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One valuable tool Mapbook user’s can take advantage of is the use of Sticky Values.  With this tool, you can limit the amount of data input for your user’s by copying the values from your previous inspection and maintaining those same values into your new inspection.  Once these new values are part of your new inspection, any field values can be edited and saved.

Some things to note:

• Sticky value field names visible in Mapbook will match the alias names assigned within your ArcMap MXD document.
• User’s must click the Sticky Value tool prior to enabling Sticky Values
• User’s must click on the Sticky Value button prior to creating a new inspection for the previous values to be visible
• Once an inspection has been made with a Sticky Value, the user can easily create another inspection of the same type anywhere on the map
• Toggling off the Sticky Values button removes any saved data from the previous Sticky Value inspection

Configuration – InspectionClientConfiguration.xml

• To configure Sticky Values insert the Sticky Value extension tags and dll file within the ex.tensions portion of the InspectionClientConfiguration.xml (located near the bottom of the InspectionClientConfiguration.xml file).

<Extension>

<TypeName>TCTechnology.GoSync.Inspect.StickyValues.InspectionStickyValues,TCTechnology.GoSync.Inspect.StickyValues.dll</TypeName><ConfigurationInformation>$data\MobileConfiguration\StickyValuesInspectConfiguration.xml</ConfigurationInformation>

</Extension>

Configuration – StickyValueInspectConfiguration.xml

Verify that the StickyValueInspectConfiguration.xml file is located within your MobileConfiguration folder that is located in your $serverdata root folder.

Below is an example of what the StickyValueInspectConfiguration.xml should contain.  It should be noted that for each inspection type that you want to assign Sticky Values ensure that your inspection name matches your current inspections as specified in your InspectionClientConfiguration.xml.  Also, for any of the specific fields you want to enable a Sticky Value, ensure that these fields are noted within your  <FieldCopies></FieldCopies> tags as seen below.

<StickyValueInspectConfiguration xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” xmlns=”http://tctechnology.com/schemas/2008/Inspect/StickyValuesInspectConfiguration.xsd”>

<StickyValueInspections>

<!– Inspect –>

<StickyValueInspection InspectionName=”Light Inspect – Mast Arm”>

<!–Path to the XML to write on the saveing of values–>

<XmlPath>$data\UserData\Light Inspect – Mast Arm.xml</XmlPath>

<FieldCopies>

<FieldCopy from=”PAL” to=”PAL”/>

<FieldCopy from=”METERED” to=”METERED”/>

<FieldCopy from=”FEED” to=”FEED”/>

<FieldCopy from=”WI_FI” to=”WI_FI”/>

<FieldCopy from=”VOLTAGE” to=”VOLTAGE”/>

<FieldCopy from=”WATTAGE” to=”WATTAGE”/>

</FieldCopies>

</StickyValueInspection>

</StickyValueInspections>

</StickyValueInspectConfiguration>

After you create a Sticky Value, an XML is automatically created in the $data\UserData folder.  The Sticky Inspection will assign itself the current inspection name.