Edit Layers

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 (flash) client specific.

Feature Layer ID

Layer ID of the feature layer used for editing.

Note: To refer a layer, first a corresponding ArcGIS Server Feature Service has to be configured.

Note: Only choose a layer, if editing should be done via Esri FeatureServer Service instead of Server Object Extension.

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: Geometry can be used for example as a construction supply layer. A construction supply layer contains construction supply points and basically must have a Feature class with point geometry as a background.

•Attributes + limited Geometry (Split, Multipart explode, Multipart merge): Attribute data of the objects can be edited and a limited support for changing the geometry is allowed (geometry edit actions: split, multipart explode, multipart merge)

•Defined by Feature

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.

Provide direct editing?

Specifies if the user can edit a created feature directly by a button click (Yes) or not (No, Default).

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 parametrized calls to WebOffice 10.5 SP2 for identifying the edit layer.

Note: External layer IDs may not contain spaces or special characters. Only combinations of the following letters and numbers are permitted or are intended to be used:

▪A to Z (uppercase letters)

▪A to z (lowercase letters)

▪0 to 9 (numeric characters)

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 meta data (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 meta data.

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).

Simple editing?

Simple editing having less controls in the edit tool form in the WebOffice 10.5 SP2 client.

The following functions are no longer available or restricted:

- no 'Vertex Geometry' button
- no 'Construction' button
- no 'Edit Geometry' button --> always Yes

- no 'Undo' button ('Reset editing' remains)
- no Snap Layer(s)
- no output of length / area
- no context menu on vertex
- context menu on a line only for further processing

Ignore check consistency on lookups on 'create'

When 'true' is configured the check consistency flag will be evaluated only on edit action 'edit' / 'update'

When 'false' is configured the check consistency will also be evaluated on edit action 'create'

Note: The edit action 'Copy from' (template and layer) behaves like 'create'

Explode Multipart Mode

Defines the result of the edit action  "Explode Multipart" to the edit layer.

All_Parts_to_Features

All parts of multipart-feature become separate Features (even holes)

Keep_only_Outlines

Holes as well as islands within holes get removed, only the outermost parts become separate features

Keep_Holes_as_Holes

Features containing holes stay multipart-features, islands within such holes however become separate features

Results of the Explode Multipart Modes

Hint: If no Edit fields are configured, users can change the object geometry only.

Hint: In WebOffice it is not necessary to configure Edit fields if the fields get edited using an integrated external application.

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

Hint: Editing operations will use a feature layer if provided.

Vertex geometry for more than one point?

The user can have more than one Point in his upload vertex file. These points, when uploaded, will be created for the same set of attributes. This functionality is only used for point layers.

Objects must be adjacent for merging?

If activated (true) the merging of objects that are not adjacent is not possible.

If deactivated (No) (default value) the contour of the union of the selected objects will be used as resulting geometry in such cases.

Note: This setting is only used for the edit action Merge of single part objects.

Apply Usermanagement filters on value lists?

If activated (true) the Usermanagement Filters will be applied on the value lists in the edit form. The filters are not being applied on the value lists which were defined on a field in the WebOffice author.

Keep object position?

Determines whether the end user can move the position of objects during the editing action "Copy from".