Configuring a Map Integration Environment for Creating GIS Features

If your agency uses ESRI ArcGIS Server map services, you can configure a map integration environment that allows agency users to create and edit GIS features. When an agency user creates or edits a GIS feature, the ArcGIS geodatabase and Accela database are updated.

This feature requires you to complete three configuration steps in the Accela Silverlight GIS Administration site.

The first step is to configure map layers for editing. For more information on how to configure map layers for editing, see Importing and Configuring Map Layer Settings.

The second step is to configure map layer attributes for editing. For more information on how to configure map layer attributes for editing, see Importing and Configuring Map Layer Settings.

The third step is to configure the user group permissions that allow agency users to create and edit GIS features and attributes. This requires user group configuration for map functions, map commands, and map layers. For more information on how to configure user group permissions for these functions, see Setting User Group Access to Map Functions, Setting User Group Access to Map Commands, and Setting User Group Access to Map Layers.

Based on the Accela application your agency integrates with, you might need to complete additional configuration steps. If your agency integrates with Civic Platform, configure Civic Platform to enable agency users to modify records directly from Accela Silverlight GIS. See Managing Civic Platform Application Intake Forms.

If your agency integrates with Mobile Office, you do not need to complete any additional configuration.

Managing Civic Platform Application Intake Forms

Agency users can associate one or many forms of data with an application intake form. This data includes address, parcel, owner, and GIS feature details. Agency users can map and modify application intake form data.

If you want to give agency users the option to map data that already exists in the Civic Platform Reference Database, then configure the Standard Choice MULITPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION with a value of Yes.

If you want to give agency users the option to map data that they enter, then configure the Standard Choice MULTIPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION with a value of No.

Table 1 shows how the configuration of the Standard Choice MULTIPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION determines how Accela Silverlight GIS maps data from an application intake form.

Table 1. Application Intake Form Commands

Application Intake Form Command	Standard Choice Configuration
Agency user enters an address in the Address section and clicks the GIS button.	Accela Silverlight GIS displays the address when MULTIPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION is set to a value of No
Agency user looks up an existing address in the Address section and clicks the GIS button.	Accela Silverlight GIS displays the address when MULTIPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION is set to a value of Yes.
Agency users enters or looks up a parcel in the Parcel section and clicks the GIS button.	Accela Silverlight GIS displays the parcel when MULTIPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION is set to a value of Yes.
Agency users enters a GIS feature in the Associated GIS Features section and clicks the GIS button.	Accela Silverlight GIS displays the GIS feature when MULTIPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION is set to a value of No.
Agency user selects an existing GIS feature in the Associated GIS Features section and clicks the GIS button.	Accela Silverlight GIS displays the GIS feature when MULTIPLE_APO_GIS_SELECTION is set to a value of Yes.