A new release of Utility and Pipeline Data Model (UPDM) that includes support for the ArcGIS Location Referencing for Pipelines extension.
As-Built Editing
  • The latest release of the Attribute Assistant Add-In.
  • The most recent sample gas distribution and reference data.
  • The removal of the LocalGovernment.gdb. Sample reference data is now included in the UPDM.gdb.
Data Reviewer for Gas Utilities
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model schema.
Leak Survey Compliance Dashboard
  • An update to the dashboard configuration with updated widgets.
  • The removal of the download, as required maps and data are included with the Leak Survey Manager solution.
  • Support for the Leak Survey Collector and Leak Survey Mobile Map solutions.
Leak Survey Manager
  • An update to the Leak Survey schema to remove the work order feature class, include a single leak survey grids layer, historic leak survey grids layer, and updated GPS log feature class.
  • An update to the Leak Survey Reporting scripts to use the Automated Setup & Reporting tools.
  • An update to the manager application to use the Batch Attribute Editor widget to assign surveys.
  • An update to the map documents to support schema and configuration changes.
  • The inclusion of the Leak Survey toolbox that can be used to reset the leak survey assignments annually.
Leak Survey Mobile Map
  • An update to the leak survey schema to remove the work order feature class, include a single leak survey grid layer, and remove the leak inspection feature class.
  • The latest release of the Solutions Windows Mobile Map to include a series of bug fixes and additional GPS configurations.
  • An update to the mobile map configuration file to support updates to the leak survey schema.
  • The LocalGovernment.gdb, MobileDay.mxd, and MobileNight.mxd has been replaced with the Mobile Day and Mobile Night map packages.

May 2015

Facility Reports for Gas Transmission
  • The first release of Facility Reports for Gas Transmission, a configuration of ArcGIS that can be used by gas utilities to create reports summarizing their transmissions assets.
Utility Map Generator
  • The use of Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS to configure the application.
  • The solution has been renamed, formally known as Map Book Picker.
Model Organization for Gas Utilities
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools to include a series of updates to the reporting tools and configuration file schema.
  • An update to the configuration file that includes support for the latest version of the Automated Setup & Reporting configuration file schema.
Facility Reports for Gas Distribution
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools to include a series of updates to the reporting tools and configuration file schema.
  • An update to the configuration file that includes support for the latest version of the Automated Setup & Reporting configuration file schema.
  • The solution has been renamed from Annual DOT Report to Facility Maps for Gas Distribution.

March 2015

Leak Survey Manager
  • An update to the Leak Survey Python scripts to remove the township overview layer from the Leak Survey Grid Updates; code updates to clear the geoprocessing workspace when script is complete; and a series of bug fixes.

February 2015

Data Reviewer for Gas Utilities
  • The first release of the Data Reviewer for Gas Utilities, a series of preconfigured ArcGIS 10.2 and 10.3 Data Reviewer for Desktop batch job (.rbj) files to improve the quality of gas network data.
Gas Asset Locator
  • The Single Field Asset Locator 10.3 toolbox is now included and provides additional options to the Create Asset Locator geoprocessing model to support ArcGIS 10.3.

December 2014

As-Built Editing
  • The first release of As-Built Editing, an ArcGIS for Desktop editing map for use by mapping technicians to create and manage gas distribution network data.
Model Organization for Gas Utilities
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that includes the most recent ArcREST and ArcREST Helper Tools and configuration file schema updates.
  • The inclusion of the GlobalLoginInfo configuration file to define login information.
Excavation Damage Collector
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Exposed Pipe Collector
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Gas Asset Locator
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Gas Facility Maps
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Gas Network Viewer
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Gas Service Lookup
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Leak Survey Mobile Map
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Potential New Customers
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Annual DOT Report
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that includes the most recent ArcREST and ArcREST Helper Tools and configuration file schema updates.
  • The inclusion of the GlobalLoginInfo configuration file to define login information.
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Leak Survey Manager
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that includes the most recent ArcREST and ArcREST Helper Tools and configuration file schema updates.
  • The inclusion of the GlobalLoginInfo configuration file to define login information.
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.
Leak Survey Compliance Dashboard
  • The latest release of the Automated Setup & Reporting tools that includes the most recent ArcREST and ArcREST Helper Tools and configuration file schema updates.
  • The inclusion of the GlobalLoginInfo configuration file to define login information.
  • The most recent sample gas dataset in the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.
  • Support for ArcGIS 10.3.

October 2014

Utility and Pipeline Data Model
  • The first release of the Utility and Pipeline Data Model, a geodatabase schema template for operators of pipe networks in the gas and hazardous liquids industries.
  • The Gas Data Model has been retired and replaced with the Utility and Pipeline Data Model.

September 2014

Gas Main Replacements
  • The first release of Gas Mains Replacement, a configuration of ArcGIS and the Information Lookup configurable web application template that can be used by the public to view gas main replacement projects within their community.

August 2014

Service Request
  • The first release of Service Request, a configuration of ArcGIS and the GeoForm configurable web application template that can be used by the public to request information about gas service.
Leak Survey Compliance Dashboard
  • An update to the map document symbology.
Leak Survey Manager
  • An update to the Leak Survey Python scripts to handle multiple leak survey types with the same Map Grid ID.
Leak Survey Mobile Map
  • An update to the Solutions Mobile Map to support token based security.
  • A series of bug fixes.
Top