I am working on updating our RW process since our current process relies on COGO Classic commands. I am trying to report on Property Information and the included 'Legal Report' seems to provide most of the functionality that I need (Bearings, distances, Point names, offsets, etc...).
Looking at the raw xml, I think I can create a custom XSL that will pull and format all that data how I need it.
What it does not include is the parcel name, owner information, title source, etc... Only way I can think to add that information in would be via Item Types. I was able to get some item type info in pretty easily:
When I run the 'Legal Report', the item type data is not included in the RAW xml. As far as I can tell, there is no way to include the Item Type data in the Civil Reports. Is there something missing?
I tried looking down the Item Type Reports route, but as far as I can tell, I would have to recreate the Legal Report functionality from scratch with item types and calc fields to accomplish this. I started messing with this and I don't even know if I can get all the data that I want out. Here's what my old output looks like, that I'm trying to replicate:
The orange I can accomplish with Item Types. The Green I know I can get from the Legal Report XML. The yellow I assume I can get, but I haven't tested yet. I'm pretty sure I can format the output via XSL to look the same as above.
The only way I can think to accomplish the above is to dump the data from the Legal Report and get a dump from the Item types and create a custom app that will combine them and give me the above output.
Any ideas tips or alternatives would be greatly appreciated.
This is a great use of item types. Great work. I am excited to see what the feedback is on this use case scenario as item type reporting incorporated into our Civil Reporting tools seems like a excellent way in which item types could be used. I will be following this thread closely. Thank you for the awesome post.