Pontis 5.1

Implementation

Tips

September 21, 2010

General Guidance

• Read Pontis_Installation_Guide.chm

• Pontis 51 Technical Manual.pdf

• Pontis 5.1 User Manual.pdf

• Pontis 5.1 Release Notes.rtf

• Re-read Pontis_Installation_Guide.chm

Pontis Installation Guide

• Workstation vs. Enterprise

– Decisions of which direction, or both

• Review Requirements

– Hardware

– Software

– Database type

– Dependent upon previous decision

Server Hardware

• Machine Intel Pentium IV 3 GHz

• Memory 2 GBVideo

• 1024x768, 32 bit color

• Mouse Microsoft® or compatible

• Hard Disk120 GB +

• Disk Drives16X CD ROM ***

***NOTE: Pontis 5.1 support data is on DVD

Server Software

• OS – Server 2003 SP 2 with IIS 6.0

• Microsoft®.NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8

• ODBC Connection to DB

• I.E. 6.0

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x through 8.x (problems with 9.X)

Desktop/Laptop Hardware

• Machine Intel Pentium IV 3 GHz

• Memory 2 GBVideo

• 1024x768, 32 bit color

• Mouse Microsoft® or compatible

• Hard Disk120 GB +

• Disk Drives16X CD ROM ***

***NOTE: Pontis 5.1 support data is on DVD

Client Software

• Windows XP SP 2

• I.E. 6.0

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x through 8.x

(problems with 9.X)

Workstation Software

• Windows XP SP 2

• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8

• Microsoft®.NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1

• ODBC Connection to DB

• I.E. 6.0

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x through 8.x (problems with 9.X)

Other Software

• Infomaker 11.2 Build 16971 for reports

(note 11.2 Build 8806 for Pontis 4.5)

• Crystal Reports Developer XI Release 2

(11.5.9.1076) for reports

• Ghostscript for PDF generation for

datawindows reports

• Visual Studio for development of agency

controls -- 2005 or 2005 Express with SP1

Databases

• Sybase ASA9.0.2.3274 (i.e., 9.0.2 with EBF 3274)

• Oracle10g R2 (10.2.0.1)

• Oracle Express (Oracle XE)10g R2 (10.2.0.1)

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2

• Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 with Service Pack 2

Databases

• Since Pontis 5.1 is no longer developed using

Sybase’s Powerbuilder, ASA is no longer the

“design” platform.

• Encourage use of SQL Server and Oracle

Installation Process

• DB Migration

• Server Installation and/or

• Workstation Installation

Pontis 4.4.X

• Migrate your data from any older version of

Pontis 4.X up to Pontis 5.1

– Can still work with Pontis 4.5

• Registering Pontis DB within Pontis

• User Synchronization

• Agency Customization

Post Install Process

• Decision between 3 “authentication”methods

– Specify Proxy User ID and Password

– Each Application User has a Matching DB User

– Use Windows Authentication

• All have advantages and disadvantages and

will depend upon your IT policies and

procedures

Registering Pontis DB

Registering Pontis DB

User Synchronization

• Need to synchronize the users with the

Pontis 5.1 xml registry

• Go to Admin Tab, User Synchronization

• Add all database users to the registry

• All users will have password by default

User Synchronization

Agency Customization

• Pontis 5.1 Technical Manual – page 135 +

• Pontis 5.1 User Manual – page 271 +

• Pontis_Installation_Guide.chm

Agency Customization

• Setting Units of Measure for Display

• Localization / Flexible Relabeling

• Navigation and Field Level Security

• Layouts and Filters

• Bridge Detail Pane

• Agency Report Headers

• Agency Reports

Agency Customization, cont.

• Agency Pages

• PDI, export options

• Elements.prn

• Multimedia

• Other items

• Metric or US Customary Units

• Update PON_UNITS in COPTIONS table

– Via SQL statement or Admin within Pontis

– ENGLISH or METRIC

• Remember all data is stored in METRIC

regardless of which option chosen

Units of Measure for Display

• For now, two approaches

– XML Resource File Approach

– Navigation and Field Level Security (FLS)

Approach

Localization / Flexible Relabeling

• Navigation

– Can modify how the user navigates through the

screens

– Turn screens on or off

– Located in Admin Tab

Navigation/ Field Level Security

• Field Level Security

– Control which fields are visible, editable or

enabled

– Very fine grained control

– Also found in the Admin tab

Navigation/ Field Level Security

Navigation/ Field Level Security

Changed to SD Type 3

Navigation/ Field Level Security

SD Type 3

• Stored in database (pon_layouts table)

• Can be shared with all users

• Saves the SQL in database

• Point and Click building of SQL or

Advanced Users can write their own

advanced SQL Statements

• In Pontis 4.4, layouts could also “filter” – but

this is completely separate in Pontis 5.1

Layouts

Condition Summary Layout

Condition Summary Layout

• Example - Revise

– Bridge Id to Str No

– District to Region

– Drop Placecode

– Change length meters to feet

Condition Summary Layout

• Edit SQL

• Change Bridge_id to Str_No

• Change District to Region

• Delete pl.shortdesc as Place,

• floor(100*(b.length/0.3048))/100 as

Length_FT

Condition Summary Layout

• Stored in database (pon_filters table)

• Can be shared with all users

• Saves the SQL in database

• Point and Click building of SQL or

Advanced Users can write their own

advanced SQL Statements

Filters

Filters

Filters

• Filter those Structurally Deficient

• Add in the Where Clause

– AND inspevnt.nbi_rating = '1'

Filters

• Preview of Bridge/Inspection data

– Non-editable data – display only

– Customized by editing pon_attribute_display

– No Admin function to customize this currently

– Need to edit DB directly

– Pontis 5.1 Technical Manual – Page 142-142

• Currently does not work to add new tabs but can only edit descriptions of existing fields

Bridge Detail Pane

Bridge Detail Pane

Bridge Detail Pane

• Agency Name - The name of your agency

• Agency Office - The name of your office, or

any other level of your agency

• Agency Department - The name of your

department or group.

