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Making configuration keywords available in ArcGIS

Making configuration keywords available in ArcGIS

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About user interface parameters

NOTE: Applies to geodatabases created with an ArcGIS Server Enterprise license only

ArcGIS users can specify configuration keywords when they create datasets. To make configuration keywords accessible to ArcGIS Desktop users, you must have a user interface (UI) storage parameter in the configuration keyword's parameter group. Any configuration keywords that do not have a UI storage parameter will not be available to the ArcGIS users.

The UI storage parameters are

UI_TEXT—General user interface storage parameter; to be used with any keyword, other than network or topology keywords, you want to make available to users

UI_NETWORK_TEXT—User interface storage parameter for a parent network keyword

UI_TOPOLOGY_TEXT—User interface storage parameter for a parent topology keyword

UI_TERRAIN_TEXT—User interface storage parameter for a parent terrain keyword

These parameters are present in most of the keyword parameter lists of the default dbtune.sde file. However, if you create your own keywords that you want to be available to ArcGIS users, you should add the appropriate UI storage parameter to the keyword's parameter list.

NOTE: A UI storage parameter is not needed and should not be added to the DATA_DICTIONARY configuration keyword parameter list. The DATA_DICTIONARY configuration keyword is used to specify storage of the ArcSDE geodatabase system tables and cannot be used for datasets.

Some rules about adding user interface storage parameters

How to add a UI parameter to the DBTUNE table

To add a UI configuration parameter to the DBTUNE table

  1. Export the DBTUNE table to the dbtune.sde file using the sdedbtune –o export command.
  2. Open the dbtune.sde file in a text editor.
  3. Locate or create the configuration keyword that you want to make available in the ArcGIS user interface.
  4. If the keyword is used to build tables, feature classes, and indexes, add the UI_TEXT storage parameter to the parameter list. If the keyword is a parent network keyword, add the UI_NETWORK_TEXT storage parameter. If the keyword is a parent topology keyword, add the UI_TOPOLOGY_TEXT storage parameter.
  5. Overwrite the DBTUNE table with the new information by importing the altered dbtune.sde file using the sdedbtune –o import command.

Tips

  • See the Administration Command Reference installed with the ArcSDE component of ArcGIS Server Enterprise for details on how to use the sdedbtune command.
  • You won't be able to programmatically access a configuration keyword using ArcObjects if there is no UI parameter specified.
  • See Composite configuration keywords for details about parent keywords.

See Also

  • DBTUNE configuration keywords
  • DBTUNE configuration parameter name-configuration string pairs
  • The dbtune file and the DBTUNE table