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Designer™ CU Filter Tags & WMS Auto-Tagging

May 2, 2012 By: Skye Perry

Last month Dean Perry covered the new Telvent Designer™ CU Filter tool that was released at version 10.0.3. The new tool allows the user to search for compatible units (CU’s)…

ArcFM™ and Python

April 9, 2012 By: Corey Blakeborough

Last month, we presented you with a way to migrate scripts from VBA to Python as a means of reflecting the push away from Visual Basic in ArcGIS. The goal…

How to Make the Most of Your Week at TUG 2012

February 9, 2012 By: Dean Perry

Many of you, like us at SSP, are planning to attend this year's Telvent User Group conference later this month in Fort Collins, CO. But how will you spend your…

Useful Scripts for the Non-Programmer: Changing ArcFM™ Feature Settings En Masse

By: Corey Blakeborough

You may have noticed that the last few code examples we've provided have all been very similar in nature. The code I initially used to traverse through the ArcFM™ top…

Tagging Underground Electrical Lines in ArcFM™/Designer™ – Part 2

February 8, 2012 By: SSP Innovations

Electric utility companies may be required to provide a solution for tagging their underground electric lines for safety and regulation purposes. In the previous installment of Tagging Underground Electrical Lines…

Is Your Electric Data Ready for Prime Time Usage?

This month I wanted to turn my attention back to another Telvent Feeder Manager topic that has generated a lot of interest over the last few years. More and more…

Tagging Underground Electrical Lines in ArcFM™/Designer™

January 8, 2012 By: SSP Innovations

Electric utility companies may be required to provide a solution for tagging their underground electric lines for safety and regulation purposes. The solution would be required to meet several requirements,…

Performance Analysis of Your GIS Editors

January 5, 2012 By: Skye Perry

This is another topic that has garnered a lot of interest from various utilities that currently use either Telvent ArcFM™ or Telvent Designer™. The goal has long been to capture…

Useful Scripts for the Non-Programmer: Where is My Field AU Configured?

By: Corey Blakeborough

This month’s VBA script is very similar to last month’s, except that it searches specifically for field autoupdaters. It will break down the configuration and let you know every combination…

Useful Scripts for the Non-Programmer: Where is My AU Configured?

December 8, 2011 By: Corey Blakeborough

ArcFM™ Autoupdaters are incredibly useful and widely used. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to keep track of them. There are many different potential reasons behind a need to find out…

Debunking the Myth about Applying Data Model or Schema Changes to a Versioned Geodatabase

A question we are often asked is: what data model or schema changes are allowed on a versioned geodatabase, if any? The answer may surprise a few of you, as…

Useful Scripts for the Non-Programmer: Getting Attributes from Selected Features

October 31, 2011 By: Corey Blakeborough

Obtaining a useful report from ArcMap can be a long and complicated process that needs a script in order to be executed properly. Using the script from this article, simple…