Configuring Confirm

To enable the GIS 2-Way Sync feature, you must first activate it at the tenant level. After activation, the GIS Mapping setting option will appear on the user security screen in Enterprise for all users within the tenant. Any user who needs to use the GIS service must check the checkbox to access the GIS mapping screen on web.

One connection is needed for each ArcGIS instance that Confirm will communicate with, so there will typically only be one of these. The Connection URL is the root URL for accessing ArcGIS services. This will typically be something like:

https://services1.arcgis.com/.../arcgis/rest

The ArcGIS user must have permission to edit all the layers to be configured.

Operation

To begin synchronisation a Layer from ArcGIS needs to be associated with a Feature Group in Confirm. Once this has been done then the individual fields from Confirm can be mapped to their corresponding field in the ArcGIS Layer.

As a minimum the Site Code, Feature Type Code & Central Asset ID fields must be mapped as these are mandatory when creating new Feature records in Confirm. Additionally, if any Feature in Confirm has mandatory attributes, then those Attributes will be marked as mandatory during the field mapping.

If Confirm Assets already exist in the ArcGIS layer, then it is also advisable to map the Central Asset Id field to ArcGIS. If a match is found, then the 2-way sync will link the corresponding Asset and Feature together rather than creating a new Feature.

Synchronization runs approximately every 2 minutes. Updates are done incrementally.