Setting up the ENC production environment (Maritime Charting)

Both the enterprise and desktop workflows reference the configuration settings stored within the product library. Setting up an enterprise or desktop environment involves a few similar steps and some that only apply to an enterprise or desktop workflow.

Steps for setting up both enterprise and desktop production environments

Setting up the production environment

Step	Enterprise Environment	Desktop Environment
1	Setting up the product library	Setting up the product library
2	Setting up the NIS database	Defining the Nautical properties
3	Defining the Nautical properties	Building the product library tree
4	Creating the production database in the enterprise production environment	Creating the production database in the desktop production environment
5	Checking out the production database	Checking out the production database

Steps for setting the production environments

Setting up the product library

Before you begin with the desktop production environment, you will need to set up the product library. You can then define your product library workspace. The product library workspace can store data model versions that consist of workspace XML files. These workspace XML files represent the geodatabase schema, the S-57 objects and attributes, for all products supported by ArcGIS for Maritime: Charting.

Setting up the NIS database in the enterprise production environment

If you are working in the enterprise production environment, you will also need to set up the NIS database in one of the following environments:

• SQL Server
• Oracle

Defining the Nautical properties

In addition to the product library settings, you will also need to set the nautical-specific properties. These properties allow you to define your unit conversion and rounding rule settings if your agency requires you to export data using different units of measurement, Feature Identification Subdivision (FIDS), and other settings.

You will need to specify a central workspace if you are using the enterprise production environment; you can set this to the NIS database.

Building the product library tree

Once you have the product library defined and the Nautical properties set, you can start building the product library tree in ArcMap. You need to create the tree structure that follows this hierarchy:

Solution > Product Class > Series

If you are using the preconfigured nautical product library XML workspace provided on the Resource Center, the solution and product class are already built. See The product library structure for an explanation of all the product library components. You should have already created the series in one of the following environments:

• SQL Server Express
• SQL Server
• Oracle

Creating the production database in the enterprise production environment

When using the enterprise production environment for creating new products, you will need to set the production environment at the product class level. You will then need to run the New Nautical Product wizard. Once the data is extracted, additional processing in the production database is performed: populating NAME and DSNM fields, clipping extraneous features, creating your CM version, and establishing your replica.

Creating the production database in the desktop production environment

When using the desktop production environment for creating new products, you will need to set the production environment at the product class level. You will then need to run the New Nautical Product wizard; however, you will use a different method than that used for the enterprise production environment.

Using the New Nautical Product wizard, you can create new S-57 products by compiling new data or importing existing data.

Checking out the production database

For the enterprise production environment, once you have populated your geodatabase, you need to check out the product to apply changes from the NIS to the product. For the desktop production environment for new products, you need to check out the product before you start creating new data. For the desktop production environment for existing products, once you have successfully created your product, you need to check out the product before you can start loading data into your geodatabase.

By checking out your product, you attach the production database from the product library to your database server.