Open ArcMap (see Notes below on support for ArcGIS Pro) and select the GIS map containing the layers you wish to integrate. Create the GISOBJID and UPDATE_COUNT columns in the attribute table for each of the layers that you want to integrate with HxGN EAM. Next, install the HxGN EAM GIS extensions.
See the for detailed information on creating the GISOBJID and UPDATE_COUNT columns and installing the GIS extensions
The HxGN EAM GIS extensions are screens developed on the .NET platform. They are installed as an interactive toolbar in ArcMap and function as an extension of the HxGN EAM application with limited functionality inside ArcMap. They are created especially for ArcGIS Desktop and are powered by HxGN EAM web services. These are the same web services used by the base HxGN EAM application so all its business rules and data integrity constraints will apply to data created and updated. The toolbar functions will not become active in ArcMap until at least one map layer is integrated, meaning at least one layer has the GISOBJID and UPDATE_COUNT columns.
The next step is usually to create the data mappings using the extensions as mentioned previously.
See Mapping Data Types and HxGN EAM Map Feature Attributes for more a detailed discussion of data mapping functions in the HxGN EAM toolbar.
When setting up the data mappings prior to creating features as HxGN EAM equipment, you have the option to use an equipment profile, map the individual fields in the attribute table to the HxGN EAM database fields, set the mappings to use fixed values to populate the required HxGN EAM fields or a combination of all of these. An equipment profile contains all the values necessary to create an equipment record in HxGN EAM. You may also specify other values such as department and class. The profile must be for marked as a GIS profile or it will not be available when using GIS integration.
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GIS integration with HxGN EAM is supported for both ArcGIS Desktop applications –ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro.
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Functionality available in ArcMap via the HxGN EAM ‘toolbar’ (or ‘extensions’ as they are sometimes referred) is also available via the ArcGIS Pro Add-In; with the exceptions explained in section ArcGIS Pro - HxGN EAM Add-In functions.
If only minimal data is required to be synchronized between the two systems, then equipment profiles can be used along with a few mapped fields. Note that Profiles are not required. They are normally used if you want to create equipment or features automatically from HxGN EAM. Profiles are useful for easily providing department, organization as well as a general description when creating equipment. However, these fields may also be supplied through a specific mapping for each layer that has the values for organization and department supplied as hard coded values. If you are not automatically creating equipment or features from Inform EAM, it is recommended to use field mappings to supply the required fields for HxGN EAM records rather than using profiles. If additional data needs to be synchronized between the two systems, you may configure additional data mappings as needed to supplement profile data. Note that equipment profiles also come into play at two other points. On the GIS side, a profile must exist if using the Create Equipment function. On the HxGN EAM side, you will use profiles when creating GIS features from existing assets. Note that in HxGN EAM there is the option on the equipment record to create a GIS feature. This process requires an equipment profile to auto create a feature in GIS based the selected HxGN EAM equipment record.