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Configure an Edit Layer to fulfill one precondition for providing editing functionality in the WebOffice 10.2 SP3 clients.

Be aware that in order to make editing functionality available in WebOffice 10.2 SP3 you need

•	a valid WebOffice 10.2 SP3 advanced license (including the web editing module)

•	at least one layer from an ArcSDE geodatabase that is configured as an edit layer

•	a configured and activated Editing tool

Note: WebOffice 10.2 SP3 editing is tightly integrated with WebOffice usermanagement. In UserManagement Admin Web you can, e.g. configure a client ID for a user group in order to automatically set the value of the client ID field in the edit layer for this object when the user creates the object. Find more information in chapters WebOffice usermanagement and UserManagement Admin Web.

Note: If you edit into a versioned feature class then WebOffice 10.2 SP3 automatically performs the edits into the version used for the layer in the served ArcMap document. This way edits can be immediately displayed in the map service.

Note: It is possible to edit on a feature class with a different geographic projection then the main map service (the Edit Layer will get reprojected on-the-fly by ArcGIS). Anyway, there may be some precision problems depending on the projection parameters. Therefore, it is recommended to edit on feature classes only that have the same projection like the main map used for display.

Note: Editing features of a layer that has a joined table or layer in ArcMap is supported. However, please consider that the fields of the joined table cannot be used as edit fields.

Note: An easy way to create edit layers is by using the wizard Create Edit Layer.

Edit layers configuration

The edit layer configuration specifies in which way you want to edit on a specific layer of a map service. Therefore, it may contain the subsequent list of child elements:

•	Editing Fields specify the attribute fields the user may edit

•	List of Lookup Definitions specifies the lookup values visible in the WebOffice 10.2 SP3 clients

•	List of Available Edit Actions specifies which edit actions will be available for the user

•	Edit User specifies the database user for actually editing the geodata

•	Snap Layers specify the available snap layers for this edit layer

•	Integrated Editing Application enables users to do attribute edits in an application different from WebOffice 10.2 SP3 clients

•	Copy from Layers specifies all layers available in the Copy from edit action to copy objects from a layer to the edit layer

•	Object Assignment Layers specify the layers to be used as source layers for object assignment

Note: If no Editing fields are configured, then users can change the object geometry only.

Note: In WebOffice 10.2 SP3 it is not necessary to configure editing fields if the fields get edited using an Integrated Editing Application.

Note: If ArcGIS Server Workgroup is used then no edit user can be configured. Instead the corresponding operating system user is used automatically.

Property

Description

Layer ID

Layer ID of the edit layer in the used map service.

Alias name of edit layer

Alias name for edit layer (for user interface edit layer drop down list box).

Usage hint

Short usage hint that will be displayed in the top right corner.

Note: This parameter is WebOffice flex client specific.

Edit mode

Edit mode:

•	Attributes + Geometry: Attributes and geometry of the object get edited

•	Attributes: Only attribute data of the object gets edited. The user is not able to change the geometry of the object at all

•	Geometry: Only geometry of the object gets edited

Note: With the WebOffice mobile client, geometry editing is only supported for point feature class (no MultiPoint Features).

Default edit layer?

Specifies the default edit layer.

Note: If multiple edit layers are configured as default edit layer, then the first edit layer in the list is used as default edit layer.

Map View for edit layer

Specifies a specific map view/representation model to be displayed when choosing the edit layer. If no map view is configured then the current map does not get changed at all and the map does not get updated when selecting the edit layer.

Tip: If you want to assure a specific map view when the user is about to start editing, then use this option.

External ID

External ID used in parameterized calls to WebOffice 10.2 SP3 for identifying the edit layer.

Pixel tolerance for vertex selection

Pixel tolerance for vertex selection controls how sensitive selection of vertex points using the mouse pointer is. If the mouse pointer is within this distance of an object vertex point, then the user is able to select the vertex point.

Dimensioning

Support for doing simple dimensioning. Only effects the creation of polylines. If used (Yes) only two-point dimensioning per working step is supported. This also impacts several construction tools. Optionally chain dimensions can be created.

Use UM editing config?

If "Yes" is configured, the Editing Configuration for User Management is being used for this edit layer, provided that is has been configured in the application configuration under Common -> User Management.

If "No" is configured, the metadata (such as create time stamp, create user, change time stamp, change user) of an edit action are not being saved.

Also, the functionality of a "logical delete" is disabled, that means that objects of this layer will be deleted physically.

Note: Configuring "No" allows editing on this layer in the case that "Editing configuration for User Management" is present, but the current edit layer does not provide the columns that are necessary to store the metadata.

Use Multiple Object Editing?

Specifies whether editing of object attributes for an object selection (multiple objects) is possible for the user. Editing multiple object attributes at once (one interaction) may increase user efficiency considerably.

Split to segments

Specifies whether polylines should be automatically split into segments (Yes) or not (No).

Edit layer properties

Note: See chapter Editing for details about the tool configuration in WebOffice author.

Note: See chapter Editing for details about editing in the WebOffice html client.

Note: See chapter Editing for details about editing in the WebOffice flex client.

Edit Layers