• Located in web.config

– Workstation – locally available

– Enterprise – your web admin can do this

Agency Report Headers

• <add key="[Site].Agency" value="SDDOT"/>

• <add key="[Site].Office" value="Bridge Design"/>

• <add key="[Site].Department" value="SDDOT"/>

Agency Report Headers

Agency Report Headers

• Two approaches

– Infomaker

• Datawindow .NET

• Can migrate from 9 to 11 (sometimes works)

– Crystal Reports

• Preferred Method to be supported long term

Agency Reports

• Attend the Crystal Reports training tomorrow for

details on custom reports

Agency Reports

• Two approaches

– Agency (Basic)

• Point & Click in Admin

• “Easy” but many limitations

– Only user bridge and inspection tables

– Not user roadway or structure unit tables

– Agency (Advanced)

• Microsoft Visual Studio

• ASP.NET user controls

• Much more advanced

Agency Pages

• This is an afternoon class in and of itself

• A brief example of the Basic Form

– Pages 155-185 in Technical Manual

Agency Pages

Agency Pages - Basic

• *.txt files replaced with database table driven

options

– PON_EXCHANGE_OPTION

– PON_EXCHANGE_OPTION_DETAIL

Import/Export Options

• PON_EXCHANGE_OPTION

– List of tables available for export/checkout

– Add any agency tables to this table

• PON_EXCHANGE_OPTION_DETAIL

– List of tables for each export/checkout option

– Need to customize for any agency tables

– Replaces the BRIDGES.TXT, INSPDATA.TXT,

ALL.TXT, NON_BRIG.TXT, SCENSUMM.TXT,

SCENDETL.TXT, and CUSTOM.TXT

Import/Export Options

Import/Export Options

• No longer used – database table driven from

PON_CTRL_ELEMENTS_PRN

• Any custom elements that were stored in

elements.prn need to be added to this table

• If still using Pontis 4.5, still need elements.prn for

that though – so you’ll need to keep them current in

both places

Elements.prn

• No longer uses this Nbiguide.txt when export NBI

files

• PON_CTRL_NBI_GUIDE

• Any changes you may have customized to your

nbiguide.txt file needs to be reflected in the records

of this table

• If you made no changes, then you should be ok

Nbiguide.txt

• MULTISERVER5 in COPTIONS table

– Created Virtual Directory on web server and pointed to

media folder and named it such to work in

COPTIONS.MULTISERVER5

• We’re having problems getting it to work correctly

but I think others have gotten it to work.

Multimedia

• Agency Logo on Header

• Web.config

<!--For Agency logo customization-->

<add key="[AgencyLogo].ImageUrl" value="~/images/agency_logo.jpg"/>

<add key="[AgencyLogo].Width" value="112"/>

<!--in pixel-->

<add key="[AgencyLogo].Height" value="46"/>

<!--in pixel-->

<add key="[AgencyLogo].SideBySide" value="TRUE"/>

Other customizations

• Must conform to these dimensions:

– Width - 112 px

– Height - 46 px

• Jpg file format

Agency Logo

Agency Logo

User Groups

• Can assign users to a group, but only one

group

• Can associate a bridge-level access filter

with each group

– e.g. User in Group “Region 1” will only see

bridges in their respective Region

User Roles

• Can assign users to a role, but only one

group

User Permissions

• Can assign users various permissions for

tabs, filters, layouts, etc

Questions/Problems

• https://pontis.bakerprojects.com/cont/index.html

• Review incidents already reported and possibly solved – no sense re-inventing solutions identified for others

• Report a new incident – provide as much detail as you can – only speeds up resolution

Summary

• Review Pontis User and Technical Manuals

for Pontis 5.1 specific information

• Review the Pontis_Installation_Guide.chm

Outstanding Issues

• SR Calculate Status – not updating

– Fixed in 5.1.0.1

• Bridge Detail Pane – customization not working

• User table records not being created (e.g. user bridge, user inspection, etc.

– fixed in Pontis 5.1.0.1

• Multimedia – not working correctly for us

Outstanding Problems

• Some PC’s – text unreadable – issues with

CSS?

– Try using Compatiblity View – fixes some

issues

– Pontis 5.1.0.1 hopefully will fix the rest

• IE 8 update (Pontis 5.1.0.1)

Important Enhancements

• Ability to link multiple documents at once

for multimedia (currently one at a time)

• There are actually over 50 enhancements

identified already in JIRA

Questions?

Todd Thompson, PE

SD DOT – Bridge Design

todd.thompson@state.sd.us

(605)773-3285