{"id":2952344,"date":"2025-12-22T10:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2952344"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:48:42","slug":"configure-utility-network-editing-in-arcgis-web-editor","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/electric-gas\/configure-utility-network-editing-in-arcgis-web-editor","title":{"rendered":"Configuration options for utility network editing in ArcGIS Web Editor"},"author":263392,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,25741,23051],"tags":[565442,775802,772982,23081],"industry":[],"product":[774772],"class_list":["post-2952344","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-electric-gas","category-water","tag-arcgis-utility-network","tag-arcgis-web-editor","tag-data-editing","tag-utilities","product-web-editor"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":67691,"user_firstname":"Mike","user_lastname":"Hirschheimer","nickname":"Mike Hirschheimer","user_nicename":"mhirschheimer","display_name":"Michael Hirschheimer","user_email":"mhirschheimer@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-07-21 14:49:54","user_description":"Mike Hirschheimer is a Senior Solution Engineer on the Infrastructure team with a focus on the Utility Network. He is a big sports fan who enjoys watching NFL games and playing disc golf & pickleball.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":426969,"user_firstname":"Jessica","user_lastname":"Gooch","nickname":"Jessica Gooch","user_nicename":"jgooch","display_name":"Jess Gooch","user_email":"jgooch@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2025-12-09 18:10:37","user_description":"Jess is a Solution Engineer on the Infrastructure team with a focus on the Utility Network. She lives in Southern NH where she enjoys paddleboarding in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":263392,"user_firstname":"Albert","user_lastname":"Schelin","nickname":"Albert Schelin","user_nicename":"aschelin","display_name":"Albert Schelin","user_email":"ASchelin@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2021-08-12 21:11:17","user_description":"Albert is a Product Marketing Manager at Esri, promoting ArcGIS Web Editor and ArcGIS Data Pipelines. When he isn't promoting Esri's products, you can find him enjoying a cup of single origin light roast coffee at a local coffee shop.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Learn more about how to configure utility network editing in ArcGIS Web Editor.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Web Editor<\/a> is a lightweight, user-friendly app designed to streamline editing workflows and make them accessible to more people across your organization. Built for both experienced GIS editors and team members who only need to make occasional edits, Web Editor empowers non-GIS staff\u2014such as asset owners and engineers\u2014to contribute accurate edits without relying on complex desktop tools. For GIS Analysts, this means less bottlenecks and more authoritative data, as everyone can play a role in keeping your utility network up to date.<\/p>\n

Web Editor in ArcGIS Enterprise enables you to edit utility networks in the web, using this focused app. This means you can empower folks in your organization to make their own edits, doing their part to keep your network up-to-date and authoritative. Web Editor honors existing data rules and topologies, so you can trust that edits follow the standards you set. In this blog, we\u2019ll walk through the steps to configure your environment, so you can enable this capability and simplify editing for your entire organization.<\/p>\n

There are some steps necessary to enable utility network editing within Web Editor. This blog post is the second in our two-part blog series on editing utility networks with ArcGIS Web Editor. In the first blog<\/a>, we explored common utility network editing workflows in Web Editor, you can find that blog here. Now, we\u2019ll shift focus to configuration. To enable utility network editing in Web Editor, there are a few key steps you need to complete. In this blog, we\u2019ll walk through how to set up your environment and configure the necessary components, so you can start editing with confidence.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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