About Managing Electric Circuits

All features in a circuit must be associated with the circuit using the CIRCUIT (FID_CIRCUIT) attribute. Use the OUTPUT_CIRCUIT (FID_OUTPUT_CIRCUIT) attribute to specify a secondary circuit for a transformer device. Flow and phase must be correct throughout the circuit. To assign features to a circuit and to maintain circuit information, you can use the Reconfigure Circuit and Flow and Reconfigure Phase workflows. For more information, see Reconfiguring Circuit and Flow and Reconfiguring Phase.

If you add new elements to the network or modify existing elements, Electric checks for inconsistencies, updates the circuit whenever possible, and enables you to reconfigure the circuit as needed.

• If you add a new device or conductor to an existing circuit, a feature rule automatically updates the Circuit attribute (FID_CIRCUIT).

  For example, when you add a device by defining a logical connection the connectivity table is updated, and the circuit information as well.

• If you edit the FID_CIRCUIT value using a feature class form, the system detects inconsistencies and provides a workflow to reconfigure the values.

  When you edit a device using the Electric Explorer to modify the circuit, you are alerted if the circuit information is not consistent. The Circuit dashboard at the top of the Electric Explorer are illuminated and the circuit id is listed. Use the Reconfiguration of Circuit and Flow function to update the circuit. See Reconfigure Circuit and Flow.