An overview of the Utility Network toolbox

The Utility Network toolbox contains tools to create, configure, and work with utility networks.

The toolbox also contains the Administration toolset, which includes tools for core utility network management tasks, and the Trace Configuration toolset, which includes tools to create and work with trace configurations stored in the utility network.

Tools in the Utility Network toolbox

Tool	Description
Add Trace Locations	Creates a feature class to be used as the starting points and barriers input for the Trace tool.
Export Subnetwork	Exports subnetworks from a utility network into a .json file. This tool also allows you to delete a row in the Subnetworks table as long as the Is deleted attribute is set to true. This indicates that the subnetwork controller has been removed from the subnetwork.
Rebuild Network Topology	Rebuilds the network topology in a specified extent to address errors identified during the validate network topology operation.
Repair Network Topology	Verifies and repairs inconsistencies identified in the network topology system tables.
Trace	Returns network features in a utility network based on connectivity or traversability from the specified starting points.
Update Is Connected	Updates the IsConnected attribute on all the network features for the specified utility network based on connectivity.
Update Subnetwork	Updates subnetwork information in the Subnetworks table, the SubnetLine feature class, and subnetwork system diagrams for the specified subnetworks.
Validate Network Topology	Validates features with dirty areas in the network topology of a utility network after edits have been made.
Verify Network Topology	Verifies the network topology system tables and logs inconsistencies to an output log file.

Toolsets in the Utility Network toolbox

Toolset	Description
Administration	The Administration toolset provides tools to design and administer utility networks.
Trace Configuration	The Trace Configuration toolset in the Utility Network toolbox contains tools to create and work with named trace configurations in a utility network.