Designer Staker incorporates staking sheets into the ArcFM Solution work flow. Designer Staker can be used in the enterprise office or in the field. For example, users in the field can mark up a staking sheet and then send it to the enterprise office. Users at the enterprise office can then use Workflow Manager to receive the staking sheet. An easy-to-use wizard walks the user through creating the assemblies the stakers will need.

Before You Begin

Before configuring Designer Staker, review the following prerequisites.

Upgrade your Enterprise and field Workflow Manager databases to your current release version. You may need to run the Process Framework Database Upgrade tool and perform database updates as outlined in the Upgrade Workflow Manager database section. If you are skipping releases, you must perform the updates for each release in between your original and the new version.
Ensure your electric dataset in the Enterprise geodatabase is compatible with Designer Staker. Use the ArcFM Solution Object Converter to convert the dataset to Designer objects, if necessary.
Determine whether your data uses Z values. If this is the case, your WorkLocation feature class must also use Z values.

Configuring Designer Staker

Perform the following steps to configure Designer Staker. These steps include the configuration necessary for Geodatabase Replication to maintain the backdrop database as well as perform send/receive.

STEP 1: Set Up Directory Structure

Mobile Directory Permissions

Geodatabase Replication Directory Permissions

Update Replication Service Login

STEP 2: Add Staker Tables and Assemblies

Modify Domains

Add Staker Tables

Manage Assemblies

Set Snapping

STEP 3: Create Backdrop Database

Perform the following steps ONLY if you do not have a login database.

Copy Designer Staker Tables

Add Stored Display

Create or Import Graphic Favorites

Optional: Create Login Database

Telvent strongly recommends adding the necessary stored display and graphic favorites to the Backdrop database to eliminate the need for a Login database with Designer Staker.

Copy Designer Staker Tables

Add Stored Display

Create or Import Graphic Favorites

STEP 4: Create Workflow Manager Database

Configure Enterprise Process Framework Database

Configure Field Process Framework Database

Optional: Set Default Style Sheet

Step 5 includes how to create a Process Framework replica that sends/receives sessions and designs. Step 6 discusses how to set up the Mobile Synchronizer. You need only one of these methods. If you elect to use the Mobile Synchronizer for sending/receiving, then you may still want to review the Create Replicas step in case you wish to use Geodatabase Replication to maintain your backdrop database in the field.

Before You Begin

Configuring Designer Staker

STEP 1: Set Up Directory Structure

STEP 2: Add Staker Tables and Assemblies

STEP 3: Create Backdrop Database

Optional: Create Login Database

STEP 4: Create Workflow Manager Database

STEP 5: Create Replicas

STEP 6: Set Up Mobile Synchronizer

STEP 7: Create Engine Login

STEP 8: Deploy to Multiple Client Machines