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SSP Innovations offers a variety of blog posts that break down trending industry topics, including how to use the latest tools, what new releases to look for, and development tips specific to the systems you use. Browse for updates on the Esri roadmap, enterprise strategies, and how to get more out of your technology investments. Is there a topic you want to know more about or a question you want our team to answer in depth? Leave us a message in the comment form!

How to Find SSP at Link

March 3, 2014 By: Dean Perry

The Schneider Electric Link Conference starts today. With so many of our clients, colleagues and friends in the industry attending, we thought we’d publish a quick guide as to what…

Fiber Attenuation – It Isn’t a Breakfast Cereal

February 24, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

This post describes some of the most common issues found when using the Schneider Electric Fiber Manager™ Attenuation Values, plus our recommended solutions!

ArcFM™ and the Amazing Technicolor Feeders

February 10, 2014 By: John Coleman

This post describes a new bit of functionality SSP developed utilizing color-coded symbology to help differentiate values of certain "signature" ArcFM™ fields. Click through to find out how it works!

Fiber Manager™ Device Modeling

February 5, 2014 By: Skye Perry

Many devices and patch panels can be modeled using the standard product data model - we decided to post many that we've modeled which will provide some ideas and a…

Useful Scripts for the Non-Programmer: Converting VBA Scripts to Python

February 4, 2014 | By: SSP Innovations

A little while back, we published some instructions on how to use ArcObjects within Python scripts. Check them out, now updated to be compatible with the ArcGIS 10.1 release, for…

Integrating ArcFM™ & iVUE with a Multispeak Model

January 8, 2014 | By: SSP Innovations

Here we describe a recent project which allows SSP to implement an integrated ArcFM™ for a small utility, at a reasonable cost. Find out more...

Integrating Maximo to GIS

December 2, 2013 By: Skye Perry

Here we describe in detail an integration SSP performed between a Schneider Electric/Esri-based GIS and IBM's Maximo a few years ago. Considering implementing Maximo and/or Maximo Spatial? This post is…

The Latest Improvements in Designer™ and ArcFM™

December 1, 2013 By: Matthew Stuart

In this post, we provide a by-the-numbers review of the core performance improvements recently announced for upcoming releases of Schneider Electric's Designer™ and ArcFM™ products. Is it really faster? How…

Development Tip: Why Is This Button Disabled?

November 10, 2013 | By: SSP Innovations

A simple solution to a simple - and common - problem: when a user encounters a disabled button, they realize they can't do something. But how do they know WHY…

What’s the Deal With ArcGIS Online Entitlements?

November 7, 2013 By: Dean Perry

There seems to be consistent confusion surrounding the ArcGIS Online Entitlement program recently announced by Esri. While it is publicly-available information, we know it can sometimes be a little bit…

Custom Designer™ Reporting

October 7, 2013 By: Skye Perry

Various reporting strategies are available within Designer™ including the use of multi-tab Excel reports with detailed formatting, formulas, and print layouts. This example shows a powerful reporting implementation.

Innovation is the Name of the Game: The Graphical Report Tool

October 3, 2013 By: John Coleman

In this post we describe the innovation behind a custom solution we recently provided. This tool provides a graphical report that displays the area around each junction in an ArcFM™…