Contents of Topobase Administrator Course

Administrator Course Contents

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CONTENTS OF TOPOBASE ADMINISTRATOR COURSE

Chapter 1: Topobase System Architecture Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 1.1 Autodesk Topobase Architecture

1.1.1 Overview 1.1.2 Components 1.1.3 Functionalities

1.2 Autodesk Topobase Components 1.2.1 Database Server 1.2.2 Topobase Client 1.2.3 Topobase Administrator 1.2.4 Industry-Specific Modules

1.3 Installation Considerations 1.3.1 Setup 1.3.2 Topobase Server Administrator

1.4 Chapter Summary

Chapter 2: Basics Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Launching Autodesk Topobase Administrator 2.3 Workspace

2.3.1 What Is a Workspace? 2.3.2 Creating a Workspace 2.3.3 Assigning documents

2.4 Data Model Administrator 2.4.1. Documents 2.4.2 Topics 2.4.3 Feature Classes 2.4.4 Domains 2.4.5 System Tables

2.5 Creating a New Document 2.5.1 General 2.5.2 Modules 2.5.3 Extensions 2.5.4 Units 2.5.5 Spatial 2.5.6 Jobs

2.6 Importing x,y Coordinates from an Excel Spreadsheet 2.7. Area Topology

2.7.1 Define the area topology



2.7.2 Topology checker 2.8 Data Checker

2.8.1 Data check process 2.8.1 Define the data checker 2.8.2 Define a scheduled data checker

2.9 System Tables 2.10 Chapter Summary

Chapter 3: Display Models Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Generating a Default Display Model 3.3 Saving a Display Model

3.3.1 Repository Base Path 3.3.2 XML File Types 3.3.3 Display Model with One Display Model Map 3.3.4 Display Model with Multiple Display Model Maps

3.4 Display Manager 3.5 Data Connections

3.5.1 Connecting to Autodesk Topobase Data 3.5.2 Connecting to Other Types of Feature Data

3.6 Symbolizing Data 3.6.1 Point Style 3.6.2 Symbol Style 3.6.3 Area Style 3.6.4 Line Style 3.6.5 Label Style 3.6.6 Topobase Enhanced Style 3.6.7 Topobase Dynamic Stylization

3.7 Generating Graphic 3.7.1 Generating Graphics with a Viewport 3.7.2 Using Advanced Settings


Chapter 4: Modifying the Data model Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Data Models

4.2.1 Domains 4.2.2 Creating a Domain 4.2.3 Adding Values to a Domain

4.3 Topics and Feature Classes 4.3.1 Creating a New Topic 4.3.2 Creating a General Feature Class



4.3.3 Creating a Label Feature Class 4.3.4 Creating the Light Feature Class 4.3.5 Adding Attributes to a Feature Class and Relating a Domain 4.3.6 Making New Feature Class, Topic, and Domain Visible in Document Explorer 4.3.7 Emptying or Dropping a Feature Class


Chapter 5: Utility model Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Understanding the Utility Model

5.2.1 Logical Topology Tables and Relations 5.2.2 Creating a Utility Model 5.2.3 Conditions 5.2.4 Tracing Templates 5.2.5 Network tracer 5.2.6 Topology checker

5.3 Data Migration into the water data model 5.3.1 Create workspace and document 5.3.2 Extend water data model according to the data source 5.3.3 Drop spatial indexes 5.3.4 Import data 5.3.5 Re-create spatial indexes 5.3.6 Update calculated attributes 5.3.7 Initialize the topology

5.4 Creating a feature class from a view 5.5 System Tables 5.6 Chapter Summary

Chapter 6: Forms Designer Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Customizing Feature Class Forms

6.2.1 Using the Topobase Form Designer 6.2.2 Forms Designer Controls 6.2.3 Hiding or Showing Controls 6.2.4 Modifying the Caption (Field Name) and Displaying Tool Tips 6.2.5 Assigning a Help File to a Form Control or Entire Form 6.2.6 Changing the Alignment of the Form Controls 6.2.7 Using Mandatory Fields and Locking Input

6.3 Advanced Customization 6.3.1 Modifying the List Displayed in Combo Boxes 6.3.2 Enabling Double-Clicking for Combo Boxes 6.3.3 Showing Coordinates on a Form 6.3.4 Adding Tab Pages to Forms



6.3.5 Creating a Master-Detail Form 6.3.6 Controlling Access to Form Controls 6.3.7 Configuring a Form Toolbar 6.3.8 Configuring a Topobase Web Form

6.4 Spatial Queries in Forms 6.4.1 Opening Forms Based on Queries 6.4.2 Spatial Operators


Chapter 7: Workflows and Feature Rules Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 7.1 Introduction 7.2 What Are Feature Rules?

