How do I use the Verify Database Linkage tool?

Hello,

We are using Bentley map to spatially inventory the street light network in my municipality.  Several interns placed the features and added the corresponding data over the course of the summer and we just recently combined their dgns into one master.  Looking at the master dgn, each feature is linked to the SQL Database with a specific MSLink number, just the way we wanted it to be set up.  When I look at the data stored in each table of the database, there are lines of data with an MSLink number not found on our dgn.  I have been told to use the Verify Database Linkage tool to get a list of existing MSLinks in the dgn, but when I use it, it only returns a list of the features for just one of the tables in the database (i.e. conductors only, no street light poles, lights, etc.).  How do I change the table within the database that I want queried by the Verify Database Linkage tool?  I thought maybe changing the Entity number would do it, but no luck.  Is there a good guide out there on how to use this tool?  I can't seem to find one online or through the help menu.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Cory 

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  • Hello Cory,

    Speaking from the MicroStation perspective...

    -For documentation:
    Check the included MicroStation Help, search on 'Verify Linkages' and you will find among the results 'Verify Database Linkages Dialog'

    - For testing:
    -- consider whether the linkages you are expecting to find are contained within the master, or a reference document, or a given model within the design file

    -- if the results are still unclear, load the *.dgn as the active design file within a 'plain' MicroStation session, and run the Verify Linkages (i.e. the dbcheck.ma) tool therein. This will help you establish whether there is a difference in behavior of the tool when used within Bentley Map, vs 'plain' MicroStation.

    * If checking for Orphan Linkages, you will also need to connect to the database from your MicroStation session, e.g. Settings > Database > Connect .

  • ** Additionally:

    --within modern MicroStation releases, presence of database linkages on a given element linkages will be evident via the element Information dialog, via: ... Raw Data > Linkages . When investigating in this manner, consider the complexity of the element (points / lines /polygons vs complex shapes/grouped holes, etc.) and where the linkage(s) may 'live' on the element(s) comprising a complex element.

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