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Detect gaps, overlaps, and invalid measures

Available with Location Referencing license.

You can run the ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing quality control checks to detect gaps, overlaps, and invalid measures on event data with the ArcGIS Event Editor.

  1. Open Event Editor and, if prompted, sign in to Portal for ArcGIS or ArcGIS Online.
  2. Click the Review tab.
  3. In the QC group, click Check Events.
    Check Events button

    The Check Events on Route widget appears.

    Check Events on Route widget

  4. Click the Network drop-down arrow and choose the LRS Network that will serve as a source for selecting the location of the quality control check.

    This can be any LRS Network published as a layer in the Event Editor.

  5. Choose a route using one of the following options:
    Note:

    If your network is configured to have a route name, the Route Name text box appears; otherwise, the Route ID text box appears. You can use any LRS Network published as a layer in Event Editor.

    • Type a route name or route ID.
    • Click the drop-down arrow, click Choose Routes, click Select a Route on the Map Select a Route on the Map, and select the route on the map that will be used to check events.
    • Click the drop-down arrow and click Selected Routes to use all the routes in the route selection set.
    • Click the drop-down arrow and click Highlighted Routes to select only those routes that are highlighted from the route selection set.

    The selected routes are highlighted on the map.

  6. Type a value for the start location of the quality control check in the From Measure text box, or use the Select From Measure on the Map tool Select From Measure on the Map to select the start location on the map.

    A green plus appears at the selected location on the map.

    Note:

    The Select From Measure on the Map tool is unavailable if you choose either Selected Routes or Highlighted Routes. In those cases, the from measure defaults to the start measure of the route.

  7. Type a value for the end location of the quality control check in the To Measure text box, or use the Select To Measure on the Map tool Select To Measure on the Map to select the end location from the map.

    If you do not enter a value for From Measure and To Measure, the tool runs with the start and end measure values of the route.

    A red X symbol appears at the selected location on the map.

    Note:

    The Select To Measure on the Map tool is unavailable if you choose either Selected Routes or Highlighted Routes. In those cases, To Measure defaults to the end measure of the route.

  8. Choose an option for validating events:
  9. Choose checks from the following options:
    • Detect Gaps
    • Detect Overlaps
    • Detect Invalid Measures
  10. Click Run Checks.

    The Quality Control Results grid appears and is populated with results.

    Check Events Results table

  11. Use the navigation arrows at the end of the table to explore the results.
    • Click First Page First Page or Last Page Last Page to go to the first or last page of results.
    • Click Next Page Next Page or Previous Page Previous Page to go to the next or previous page of results.
    • Click the drop-down arrow and choose the page number to directly access a page.
  12. Use the following tools to browse and export the results:

    ToolFunction
    Clear Highlights

    Clear map highlights.

    Highlight All

    Highlight all.

    Zoom To Highlighted Error

    Zoom to highlighted error.

    Zoom To Selected Errors

    Zoom to selected errors.

    Export Results to CSV File

    Export selected features to a .csv file.

    Advanced Table Sorting

    Use advanced table sorting to organize results.

    Table Properties

    Configure to show Route ID, Route Name, Line Id, and Line Name when applicable, and navigate to highlighted results.