7.2.1 Browsing Feature Rules 7.2.2 Triggers 7.2.3 Groups of Feature Rules 7.2.4 Server-Side Feature Rule Example 7.2.5 Use of Parameters 7.2.6 Triggers Naming Conventions

7.3 What Are Workflows? 7.3.1 Using an Existing Workflow 7.3.2 Browsing Predefined Workflows


Chapter 8: Reports and Data Export Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Reports Designer

8.2.1 Creating a Report 8.2.2 Layout Components 8.2.3 Displaying Data 8.2.4 Adding Report Detail Query—Child Groups 8.2.5 DB Column and Form Control 8.2.6 Sql Control 8.2.7 Function Control 8.2.8 Special Controls 8.2.9 Other Components 8.2.10 Parameters 8.2.11 Adding a Report to a Feature Class Form 8.2.12 Printing a Report from Topobase Client

8.3 Exporting Data 8.3.1 Exporting a Document 8.3.2 Exporting Attributes to an ASCII File



8.3.3 Exporting Attributes to XML 8.3.4 Exporting Attributes to SQL Statements 8.3.5 Exporting Attributes to Mail Merge 8.3.6 Exporting Attributes to Excel


Chapter 9: User Administration Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Creating and Managing User Groups 9.3 Application Security Level

9.3.1 Workspaces 9.3.2 Menus 9.3.3 Toolbars 9.3.4. TB commands

9.4 Document Security Level 9.4.1 Menus 9.4.2 Toolbars 9.4.3 Form Toolbars 9.4.4 Fly-Ins 9.4.5 TB commands

9.5 Explorer Groups 9.6 System Tables 9.7 Chapter Summary

Chapter 10: Oracle Schema Conversion Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Complete schema conversion

10.2.1 Example 10.2.2 Start import schema 10.2.3 Select schema 10.2.4 Convert to Topobase Schema window 10.2.5 Starting the conversion 10.2.6 Edit Attributes

10.3 Table conversion 10.3.1 Example 10.3.2 Start table conversion 10.3.3 Convert to Topobase Schema window 10.3.4 Conversion

10.4 Structure modifications 10.5 Type mapping 10.6 After the conversion 10.7 System Tables



10.8 Chapter Summary

Chapter 11: Explorer Configuration and Position Finder Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Explorer Configuration

11.2.1 Accessing the Explorer Configuration 11.2.2 Definitions 11.2.3 Statements 11.2.4 Example Extending the Explorer 11.2.5 Explorer Groups

11.3 Position Finder 11.3.1 Position Finder Administrator 11.3.2 Types 11.3.3 Sequential Search—Statements 11.3.4 Flat Search


Chapter 12: Topobase Web Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Automated Configuration

12.2.1 Load the Topobase Web Layout 12.2.2 Publish to MapGuide 12.2.3 Folder Structure 12.2.4 Assign Map Resource to Layout 12.2.5 Define Symbols 12.2.6 Configure a Workspace for Topobase Web 12.2.7 Validate Topobase Web Settings 12.2.8 Show Result in Topobase Web

12.3 Save a MapGuide Package 12.4 Manual Configuration

12.4.1 Connection 12.4.2 Layer 12.4.3 Map 12.4.4 Layout 12.4.5 Symbol Library 12.4.7 Configure the Web Layout for the Workspace 12.4.8 Show Result in Topobase Web

12.5 Using Topobase Web 12.6 System Tables 12.7 Chapter Summary



Chapter 13: Topobase Jobs Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Chapter Contents 13.1 Introduction 13.2 What Is a Job?

13.2.1 States 13.3 Defining a Job in Topobase Administrator

13.3.1 Preparation for Job Perimeter 13.3.2 Enable Jobs for the Document 13.3.3 Assigning a Perimeter to Topics 13.3.4 Creating a Job Template 13.3.5 Making Settings to Display Job Features

13.4 Using the Job (Client Functions) 13.5 System Tables 13.6 Chapter Summary

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