Designer Overview

This section offers a technical explanation of the components provided with Designer and will discuss concepts involved in its implementation. Included in these discussions will be many examples to reinforce the concepts.

Before You Begin

This section discusses the decisions that should be considered before beginning your Designer/Workflow Manager implementation.

Implementation Methodology

This section provides an overview of Designer/Workflow Manager and how they may be integrated with your work management system (WMS). This section also includes a discussion about the Designer environment.

Designer Objects

Designer objects provide a way of maintaining and synchronizing data between ArcMap and your work management system. This section explains how to modify your geodatabase to use Designer objects.

Compatible Units

Like many Work Management Systems (WMS), Designer uses the concept of Compatible Units (CUs) to aggregate equipment and the associated costs of construction. Designer operates with a CU Library which is defined by the implementer in the Designer geodatabase. This section discusses the concept of CUs, how Designer works with them, and how to define a CU Library for use in the design environment.

Compatible Unit Filters

You can create custom compatible unit (CU) filters for use with the CU Administration tool (ArcCatalog) and the CU Filter (ArcMap).

Version Structure

This section discusses the versions necessary when implementing Designer. You will need to designate a parent version for all designs as well as a version in which all spatial work request polygons will be stored.

Workflow Manager Database

The Workflow Manager is used to create and track work requests and their associated designs. This section discusses the table-driven customizations that can be made in the Workflow Manager database. This section also describes the tables in the Workflow Manager database and their fields.

WMS Integration

This section discusses how to integrate Workflow Manager with your WMS using Message Processing as well as CIM-compliant XML (optional).

Optional Customizations

This section discusses the optional customizations you may choose to implement for Designer and/or Workflow Manager.

Workflow Manager Integration

Integration between Designer and Workflow Manager is facilitated through the use of XML and the Designer API. This section describes how this integration works. It does not require any implementation.