With the Network Editor the assets required for a Utility Network can be created. This function, which can be accessed both via the Home tab and via the toolbar, offers predefined feature templates for selection.

Procedure

Create Feature

1.Start function
The function can be activated either via the Home tab or via the toolbar > Edit. In the left side panel, the Create Feature tab opens.

2.Select Feature Template
The desired feature can be selected from the preconfigured feature templates.
For clarity, feature templates are hidden from invisible layers.
The Filter templates input window can be used to search for a specific feature template and select it with a mouse click or using the keyboard.
Other functions include:

Instead of selecting a template from the complete template list, the Compatible Feature Templates mode can be used. Only the feature templates that can be linked to the feature selected in the map using point selection from a network topology perspective are then offered.

The active feature template is marked with a green bar and can now be used to capture a feature of this type in the map.

Each feature template is assigned to a specific layer. The assigned layer is displayed in square brackets after the template name if the detail view is active.

A layer can be switched off and therefore not visible or not visible due to the scale settings. If the layer belonging to the feature template is not visible due to the currently set map scale, the message "Zoom to scale range of the layer" appears below the template.

The feature templates are either Network Feature that are part of the utility network, or Non-network-Features (e.g. an info line). The different capture rules described below are used to capture these features.

3.Create feature geometry

a.Network feature
If a template for capturing a network feature is selected, the mouse pointer changes to a cross symbol with a surrounding circle. The selected point, line or polygon shaped feature can now be placed or drawn in the map. After finishing by double-clicking, the new object will be displayed in the map with the symbology corresponding to the selected feature template.

Snapping Rules
The Rules for the Utility Network button is available specifically for network features.
 
If the button is activated, snapping for the network feature to be created is only possible for a feature that corresponds to the network rules (e.g.end user at the end of a line, hydrant at the end of a hydrant line, slider between two lines, tapping slider on the vertex of a line, connection point (PlanConnectionPoint) for the transition between line construction and plant construction). The mouse pointer appears as a cross symbol with a surrounding circle and another circle indicates the nearby possible snap objects. As soon as the mouse pointer is placed on a desired snap object, the cross symbol disappears and the point can be set by mouse click.
 
If the button is disabled, snapping can be performed on any feature in the map. In this case, the utility network rules are ignored.
 
Snapping can also be deactivated by holding down the Alt key until it is released again.

The network rules validation running in the background may cause a slight delay when executing the snap function.

The collection process can be aborted with the Esc key.

Newly created lines are automatically connected to the appropriate terminals if the line end points are geometrically connected to network points for which terminals are defined.
If a newly created line cannot be clearly connected to a terminal, the terminal dialog is displayed. The user can manually connect the line to the desired terminal. See also chapter Connecting Terminals.

b.Non-network feature
When selecting a template for a non-network feature, snapping is deactivated by default. The mouse pointer is simply displayed as a cross symbol and the desired object can be placed anywhere on the map.
The Snapping for non-network features can be activated with pressed Alt Key. Then the mouse cursor changes to a cross symbol with a surrounding circle.

4.Collect feature attributes
After the geometry is created, the predefined fields for attribute input open in the left side panel.

5.Save feature
Clicking Save stores the feature with generated geometry and associated attribute data to the database.

In principle, the geometries of objects in a utility network must have Z coordinates in addition to X and Y coordinates. VertiGIS Studio Web does not generate Z-coordinates by default when capturing objects.
If the following error message appears, the Feature Service must be configured to accept Z coordinates.
The following option is available in the ArcGIS Server Manager when configuring the feature service: