Add Spatial Query Rule (Network Diagram)

Summary

Adds a diagram rule that automatically appends new network features to the diagrams based on their location relative to the network features currently represented in the diagram.

Learn more about using spatial query rules to build network diagrams

Caution:

This tool is a configuration and administration tool.

Note:

This tool impacts the consistency of any existing diagrams based on the input diagram template. All of the existing diagrams become inconsistent and open with a consistency warning icon until they are updated.

Usage

• This tool is not supported when working with a utility network service. You must work with either a utility network or trace network in a file geodatabase or a database connection to a utility network in an enterprise geodatabase. When working with an enterprise geodatabase, the connection must be established as the database utility network owner.

• When performing this operation on a utility network in an enterprise geodatabase, the connected ArcGIS Enterprise portal account must be the portal utility network owner.

• The network data element specified for the input network parameter must be from either a utility network or trace network in a file geodatabase or a database connection to a utility network in an enterprise geodatabase.

• The Spatial Query rule is used to detect new network features based on their location relative to network features that currently exist in the diagram, and append the newly detected features to the network diagram.

• The network features with which the rule works are based on the same feature class, and those features can be filtered using an SQL query expression.

• The appended network features are based on the same feature class, and those features can be filtered using an SQL query expression.

Syntax

AddSpatialQueryRule(in_utility_network, template_name, is_active, added_features, {overlap_type}, existing_features, {search_distance}, {added_where_clause}, {existing_where_clause}, {description})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_utility_network	The utility network or trace network containing the diagram template to modify.	Utility Network; Trace Network
template_name	The name of the diagram template to modify.	String
is_active	Specifies whether the rule will be enabled when generating and updating diagrams based on the specified template. ACTIVE —The added rule will become enabled during the generation and update of any diagrams based on the input template. This is the default. INACTIVE —The added rule will not become enabled during the generation or update of any diagrams based on the input template.	Boolean
added_features	The source feature class to which features will be added.	Feature Class
overlap_type (Optional)	The spatial relationship to be evaluated. INTERSECT — The features in the added_features source feature class will be appended to the diagram if they intersect one of the existing_features. This is the default. WITHIN_A_DISTANCE — The features in the added_features source feature class will be appended to the diagram if they are within the specified distance (using Euclidean distance) of one of the existing_features. Use the search_distance parameter to specify the distance. CONTAINS — The features in the added_features source feature class will be appended to the diagram if they contain features from or are contained in the existing_features. WITHIN — The features in the added_features source feature class will be appended to the diagram if they are within existing_features. BOUNDARY_TOUCHES — The features in the added_features source feature class will be appended to the diagram if they have a boundary that touches one of the existing_features. When the existing_features are lines or polygons, the boundary of the added_features can only touch the boundary of one of the existing_features, and no part of the input feature can cross the boundary of one of the existing_features. SHARE_A_LINE_SEGMENT_WITH — The features in the added_features source feature class will be appended to the diagram if they share a line segment with one of the existing_features. The added and existing features must be line or polygon. CROSSED_BY_THE_OUTLINE_OF — The features in the added_features source feature class will be appended to the diagram if they are crossed by the outline of one of the existing_features. The added and existing features must be lines or polygons. If polygons are used for the existing_features, the polygon's boundary (line) will be used. Lines that cross at a point will be appended; lines that share a line segment will not.	String
existing_features	The source feature class on which the spatial query will execute.	Feature Class
search_distance (Optional)	The distance between features in the existing_features parameter and features in the added_features parameter. This parameter is only valid if the overlap_type parameter is set to INTERSECT, WITHIN_A_DISTANCE, CONTAINS, or WITHIN	Linear Unit
added_where_clause (Optional)	The SQL query that will be used to filter the features to be added to the diagram. Without an SQL query, the features based on the specified source class that are spatially related to the specified existing features will be appended to the diagram.	SQL Expression
existing_where_clause (Optional)	The SQL query that will be used to filter the features existing in the diagram. Without an SQL query, the features based on the specified source class that exist in the diagram will be considered.	SQL Expression
description (Optional)	The description of the rule.	String

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
out_utility_network	The updated utility network or trace network.	Utility Network; Trace Network
out_template_name	The name of the diagram template.	String

Code sample

AddSpatialQueryRule example (stand-alone script)

Add a Spatial Query rule to the MyTemplate1 template to systematically add all subtransmission lines that intersect substations in the generated diagrams.

import arcpy
input_Network = "D:/MyProjectLocation/MyDatabaseConnection.sde/MyDatabase.MAP.Electric/MyDatabase.MAP.Electric"
input_DistributionLine = "D:/MyProjectLocation/MyDatabaseConnection.sde/MyDatabase.MAP.Electric/MyDatabase.MAP.ElectricDistributionLine"
input_StructureBoundary = "D:/MyProjectLocation/MyDatabaseConnection.sde/MyDatabase.MAP.Electric/MyDatabase.MAP.ElectricStructureBoundary"

input_DiagramTemplate = "MyTemplate1"

arcpy.AddSpatialQueryRule_nd(input_Network, input_DiagramTemplate, 
                             'ACTIVE', input_DistributionLine, 'INTERSECT',
                             input_StructureBoundary, None, 'ASSETGROUP=6', 
                             'ASSETGROUP=3')

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

• Basic: No
• Standard: Yes
• Advanced: Yes