Applying product changes in an enterprise environment (Maritime Charting)

This topic only applies to the enterprise production environment.

The enterprise production environment allows multiple production databases to be updated with edits that were applied to the Nautical Information System (NIS) database. Each time the product is updated in the product library using Get Changes, a file geodatabase data change message is generated. For example, in a common production workflow, data change messages are generated for edit operations performed within the NIS. These data change messages are stored within the product library and applied to the production database through the Apply Changes tool.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap.
2. If necessary, open the Product Library window by clicking Customize > Production > Product Library on the main menu.

   A tree view of the product library appears.
3. If necessary, expand Product Library and Products.
4. Navigate to the product to which you want to apply changes.
5. Right-click the product and click Check Out Product.

   The Check Out Product dialog box appears.

   If you previously checked out from the product library, the output location you chose appears in the Output Location field.

   Note:

   If your product has a .mdf as a production database, your SQL Express server must be local and the checkout location must be accessible; My Documents and Desktop are not accessible to the SQL Express server.

   Tip:

   The Options button allows you to run template instructions when checking out.

6. Click the ellipsis (...) next to the Output Location field.

   The Browse For Folder dialog box appears.
7. Navigate to the folder to which you want to check out the product.
   Tip:

   If necessary, you can click Make New Folder to create new folders and subfolders.

8. Click OK.

   The Check Out Product dialog box appears with the path you defined.

9. Click OK.
10. In the Table of Contents window, click the List By Source button .
11. If necessary, add the product dataset to your data frame or re-source the data (click the Add Data button and browse to your product in SQL Express).
12. Change the version to CM.
13. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Nautical.
14. Click the Apply Changes button on the Nautical toolbar.

    The Product Updates dialog box appears.

15. Apply changes individually or all at once.

    To apply changes individually	Click Apply Oldest and repeat the steps if you want to apply more updates.
    To apply changes all at once	Click Apply All.

    A message box appears saying the updates were applied. If changes were applied individually, the oldest data change message is applied to the CM version based on the creation date. If all changes were applied at once, all existing data change messages are applied to the CM version from the oldest to most recent date.

    Note:

    Now that you have applied changes to your production database, you can use the Selecting Unverified Features command to identify those changes.

    Note:

    The Get Changes process generates a log file behind the scenes. The location of the log file generated by the tool is different depending on your operating system:

    • On Windows XP, log files are written to <Installation location>\Documents and Settings\<User Login>\Application Data\ESRI\Production10.1\Nautical\LogFiles\Get Changes.
    • On Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008, log files are written to <Installation location>\Users\<UserLogin>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Production10.1\NAUTICAL\LogFiles\Get Changes.