Add Collapse Container Rule (Network Diagram)

Summary

Adds a diagram rule that automatically collapses container contents during the building of diagrams based on an existing template. This rule collapses the entire contents of containers in the diagrams.

Learn more about collapsing containers in 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 or trace network service. You must use either a utility network or trace network in a file or mobile geodatabase, or a database connection to a utility network or trace network in an enterprise geodatabase. When working with an enterprise geodatabase, the following are requirements:

  • The Input Network parameter value must be from a database connection established as the database utility network owner or database trace network owner.
  • The connected ArcGIS Enterprise portal account must be the portal utility network owner or portal trace network owner.
  • This tool must be connected to the default version, which is expected to be public and not protected.

• The Collapse Container rule is used to simplify diagrams by collapsing all contents related to containers that may exist in diagrams.

  This tool is used to configure the Collapse Container rule to either collapse all container contents in the diagram that are based on specified container source classes or object tables or collapse all container contents in the diagram except those based on the specified container source classes or object tables.

  When it is configured by default—that is, with the Exclude source classes option in the Rule Process parameter and the Both junction and edges option in the Container Type parameter and no source container classes or object tables are specified—the Collapse Container rule will collapse all contents in the generated diagrams regardless of the network source container class or object table they are related to.

Parameters

Dialog

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Input Network	The utility network or trace network containing the diagram template that will be modified.	Utility Network; Trace Network
Input Diagram Template	The name of the diagram template that will be modified.	String
Active	Specifies whether the rule will be active when generating and updating diagrams based on the specified template. Checked—The added rule will become active during the generation and update of any diagrams based on the input template. This is the default. Unchecked—The added rule will not become active during the generation or update of any diagrams based on the input template.	Boolean
Container Type	Specifies the geometry type of the container source class or object table the rule will process. Junctions only—The Collapse Container rule will process the junction container source classes and object tables only. Only the polygon container source classes, point container source classes, and container junction object tables will be processed. Edges only—The Collapse Container rule will process the edge container source classes and object tables only. Only the linear container source classes or container edge object tables will be processed. Both junctions and edges—The Collapse Container rule will process any container source classes and object tables regardless of their type. Both junction and edge types will be processed. This is the default.	String
Rule Process	Specifies how the rule will process the specified container source classes and object tables. Exclude source classes—Containers that are based on the specified source classes and object tables will not be collapsed, while other containers will be collapsed. This is the default. Include source classes—Containers that are based on the specified source classes and object tables will be collapsed.	String
Container Sources (Optional)	The container source class (or classes) and object table (or tables) that will be excluded or included during the Collapse Container rule process. If Rule Process is set to Exclude source classes (inverse_source_selection = "EXCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the rule can be configured without specifying a network source class or object table, in which case it will collapse contents of any container source classes and object tables in the generated diagrams. However, if Rule Process is set to Include source classes (inverse_source_selection = "INCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the container source class (or classes) or object table (or tables) to be collapsed must be specified. When Rule Process is set to Exclude source classes (inverse_source_selection = "EXCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the contents related to any container features or container objects belonging to the specified classes or object tables will not be collapsed in the generated diagrams, while contents related to container features and container objects that don't belong to those classes and object tables will be collapsed. Conversely, when Rule Process is set to Include source classes (inverse_source_selection = "INCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the contents related to any container features and container objects belonging to the specified source classes and object tables will be collapsed in the generated diagrams, while contents related to container features and container objects that don't belong to those source classes and object tables will not be collapsed.	Table; Feature Class
Description (Optional)	The description of the rule.	String
Aggregate reconnected edges (Optional)	Specifies whether the rule will aggregate the edges that are reconnected to the collapsed container junctions. Unchecked—Any edge connecting a content junction will be kept and reconnected to the collapsed container junction. Checked—Any edge connecting a content junction will be replaced by a reduction edge that is reconnected to the collapsed container junction. Multiple edges between two collapsed junctions will be systematically aggregated under the same reduction edge. This is the default.	Boolean

