SmartLynk and ArcGIS Server

Jeffrey Carr

What is SmartLynk?
Standalone Windows tray application Pushes data from Milsoft Circuit Model to any geodatabase.
Personal File ArcSDE

Creates & Maintains Tables & Fields

Rules-based Only delta updates Customizable time increment

Why SmartLynk?
Produce a standard geodatabase
Doesnt require any Milsoft tool to access data ArcReader ArcGIS Server Additional applications designed around the geodatabase Read-only

Give only a subset geodatabase

Filter the data for recipient and use

SmartLynks Preferences Milsoft Model

Specify the linked model

Time Increment
Time starts after each update finishes

Connecting to Geodatabases
Use SmartLynks Manager Create new
File or Personal geodatabases only

Select existing
File and Personal: select actual database ArcSDE: select spatial database connection

Connect to multiple geodatabases

Creating Tables and Feature Classes

Cannot use existing tables Select Geodatabase Use Table Creation Wizard
File | New | Table or Feature Class Right click on geodatabase or in Synced Tables and select New Table or Feature Class

VBScript decides which circuit model features populate the table

No VBScript programming is required Allows for any database schema

Creating Fields
Select Table Use Field Creation Wizard
File | New | Field Right click on table or in Synced Fields and select New Field Add field button inside Table Creation Wizard

Check Automatically restart wizard when adding multiple fields VBScript can be used to modify data

Maintaining Geodatabases with SmartLynk

Let SmartLynk run
Uses ESRI license Can run on server or client machine

Manual
Start SmartLynk Click Update Now Close SmartLynk

Use Windows Scheduled Tasks

Use MilsoftSmartLynkUpdateNow.exe

What is ArcGIS Server

Three editions
Basic: ArcSDE Standard: Produces web applications Advanced: Allows editing in web applications