Set Location Referencing options

Available with Location Referencing license.

Complete the following steps to configure Location Referencing options in ArcGIS Pro:

  1. Open the project in which you want to set Location Referencing options.
  2. On the Location Referencing tab, in the Routes 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 tab options on the Options dialog box
  3. Configure any of the following options as often as needed:
    • Check the Keep centerlines chosen and selected check box to keep centerlines in the Location Referencing pane chosen as well as 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.
    • Check the Automatically reconcile prior to obtaining locks check box to configure automatic lock reconciliation for conflict prevention.

      Learn more about conflict prevention

    • Uncheck the Warn before allowing route edits that can create physical gaps check box to disable the warning prompt that appears when a route edit will result in one or more physical gaps.
    • Check the Set LRS layers in maps to the current date and time when project is opened 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.
    • Check the Merge coincident events in the Dynamic Segmentation table check box to automatically merge coincident events following attribute updates within the Dynamic Segmentation table. When this check box is checked, events that are coincident and edited to have identical attributes will merge.

      Learn more about dynamic segmentation

    • Click the Display measure along route during cursor movement up to this scale 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.
    • Choose an alternate attribute set folder location using the Attribute Set Folder Location text box, either by clicking the Browse button Browse to choose a folder other than the default location, or by entering the folder path in the text box.
    • Choose an alternate replace events folder location using the Replace Events Folder Location text box, either by clicking the Browse button Browse to choose a folder other than the default location, or by entering the folder path in the text box.
    • Click either Pipeline Referencing or Roads and Highways in the Preferred solution for documentation section to set the solution documentation preference. Setting this preference causes the preferred solution documentation to load when context-sensitive help links are clicked.
  4. Click OK.