Derived Output

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Output Network	The updated utility network or trace network.	Utility Network; Trace Network
Output Diagram Template	The name of the diagram template.	String

Python

arcpy.nd.AddCollapseContainerRule(in_utility_network, template_name, is_active, container_type, inverse_source_selection, {container_sources}, {description}, {reconnected_edges_option})

Name	Explanation	Data Type
in_utility_network	The utility network or trace network containing the diagram template that will be modified.	Utility Network; Trace Network
template_name	The name of the diagram template that will be modified.	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
container_type	Specifies the geometry type of the container source class or object table the rule will process. JUNCTIONS—The Collapse Container rule will process the junction container source classes and object tables only. Only the polygon container source classes, point container source classes, and container junction object tables will be processed. EDGES—The Collapse Container rule will process the edge container source classes and object tables only. Only the linear container source classes or container edge object tables will be processed. BOTH—The Collapse Container rule will process any container source classes and object tables regardless of their type. Both junction and edge types will be processed. This is the default.	String
inverse_source_selection	Specifies how the rule will process the specified container source classes and object tables. EXCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES—Containers that are based on the specified source classes and object tables will not be collapsed, while other containers will be collapsed. This is the default. INCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES—Containers that are based on the specified source classes and object tables will be collapsed.	String
container_sources [container_sources,...] (Optional)	The container source class (or classes) and object table (or tables) that will be excluded or included during the Collapse Container rule process. If Rule Process is set to Exclude source classes (inverse_source_selection = "EXCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the rule can be configured without specifying a network source class or object table, in which case it will collapse contents of any container source classes and object tables in the generated diagrams. However, if Rule Process is set to Include source classes (inverse_source_selection = "INCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the container source class (or classes) or object table (or tables) to be collapsed must be specified. When Rule Process is set to Exclude source classes (inverse_source_selection = "EXCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the contents related to any container features or container objects belonging to the specified classes or object tables will not be collapsed in the generated diagrams, while contents related to container features and container objects that don't belong to those classes and object tables will be collapsed. Conversely, when Rule Process is set to Include source classes (inverse_source_selection = "INCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES" in Python), the contents related to any container features and container objects belonging to the specified source classes and object tables will be collapsed in the generated diagrams, while contents related to container features and container objects that don't belong to those source classes and object tables will not be collapsed.	Table; Feature Class
description (Optional)	The description of the rule.	String
reconnected_edges_option (Optional)	Specifies whether the rule will aggregate the edges that are reconnected to the collapsed junctions. DONT_AGGREGATE_RECONNECTED_EDGES—Any edge connecting a content junction will be kept and reconnected to the collapsed container junction. AGGREGATE_RECONNECTED_EDGES—Any edge connecting a content junction will be replaced by a reduction edge that is reconnected to the collapsed container junction. Multiple edges between two collapsed junctions will be systematically aggregated under the same reduction edge. This is the default.	Boolean

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

AddCollapseContainerRule example (stand-alone script)

Add a Collapse Container rule to the MyTemplate1 template to collapse all containers in the generated diagrams regardless of their source class and object table, except those belonging to the structure junction source class, using the AddCollapseContainerRule function.

import arcpy
input_Network = "D:/MyProjectLocation/MyDatabaseConnection.sde/MyDatabase.MAP.Electric/MyDatabase.MAP.Electric"
input_DiagramTemplate = "MyTemplate1"
input_DoNotCollapseSourceClass = "D:/MyProjectLocation/MyDatabaseConnection.sde/MyDatabase.MAP.Electric/MyDatabase.MAP.StructureJunction"

arcpy.nd.AddCollapseContainerRule(input_Network, input_DiagramTemplate, 
                                  'ACTIVE', 'BOTH', 'EXCLUDE_SOURCE_CLASSES', 
                                  input_DoNotCollapseSourceClass, None,
                                  'AGGREGATE_RECONNECTED_EDGES')

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

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• Standard: Yes
• Advanced: Yes