The following assumptions apply to the GIS-DMS CIM export:
- Each CIM XML export to DMS will contain only a single feeder. Network exports smaller than a complete feeder are not supported.
- Network Adapter exports tie switches (switches that connect two feeders) with both feeders that they connect, and DMS will recognize these as a single switch. The tie switches in the export will include attributes for IDs of both feeders.
- Multifeeds, mesh networks, and any other electric networks with loops are not supported. Network Adapter assumes the network is radial and each element in a feeder has a single upstream source. Every switch must have a single upstream conductor.
- Transformers with more than two windings are not supported in the GIS-DMS CIM export.
- Unit transformations are not supported in the GIS-DMS CIM export (imperial to metric, for example).
- Substation internals are not be supported in Network Adapter exports, except for substation objects that have feeder ID and can be traced in ArcFM.
- Extended feeder manager configurations are not supported in the GIS-DMS CIM export. Each exported feeder can span only a single voltage level.
- The GIS-DMS CIM export does not support low-voltage network (features below the MV/LV distribution transformer).
- Load data is not provided to DMS by this integration, unless it is modeled as attributes on service points. Otherwise, load data is provided through a separate integration with a CIS or other source for loads.
- Network Adapter will not include catalog IDs in the export. Rather, DMS will determine the correct catalog entry for a feature based on the feature’s attributes. If an appropriate catalog entry does not exist, DMS will generate one based on feature attributes, using default values as needed.
- For fields included in the CIM export, the domain values defined for each subtype must be a subset of the domain values defined at the class level.
