Depending on what you need to do with the results, you can work with the appropriate return type you configured in the trace parameters. The following types of results may be returned when executing the trace:
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Elements—Element results provide the utility elements that are found by a trace. Use these results when you need access to individual utility elements, their corresponding features, and their attributes. This is the default trace result type.
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Geometry—Geometry results contains multipart geometries that represent the union of the geometry for all elements returned. These results are best for displaying the trace result on a map.
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Functions—A function is a trace configuration that allows you to run calculations on network attributes associated with traced features. A function output is returned for every function defined in the configuration.
var traceResults = await utilityNetwork.TraceAsync(traceParameters);
foreach (var result in traceResults)
{
if (result.Warnings.Count > 0)
Debug.WriteLine($"Trace Result Warnings:\n\t{string.Join("\n", result.Warnings)}");
if (result.NearestNeighborResult != UtilityNearestNeighborResult.NotApplicable)
Debug.WriteLine($"Nearest Neighbor: {result.NearestNeighborResult}");
}
Element results
If you need fine-grained access to the results, such as the ability to work with individual utility elements from the trace, you need to obtain the corresponding features for these elements from the utility element results.
You can use the element's network source to match its table against the layer's table by instance or name.
if (result is UtilityElementTraceResult elementResult)
{
foreach (var layer in mapView.Map.OperationalLayers.OfType<FeatureLayer>())
{
var elements = elementResult.Elements.Where(el => el.NetworkSource.FeatureTable == layer.FeatureTable);
if (!elements.Any())
continue;
var features = await utilityNetwork.GetFeaturesForElementsAsync(elements);
if (!features.Any())
continue;
layer.SelectFeatures(features);
}
}
Function results
If function results are included, they will contain a UtilityTraceFunctionOutput for every UtilityTraceFunction that was defined in the UtilityTraceConfiguration. Each UtilityTraceFunctionOutput contains the original function definition as well as the function result.
if (result is UtilityFunctionTraceResult functionResult)
{
foreach (var functionOutput in functionResult.FunctionOutputs)
{
Debug.WriteLine($"{functionOutput.Function.FunctionType} on " +
$"'{functionOutput.Function.NetworkAttribute.Name}':\n\t" +
$"{functionOutput.Result}");
}
}
If the function includes a condition, you can summarize this expression Get using the following helper methods:
private static string GetExpression(UtilityTraceCondition? expression)
{
if (expression is null)
return string.Empty;
if (expression is UtilityCategoryComparison categoryComparison)
return $"`{categoryComparison.Category.Name}` {categoryComparison.ComparisonOperator}";
if (expression is UtilityNetworkAttributeComparison attributeComparison)
{
var value = GetValue(attributeComparison.NetworkAttribute.DataType, attributeComparison.Value);
if (attributeComparison.NetworkAttribute.Domain is CodedValueDomain codedValueDomain)
value = codedValueDomain.CodedValues.FirstOrDefault(c => value?.Equals(GetValue(attributeComparison.NetworkAttribute.DataType, c.Code)) == true)?.Name;
return $"`{attributeComparison.NetworkAttribute.Name}` {attributeComparison.ComparisonOperator} {value}";
}
if (expression is UtilityTraceAndCondition andCondition)
return $"({GetExpression(andCondition.LeftExpression)} AND {GetExpression(andCondition.RightExpression)})";
if (expression is UtilityTraceOrCondition orCondition)
return $"({GetExpression(orCondition.LeftExpression)} OR {GetExpression(orCondition.RightExpression)})";
return string.Empty;
}
private static object? GetValue(UtilityNetworkAttributeDataType type, object? value)
{
if (value is null)
return value;
switch (type)
{
case UtilityNetworkAttributeDataType.Boolean:
return Convert.ToBoolean(value);
case UtilityNetworkAttributeDataType.Double:
return Convert.ToDouble(value);
case UtilityNetworkAttributeDataType.Float:
return Convert.ToSingle(value);
case UtilityNetworkAttributeDataType.Integer:
return Convert.ToInt32(value);
default:
break;
}
return value;
}
Geometry results
Geometry results make it easy to display the trace result as graphics in the map view. At most, geometry results will contain three (multipart) geometries: one multipoint, one polyline, and one polygon. Each geometry represents the union of the geometry of the results of that spatial type. The UtilityGeometryTraceResult exposes the geometry result for each potential geometry type. If the result does not include a certain geometry type, the corresponding property will be null.
Get the geometry results from the trace results. Depending how the trace parameters were defined (i.e. which result types were requested), there may be more than one result type. Create a new graphic for each geometry in the geometry results, check if there's any need to reproject to the map's spatial reference, use a symbology appropriate for the geometry type, and add them to a graphics overlay in the map view.
if (result is UtilityGeometryTraceResult geometryResult)
{
if (geometryResult.Multipoint is Multipoint multipoint)
{
if (mapView.SpatialReference != null &&
multipoint.SpatialReference != mapView.SpatialReference &&
GeometryEngine.Project(multipoint, mapView.SpatialReference) is Multipoint projectedMultipoint)
multipoint = projectedMultipoint;
var graphic = new Graphic(multipoint, pointSymbol);
overlay.Graphics.Add(graphic);
}
if (geometryResult.Polyline is Polyline polyline)
{
if (mapView.SpatialReference != null &&
polyline.SpatialReference != mapView.SpatialReference &&
GeometryEngine.Project(polyline, mapView.SpatialReference) is Polyline projectedPolyline)
polyline = projectedPolyline;
var graphic = new Graphic(polyline, lineSymbol);
overlay.Graphics.Add(graphic);
}
if (geometryResult.Polygon is Polygon polygon)
{
if (mapView.SpatialReference != null &&
polygon.SpatialReference != mapView.SpatialReference &&
GeometryEngine.Project(polygon, mapView.SpatialReference) is Polygon projectedPolygon)
polygon = projectedPolygon;
var graphic = new Graphic(polygon, fillSymbol);
overlay.Graphics.Add(graphic);
}
}