Filtering the Sanitary Load or Inflow Control Center by attribute or by selection set

Applies To 
Product(s): SewerCAD, SewerGEMS, CivilStorm, StormCAD
Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i
Area:  Modeling
Original Author: Jesse Dringoli, Bentley Technical Support Group

Problem

Is it possible to apply a filter the Sanitary Load or Inflow Control Center by attribute or by selection set?

Problem Number: 35188

Background

Typically, you would be able to filter elements in the element FlexTables. However, since the Sanitary Load Control Center and the Inflow Control Center can have multiple entries for a single element, it is not possible to filter the FlexTables by loading data. It is possible to filter like this in the control center dialogues. This allows the user globally edit only certain elements, while leaving the original values set as they were.  

In the CONNECT Edition of the product, you can open the control centers by going to the Home tab and choosing Loading > Sanitary Load Control Center or Inflow Control Center. In the V8i releases of the product, go to Tools > Sanitary Load Control Center or Inflow Control Center.

Filtering by Attribute

Once you are in the Sanitary Load Control Center or Inflow Control Center, choose the Options button, then select Filter > Custom.

You can then choose the attribute you want to filter by from the pulldown menu in the Attribute column. Then you would select the Operator and the value you want to filter by. 



Filtering by Selection Set

First, a selection set would need to be created. Once that is done, double-click on the selection set to highlight the elements in the drawing. Once this is done, open the Sanitary Load Control Center or the Inflow Control Center. 

Next, click the Options button and choose Filter > Current Selection. This will filter the table by only the elements in the selection set and allow you to make necessary changes. 

If you are using version 08.11.02.75 and earlier:

The steps above will not work if you have older version of the storm-sewer products. Below you can find the steps to do this in these older versions.

1. Go to View > Selection Sets and double-click the selection set in question to select the element in the drawing
2. Go to View > FlexTables, right-click the manhole predefined FlexTable and choose "Open on Selection"
3. In the Manhole table, click the Options button and click "Relabel"
4. Choose "Append" as the operation and type in a unique string of characters for the "Prefix" field. For example, "SELECTIONSETA"
5. Click OK, close the manhole FlexTable, and open the Sanitary Load Control Center
6. Click Options > Filter > Custom. Choose "Label" as the attribute, "Begins With" as the operation, and "Value" for the Prefix
7. Click OK. You will now only see loads for manholes that are part of your selection set.
8. When done with your edit, you can restore the manhole labels by reopening the "Relabel" tool in the manhole table, choosing "Replace" as the operation and then your prefix in the "Find" field. "Replace with" will be blank, since you will essentially be deleting the prefix you had added in step 4.

See Also

Why are there entries for multiple elements in the Sanitary Load Control Center or the Inflow Control Center?

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