Set Location Referencing options

Available with Location Referencing license.

To configure Location Referencing options in ArcGIS Pro, complete the following steps:

  1. Open the project where you want to set Location Referencing options.
  2. On the Location Referencing tab, in the Routes group or the Events group, click the Location Referencing Options launcher Location Referencing Options.

    The Options dialog box appears with the Location Referencing tab active.

    Tip:

    You can also access Location Referencing options by clicking Project > Options and clicking the Location Referencing tab on the Options dialog box.

    Location Referencing options
  3. Configure any of the following options as often as needed:

    Option sectionOption nameDescription

    Configuration and Conflict Prevention

    Set LRS Layers in maps to the current date and time when project is opened

    Check this check box to set the current date and time for the current project and user if time is enabled for LRS data. When this check box is checked, the current date and time is set on maps in the project each time the project is launched.

    Automatically reconcile prior to obtaining locks

    Check this check box to configure automatic lock reconciliation for conflict prevention.

    Learn more about conflict prevention

    Display measure along route during cursor movement up to this scale

    Click the drop-down arrow and choose a scale for the display of routes and measures while moving the pointer on the map in a feature service. The default is 1:10,000.

    Route Editing

    Keep centerlines chosen and selected

    Check this check box to keep centerlines in the Location Referencing pane chosen and selected on the map after route edits. When this check box is not checked, centerlines chosen in the Location Referencing pane are deselected, and selected features on the map are cleared.

    Warn before allowing route edits that can create physical gaps

    Uncheck this check box to disable the warning prompt that appears when a route edit will result in one or more physical gaps.

    Event Editing

    Retire edited events and create new events effective

    Check this check box to retire events as of the date set in the text box following an update to an event’s attributes using the Attributes pane, attribute table, or Edit Vertices tool Edit Vertices. When this check box is checked, the Retire edited events and create new events effective option in LRS Advanced Options will be checked by default. The default date is the current date.

    Always use current system date

    Check this check box to always use the current system date when retiring edited events and creating a new record in LRS Advanced Options. When this check box is checked, the text box in the Retire edited events and create new events effective option above is unavailable.

    Merge coincident events that are edited in the attribute table

    Check this check box to merge events that are coincident and edited to have identical attributes following an update to an event's attributes using the Attributes pane, attribute table, or Edit Vertices tool Edit Vertices. When checked, the Merge coincident events that are edited in the table option in LRS Advanced Options is checked by default.

    Automatically apply these options when editing in the attribute table and don't prompt me

    Check this check box to automatically apply the options above without prompting the LRS Advanced Options pop-up when editing event attributes using the Attributes pane, attribute table, or Edit Vertices tool Edit Vertices.

    To disable the LRS Advanced Options pop-up, check this check box and leave the check boxes above unchecked.

    Don't allow override of event placement on dominant routes

    Check this check box to automatically add events to the dominant routes without showing the route concurrency pane if the Add event to dominant route check box in the add event tools is checked. If the Add event to dominant route check box in the add event tools is unchecked, events are still added to the selected route.

    Merge coincident events in the Dynamic Segmentation table

    Check this check box to automatically merge coincident events following attribute updates in the Dynamic Segmentation table. When this check box is checked, events that are coincident and edited to have identical attributes are merged.

    Learn more about dynamic segmentation

    Attribute Set Folder Location

    Choose an alternate attribute set folder location, either by clicking the Browse button Browse to choose a folder other than the default location, or by providing the folder path.

    Replace Events Folder Location

    Choose an alternate replace events folder location, either by clicking the Browse button Browse to choose a folder other than the default location, or by providing the folder path.

    Documentation

    Pipeline Referencing

    Set this preference to have Pipeline Referencing documentation load when context-sensitive help links are clicked.

    Roads and Highways

    Set this preference to have Roads and Highways documentation load when context-sensitive help links are clicked.

  4. Click OK.