US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Preparing Your Local Data: Considerations for Cleaning-up your Geodatabase in Preparation for Adaptation Development USACE SDSFIE Training Prerequisites: Introducing the SDSFIE

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BUILDING STRONG ® Objectives  Understanding adaptations of the SDSFIE  Understanding the term model element  Understanding what does and does not need to be included in an Adaptation  Understanding whether or not an element is populated  Understanding the requirement to define and justify every extended model element  Understanding that you should back-up your geodatabase  Understanding how to approach an initial data cleanup  Understanding when to delete unneeded data elements 3 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® WHAT IS AN SDSFIE ADAPTATION 4 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® SDSFIE adaptation description  An SDSFIE adaptation contains feature types, feature attributes, enumerations and enumerates having the same definition as SDSFIE Gold ► Does not need to contain everything in SDSFIE Gold ► Can rename elements that are in SDSFIE Gold 5 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® SDSFIE extensions  An SDSFIE adaptation can contain feature types, feature attributes, enumerations and enumerants that are not in SDSIFE Gold ► An extension must be approved ► Definition of an extension cannot conflict in any way with SDSFIE Gold 6 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® SDSFIE Adaptation Concept 7 of 25 Parent Adaptation Child Adaptation PROFILE EXTEND (Profiled Parent) Remove attributes and domains Remove entire Feature Types, and/or Tables Add attributes and/or domains Add entire Feature Types, and/or Tables

BUILDING STRONG ® SDSFIE adaptation approval  All adaptations must be reviewed and approved by the DISDI or a person having delegated authority ► The USACE Adaptation was approved by the DISDI ► The USACE GIS Coordinator has delegated authority from the DISDI ► The USACE Data Standards PDT reviews adaptations of the USACE adaptation 8 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® Benefits of SDSFIE adaptations  Shared data schema  Consistent data definitions  Easily share data  Potential for common mission schemas  Provides definitions for several offices to leverage in enterprise GIS initiatives 9 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® WHAT IS AN SDSFIE MODEL ELEMENT? 10 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® SDSFIE Model “Elements”  Model “elements” include any of the following model components: ► Feature dataset – a set of feature classes ► Feature class – a set of thematically equivalent features ► Attribute – a characteristic of the features ► Domain – constraint on an attribute ► Enumerant – permissible domain values within a domain 11 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® WHAT TO INCLUDE IN AN ADAPTATION 12 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® Inclusion / Exclusion Criteria  Include: ► core business data that you create, maintain, and you would typically share  Don't include: ► data that would not be shared data ► data that is obtained from sources external to the District, and no value is added ► data that is out of date, not maintained, not used, or otherwise should not be used 13 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® Is Your Element Populated?  Two primary cases to be considered: ► Feature classes that contain no features. ► Attributes for which none of the records in the feature class have values.  In both cases, only include “empty” elements when you have plans to create (or acquire), store, and maintain data for the element, and would need to share that element 14 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® DEFINITIONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS FOR EXTENDED ELEMENTS 15 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® Extentsion Requirements  DoD and USACE rules mandate that definitions and justifications be supplied for every extended SDSFIE model element in your adaptation  This is another consideration when you are trying to determine element inclusion or exclusion 16 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® INITIAL DATA CLEAN-UP 17 of 25

BUILDING STRONG ® First, Back-Up Your Data! 18 of 25  Clean up your data to prepare for adaptation development, using a copy of your geodatabase  Use the ArcCatalog –right mouse click– Copy/Paste function

BUILDING STRONG ® Process to Back-Up Your Data 19 of 25  Navigate to your geodatabase, and right mouse click

BUILDING STRONG ® Process to Back-Up Your Data 20 of 25  Select “Copy

BUILDING STRONG ® Process to Back-Up Your Data 21 of 25  Select “Paste  Right click in white space of Contents view, in right window

BUILDING STRONG ® Process to Back-Up Your Data 22 of 25  “* - Copy” is created

BUILDING STRONG ® Top-Down Approach To Initial Geodatabase Clean-Up 23 of 25  Take top-down approach through the geodatabase model (element) hierarchy: ► feature datasets – remove when no feature classes therein are to be retained in adaptation ► feature classes – examine remainder, one-by-one ► attributes – examine all in retained feature classes ► domains – remove when none of the attributes constrained by the domain are being retained If unsure about an element, retain it for now!

BUILDING STRONG ® Review 24 of 25  Understanding what does and does not need to be included in an Adaptation  Understanding the term model element  Understanding whether or not an element is populated  Understanding the requirement to define and justify every extended model element  Understanding that you should use a copy of your geodatabase for adaptation development  Understanding how to approach an initial data cleanup  Understanding when to delete unneeded data elements

BUILDING STRONG ® Next Steps  Video that should be seen next is: ► Creating a data dictionary for your local data  Contact with comments or additional 25 of 25