Selection Menu

The available options on the Selection Menu are as follows:

Menu item

Description

SQL select

Permits an SQL query to be written to perform a selection on the current network. See SQL Queries for more information.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: Selection

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Save selection

Saves the current selection as a new selection list, or to overwrite an existing selection list.

Select a Selection List Group, type in a Selection List name and click Save to save current selection as a new selection list.
Select an existing Selection List and click Save to overwrite an existing Selection List.

See Selection Lists for more information.

If the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on, then any currently selected excluded objects will also be included in the selection list.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Select all objects

Selects all objects in the current network.

If the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on, then all excluded objects will also be selected.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: Selection

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Clear selection

Clears the current object selection from the current network.

If the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on, then any currently selected excluded objects will also be cleared.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: Selection

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Invert selection

Inverts the current object selection. Currently selected objects will be de-selected; all objects that are not currently selected form the new selection.

This also applies to any selected excluded objects if the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: Selection

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Excluded selected object selection

Enables the selection of excluded objects from any scenario except the base network. See the description of the Excluded object select tool for further information.

Availability: Whenever a scenario GeoPlan is the currently active window and the Show base scenario object ghosts option is checked in the Visual tab of the GeoPlan properties.

Toolbar: Excluded object select

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Expand selection

Enables current selection of network objects to be extended to include related objects. See the Expanding the selection topic for further information.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window and there is a current selection.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Select objects in selected polygons

Selects all object within currently selected polygon objects.

The current selection will be cleared and all objects with centroid within currently selected polygons and the polygons themselves will be selected.

This also applies to any excluded objects within the currently selected polygon if the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window and there is a selection of one or more polygon objects from the network.

Toolbar: Selection

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Select zones by category

Selects all of the Zones in a specific Zone Category. See Selecting All Zones in a Category for more information.

This also applies to excluded zones in a specific Zone Category if the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Select defects for selected smoke tests

Applicable to Collection Networks only.

Selects all Smoke Defect Observations associated with currently selected Smoke Test Surveys. Associated Smoke Defect Observations will be added to the current selection. See Smoke Test Surveys for more information.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are Smoke Test Survey objects included in the current selection.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Select isolated nodes

Selects all nodes that are not connected to a link. (The current selection will be cleared prior to selection of isolated nodes.)

This also applies to excluded nodes if the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Select changed

Selects network objects which have been changed since changes to the network were last committed.

The current selection of objects will be cleared prior to selection of changed objects.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Select asset name group

Applies to Collection and Distribution Networks.

Selects all objects referenced by a specific set of asset name group objects of the same Group type and Group name. See Asset Name Groups for more information.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Selection operations

Contains menu items enabling operations to be carried out on currently selected objects.

