{"id":758391,"date":"2020-03-09T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T14:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=758391"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:34:34","slug":"whats-new-for-the-arcgis-utility-network-in-arcgis-pro-2-5","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/utility-network\/announcements\/whats-new-for-the-arcgis-utility-network-in-arcgis-pro-2-5","title":{"rendered":"What’s New for ArcGIS Utility Network in ArcGIS Pro 2.5"},"author":9712,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,23851,25741],"tags":[42181,527462,35841,512182,35461],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36561,515312],"class_list":["post-758391","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-data-management","category-electric-gas","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-arcgis-pro-2-5","tag-electric-distribution","tag-network-topology","tag-utility-network","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-pro","product-utility-network"],"acf":{"short_description":"With the ArcGIS Pro 2.5 release comes updates to improve both performance and the user experience when working with the ArcGIS Utility Network.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Pro 2.5 is now available! With this release comes updates to improve\u00a0both the <\/span>performance and user experience when working with<\/span>\u00a0the ArcGIS<\/span>\u00a0Utility Network.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ArcGIS Utility Network is now supported on the file geodatabase<\/h1>\n

One of the items we are most excited about with this release is that the full analytic capability of the utility network is now offered in a file geodatabase.\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s right, you can now build and work with the utility network in a file geodatabase.\u00a0 With this release, the latest Utility Network Package Tools<\/a> can also be used to load your asset packages into a file geodatabase.\u00a0 This is not a trimmed down version of the utility network but a full implementation.\u00a0 This is important because this now provides utilities and municipalities with a single-user environment to enable more efficient planning, prototyping, and testing with their network design.<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that you should prototype everything: your maps, schema, rules, and functionality, etc.; however, prior to the 2.5 release, prototyping your schema and network rules required a multistep process to configure and publish changes.\u00a0 This had to be repeated with each change that was made.\u00a0\u00a0Using the file geodatabase, we have placed the capability to test and adjust rules, edit schema, and work through these changes all within ArcGIS Pro.\u00a0 This allows you to more easily arrive at that happy place with the model you’ve created.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

New Utility Network Association API for Arcade<\/h1>\n

We\u2019ve developed the new utility specific `FeatureSetByAssociation<\/a>` Arcade API to improve your experience when working with associations in the 2.5 release.<\/p>\n

Here is the signature:<\/p>\n

featureSetByAssociation<\/strong>(feature<\/em>,
\nassociationType<\/em>,
\nterminalName? string = \u201c\u201d (null can be used)<\/em>) -> FeatureSet <\/code><\/p>\n

Learn more about using FeatureSetByAssociation to work with associations in the utility network<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Extent-based clipping of dirty areas<\/h1>\n

Changes have been made to how we handle validation of the network topology to improve performance during editing workflows.\u00a0 When validating a network topology, dirty areas are clipped based on the extent used during validation. This is important because it allows you to edit without having to interact with work not relevant to the task at hand.<\/p>\n

Prior to this change, validation of an extent may have also attempted validation of a dirty area covering a larger extent, leading to longer validation times. This change ensures that only features within the specified extent are validated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the following video that helps explain changes at ArcGIS Pro 2.5 to the Validate Network Topology operation:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"