{"id":82081,"date":"2018-01-25T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/whats-new-in-10-6-the-utility-network\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:16:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:16:40","slug":"whats-new-in-10-6-the-utility-network","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/announcements\/announcements\/whats-new-in-10-6-the-utility-network","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s New in 10.6 &#8211; The Utility Network"},"author":7421,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[35451,24501,35461],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36561],"class_list":["post-82081","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-10-6","tag-feature-services","tag-utility-network","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Hi, my name is Sarah, and this post is the first in a series called What's New in 10.6. This series focuses on the new capabilities and e...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Hi, my name is Sarah, and this post is the first in a series called What&#8217;s New in 10.6. This series focuses on the new capabilities and enhancements introduced with feature services in the 10.6 release. If you want to see a general overview of the new feature service capabilities in 10.6, see my other post: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2018\/01\/19\/whats-new-in-feature-services-with-the-10-6-release\/\">What&#8217;s New with Feature Services in 10.6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to take your linear assets to the next level and have your utility infrastructure accessible via the web? Feature services have been enhanced to support Utility Networks. The Utility Network Management Extension is a comprehensive framework of functionality from simple to complex designs in either transmission or distribution networks across ArcGIS modeling templates such as electric, gas, water, storm water, wastewater, and telecommunications. To make use of Utility Networks, you need to purchase the Utility Network Management Extension for ArcGIS Enterprise\u2019s GIS Server role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/UN3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97329 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/UN3-300x266.png\" alt=\"Sample Utility Network\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Utility Network (UN) layer can be created from the &#8220;Create Utility Network&#8221; geoprocessing tool in ArcGIS Pro 2.1. The resulting UN layer can then be added to a map in Pro 2.1. 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You are able to access it from anywhere, share with anyone in your organization, and control data input.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Utility Networks, check out the links below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/data\/utility-network\/create-a-utility-network.htm\">Create a utility network<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/data\/utility-network\/work-with-a-utility-network.htm\">Work with a utility network<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/data\/utility-network\/about-network-topology.htm\">About network topology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/data\/utility-network\/publishing-and-consuming-services-with-the-utility-network.htm\">Publish and consume services with the utility network<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a more in-depth look at the Utility Network Management Extension, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2018\/01\/23\/vision-and-overview-of-the-utility-network\/\">view this blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure how to go about setting up your\u00a0Utility Network Management Extension or other infrastructure solutions, Esri has developed industry specific maps, apps, and downloadable asset packages to help you get started <a href=\"http:\/\/solutions.arcgis.com\/\">here (Industry Specific Maps and Apps)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/solutions.arcgis.com\/utilities\/help\/utility-network-automation\/\">here (Utility Network Automation Tools)<\/a>.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7421,"user_firstname":"Sarah","user_lastname":"Scott","nickname":"Sarah Scott","user_nicename":"sarahmegan200","display_name":"Sarah Scott","user_email":"SScott@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-21 18:21:18","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2db6e66925440e9dcae076e1b068a255d610bacbddb3b3207c12c2102de8e9d1?s=96&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2db6e66925440e9dcae076e1b068a255d610bacbddb3b3207c12c2102de8e9d1?s=192&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s New in 10.6 - The Utility Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/announcements\/announcements\/whats-new-in-10-6-the-utility-network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What&#039;s New in 10.6 - The Utility Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/announcements\/announcements\/whats-new-in-10-6-the-utility-network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArcGIS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-26T21:16:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ESRI\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/announcements\/announcements\/whats-new-in-10-6-the-utility-network#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/announcements\/announcements\/whats-new-in-10-6-the-utility-network\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sarah Scott\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/85e621935fd4d2c4efe4079dbb0173d4\"},\"headline\":\"What&#039;s New in 10.6 &#8211; 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