Menu Item	Description
Custom label selected objects	Adds custom labels to currently selected objects. See Displaying Labels on the GeoPlan for more information. If the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on, custom labels can also be added to selected excluded objects. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan is the currently active window. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Custom label defects for selected CCTV surveys	Applicable to Collection Networks only. Adds custom labels to CCTV defects currently displayed on selected CCTV survey objects. See Displaying Labels on the GeoPlan for more information. If the Excluded object select tool or menu option is turned on, custom labels for CCTV defects can also be added to selected excluded CCTV survey objects. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan is the currently active window. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Delete all selected objects	Deletes all currently selected objects. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: Delete
Geographically adjust selection	Enables the currently selected objects to be moved by adjustment of X and Y coordinates. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window of a checked out network is the currently active window. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Adjust selected values	Enables the replacement or adjustment of the value of one or more fields for a set of currently selected network objects. See Adjusting Parameters for Selected Objects for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window of a network is the currently active window. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Reverse links	Reverses the direction of all currently selected links. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window of a network is the currently active window, and there is a current selection of links. Toolbar: Selection Keyboard Shortcut: None
Snap lateral nodes to pipes	Updates the position of all currently selected lateral nodes. See Moving Pipes with Lateral Inflows for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are lateral nodes included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Create repairs for selected objects	Applies to Collection and Distribution Networks. Creates Repair objects at all currently selected pipe and manhole objects. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are pipes and / or manhole objects included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Create location images for selected objects	Creates Location sketches for the objects currently selected in the GeoPlan Window. A location sketch image will be created for each selected object with an empty location sketch field. The image will be created by saving a picture of an area of the GeoPlan Window centred on the selected object. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan Window with selected objects is the currently active window. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Merge pipes	Joins two selected pipes. For merging to take place, of the pipes to be merged: one must have a missing US Node ID and the other a missing DS Node ID. See Merging Selected Pipes for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are pipes included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Split CCTV surveys	Applicable to Collection Networks only. Automatically divide a selected CCTV Surveys that have been created for a run of pipes. The newly created CCTV Surveys will be associated with individual network pipes. See Splitting CCTV Surveys for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are CCTV Survey objects included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Convert node types	Applicable to Collection Networks only. Converts Nodes to Connection Nodes and vice versa. See Converting Node Types for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are node objects included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Re-activate selected incidents and tasks	Examines the Completed and Closed fields of the currently selected Incident and Scheduled Task objects. For each of these objects that has its Completed and/or Closed field checked, this tool: clears the Resolved/Completed and Date resolved / Date completed fields clears the Closed and Date closed fields See Scheduled Tasks and Incidents for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are Incident and Scheduled Task objects included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Mark selected incidents and tasks complete	Examines the Completed field of the currently selected Incident and Scheduled Task objects. For each of these objects that has its Completed field unchecked, this tool: sets Resolved/Completed field to checked sets the Date resolved/Date completed field to today's date See Scheduled Tasks and Incidents for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are Incident and Scheduled Task objects included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Close selected incidents and tasks	Examines the Closed field of the currently selected Incident and Scheduled Task objects. For each of these objects that has its Closed field unchecked (i.e. task is still open), this tool: sets Closed field to checked sets the Date Closed field to today's date See Scheduled Tasks and Incidents for more information. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are Incident and Scheduled Task objects included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None
Calculate work package costs	Totals the costs of all tasks (actual and estimated) that are part of the work package, including tasks that are work packages themselves. Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are Work Package objects included in the current selection. Toolbar: None Keyboard Shortcut: None

Join/Connect

Contains menu items enabling the automatic association and connection of currently selected objects (such as surveys, smoke defects, incidents or properties) to other objects (such as pipes, tests, assets, or properties).

Menu Item	Description
Join selected surveys with pipes	Applies to Collection Networks only. Use this command to automatically associate surveys with pipes by matching the PLR / asset ID field of the survey to the Asset ID field of a pipe. Surveys that can be joined in this way are: CCTV Surveys Smoke Test Surveys Dye Test Surveys Drain Test Surveys Monitoring Surveys See Joining Selected Surveys with Pipes for more information.
Join selected repairs with pipes	Applies to Collection Networks only. Use this command to automatically associate repairs with pipes by matching the PLR / asset ID field of the repair to the Asset ID field of a pipe. Repairs that can be joined in this way are: Pipe Clean Pipe Repair General Maintenance See Joining Selected Repairs with Pipes for more information.
Join selected incidents with pipes	Applies to Collection Networks only. Use this command to automatically associate incidents with pipes by matching the PLR / asset ID field of the incident to the Asset ID field of a pipe. See Joining Selected Incidents with Network Objects for more information.
Join selected smoke defects with tests	Applies to Collection Networks only. Use this command to associate currently selected Smoke Defect Observations, to the nearest Smoke Test to the observation. See Associating Smoke Defects with Smoke Tests for more information.
Join selected incidents with assets	Applies to Collection and Distribution Networks. Use this command to associate currently selected Incidents, to the nearest asset (within a user defined Search Radius of the incident(s)). See Joining Selected Incidents with Network Objects for more information.
Join selected incidents with properties	Applies to Collection and Distribution Networks. Use this command to associate currently selected Incidents, to the nearest property (within a user defined Search Radius of the incident(s)). See Joining Selected Incidents with Network Objects for more information.
Join/connect selected properties with pipes	Applies to Collection Networks only. Use this command to associate currently selected Properties, to the nearest pipe (within a user defined Search Radius of the properties). Selected properties may also be connected to the network by the creation of connection pipes and connection nodes. See Joining and Connecting Selected Properties with Pipes for more information.
Connect selected nodes with pipes	Applies to Collection Networks only. Use this command to automatically connect selected nodes to the network by the creation of connection pipes and connection nodes. See Connecting Selected Nodes to Pipes for more information.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window, and there are objects of the appropriate type included in the current selection.

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