Synchronize assets with GIS

An agency can designate GIS as the master asset inventory, in which case Civic Platform reads the asset inventory from GIS and provides spatial representation of assets on the Accela GIS map.

A GIS asset sync:

• Synchronizes asset records of selected asset types with GIS data.

• Can be submitted on the Asset type page or through a batch job on the Batch jobs page using the Asset/GIS Sync service category.

• Requires asset type and GIS mapping configuration on the Asset type page.

• Gets the GIS objects from the configured GIS layer, compares them with Civic Platform assets of the selected asset types, and synchronizes GIS objects and assets as follows:

  • If a GIS object ID matches an asset ID, asset sync updates the existing asset with any GIS attributes that are mapped to asset attributes. If GIS attributes are not mapped to asset attributes on the Asset Type administration portlet, the asset is not updated.

  • If a GIS object ID does not match an asset ID, asset sync creates a new asset using the GIS object ID as its asset ID. The asset attributes are populated with GIS attributes, if GIS attribute mapping has been defined.

• Writes informational and error messages to a log during the sync process. When an error is encountered, asset sync continues until the sync process is complete and writes the error details in the log.

After you perform a GIS asset sync, Civic Platform users can plot up-to-date asset records on the Accela GIS map. From an asset list, users can select assets and show them on the map. From the map dashboard, users can select assets and show associated records or create records.