Making configuration keywords available in ArcGIS

You can specify configuration keywords when you create datasets in ArcGIS for Desktop or when using ArcObjects. To make configuration keywords accessible to ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcObjects users, you must have a user interface (UI) storage parameter in the configuration keyword's parameter group. Any configuration keywords that do not have a UI storage parameter will not be available to the ArcGIS users.

The UI storage parameters are

UI_TEXT: General user interface storage parameter; to be used with any keyword, other than network or topology keywords, you want to make available to users

UI_NETWORK_TEXT: User interface storage parameter for a parent network keyword

UI_TOPOLOGY_TEXT: User interface storage parameter for a parent topology keyword

UI_TERRAIN_TEXT: User interface storage parameter for a parent terrain keyword

These parameters are available in most of the keyword parameter lists present by default in the SDE_dbtune table. However, if you create your own keywords, and you want them to be available to ArcGIS users, you should add the appropriate UI storage parameter to the keyword's parameter list.

Some rules about adding user interface storage parameters

To add a UI configuration parameter to the SDE_dbtune table, do the following:

Steps:
  1. Open an MS-DOS or shell command window.
  2. Use the sdedbtune command with the insert operation to add the UI_* parameter to the keyword you want to make available in ArcGIS.
    • If the keyword is used to build tables, feature classes, and indexes, add the UI_TEXT storage parameter to the parameter list.
      sdedbtune -o insert -k MYTBLKEY -P UI_TEXT -v "User-interface parameter" 
      -i <connection information> -u sde
      
    • If the keyword is the parent keyword of a composite keyword for networks, add the UI_NETWORK_TEXT storage parameter.
      sdedbtune -o insert -k NETWORK_STORM -P UI_NETWORK_TEXT 
      -v "User-interface network parameter" -i <connection information> -u sde
      
    • If the keyword is a parent keyword of a composite keyword for topologies, add the UI_TOPOLOGY_TEXT storage parameter.
      sdedbtune -o insert -k TOPOLOGY_GEOM -P UI_TOPOLOGY_TEXT 
      -v "User-interface topology parameter" -i <connection information> -u sde
      
    • If the keyword is the parent keyword of a composite keyword for terrains, add the UI_TERRAINS_TEXT storage parameter.
      sdedbtune -o insert -k TERRAIN_SDO -P UI_TERRAINS_TEXT 
      -v "User-interface topology parameter" -i <connection information> -u sde
      
    NoteNote:

    For syntax for each DBMS, see the ArcSDE administration command reference, which is installed with the ArcSDE application server. The command line tools are also installed with the ArcSDE application server, which is available from the Esri Customer Care portal.

8/21/2013