Export Associations (Utility Network)

Summary

Exports associations from a utility network to a comma-separated-values file (.csv). This tool can be used in conjunction with the Import Associations tool.

Learn more about how to export associations

Usage

• When working with an enterprise geodatabase, the Input Utility Network must be from a database connection established as the database utility network owner.

• The information in the .csv file is stored in the following format: ASSOCIATIONTYPE, FROMFEATURECLASS, FROMASSETGROUP, FROMASSETTYPE, FROMGLOBALID, FROMTERMINAL, TOFEATURECLASS, TOASSETGROUP, TOASSETTYPE, TOGLOBALID, TOTERMINAL, ISCONTENTVISIBLE, PERCENTALONG.

  .csv columns

  Column	Description	Example
  ASSOCIATIONTYPE	The type of association. Junction Junction Connectivity Junction Edge From Connectivity Junction Edge Midspan Connectivity Junction Edge To Connectivity Containment Structural Attachment	Containment
  FROMFEATURECLASS/TOFEATURECLASS	The feature class or object participating in the association.	ElectricDistributionDevice, ElectricDistributionAssembly, StructureJunction
  FROMASSETGROUP/TOASSETGROUP	The asset group of the feature.	Transformer, Fuse, Elbow
  FROMASSETTYPE/TOASSETTYPE	The asset type of the feature.	Streetlight, Attachment, Single-phase padmounted
  FROMGLOBALID/TOGLOBALID	The global ID of the feature.	{16558C73-013C-4169-A095-7E9DCD57EB57}
  FROMTERMINAL/TOTERMINAL	The terminal participating in the association. This is only applicable to junction-junction connectivity associations.	Single Terminal, Load, Source
  ISCONTENTVISIBLE	A Boolean flag indicating whether the content is visible. This is only applicable to containment associations.	False, True
  PERCENTALONG	The percent along value for junction-edge midspan connectivity associations between a junction object and an edge object.	0.75

Syntax

ExportAssociations(in_utility_network, association_type, out_csv_file)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_utility_network	The utility network containing the associations to export.	Utility Network; Utility Network Layer
association_type	Specifies the type of association to export. ALL —All association types in the utility network will be exported to a .csv file. JUNCTION_JUNCTION_CONNECTIVITY —Connectivity associations allowing two junction subtypes to connect via a connectivity association (features are offset geometrically) will be exported to a .csv file. CONTAINMENT —The containment association type will be exported to a .csv file. STRUCTURAL_ATTACHMENT —The structural attachment association type will be exported to a .csv file. JUNCTION_EDGE_FROM_CONNECTIVITY —The junction-edge (from side of edge) connectivity association type will be exported to a .csv file. JUNCTION_EDGE_MIDSPAN_CONNECTIVITY —The junction-edge (midspan) connectivity association type will be exported to a .csv file. JUNCTION_EDGE_TO_CONNECTIVITY —The junction-edge (to side of edge) connectivity association type will be exported to a .csv file.	String
out_csv_file	The name and location of the .csv file that will be generated.	File

Code sample

ExportAssociations example 1 (Python window)

This sample script exports all associations for a utility network called GridNetwork.

import arcpy
arcpy.ExportUtilityNetworkAssociations_un("GridNetwork", "ALL", 
                                          r"C:\Temp\AllAssociations.csv")

ExportAssociations example 2 (Python window)

This sample script exports junction-junction connectivity associations for a utility network called GridNetwork.

import arcpy
arcpy.ExportUtilityNetworkAssociations_un("GridNetwork", "JUNCTION_JUNCTION_CONNECTIVITY", 
                                          r"C:\Temp\JJAssociations.csv")

ExportAssociations example 3 (Python window)

This sample script exports containment associations for a utility network called GridNetwork.

import arcpy
arcpy.ExportUtilityNetworkAssociations_un("GridNetwork", "CONTAINMENT", 
                                          r"C:\Temp\ContainmentAssociations.csv")

ExportAssociations example 4 (Python window)

This sample script exports structural attachment associations for a utility network called GridNetwork.

import arcpy
arcpy.ExportUtilityNetworkAssociations_un("GridNetwork", "STRUCTURAL_ATTACHMENT", 
                                          r"C:\Temp\StructureAssociations.csv")

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

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