Frequently Asked Questions
The following table contains frequently asked questions related to the Bentley OpenUtilities functionalities:
| Question | Answer |
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| My organization currently uses Bentley Utilities Designer. I understand that Bentley OpenUtilities and later releases are replacements for this product. Is this correct? |
Yes. Beginning with Bentley OpenUtilities 08.11.09, this product is replaced by Bentley Utilities Designer. Please contact your sales representative for further details. A simple procedure is in place to help with the transition and your sales representatives have been informed and trained on the transition. |
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I understand that Bentley OpenUtilities and later releases are replacements for the above products, but it requires a new license for proper product activation and use. Is this correct? |
Yes. Beginning with Bentley OpenUtilities 08.11.09, all these products are replaced by a single license of Bentley OpenUtilities . Please contact your sales representative to acquire new licenses. If you already own licenses of any of the listed products you’ll be able to acquire licenses of the new products by paying the difference in SELECT fees. A simple procedure is in place to help with the transition and your sales representatives have been informed and trained on the transition. |
| What versions of Oracle client and server products are supported by Bentley OpenUtilities ? | Please refer to the Requirements section for details. |
| What versions of GE Smallworld are supported by Bentley OpenUtilities ? | Please refer to the Requirements section for details. |
| While working with the "Interoperability" application when an Oracle Spatial schema is present in the workspace, it has been observed that feature instances "queried" from Oracle Spatial with some properties not included, show those properties with empty values in "Data Browser" and "Edit Feature" tools. Is this correct and what if anything can be done to import feature instances from Oracle Spatial with some properties not included? | Yes, this is the expected behavior. After using the "Register Features…" process in the Bentley Geospatial Administrator, the feature class definitions (including properties) are persisted as part of the workspace. When using the "Interoperability" application to "query" or "import" feature instances from those classes, choosing to "disable" or "turn off" selected properties "does not" change the underlying feature class definition in the schema. Therefore when applications such as the "Data Browser" load feature instances from the session, the underlying feature class definition (from the persisted workspace schema) is used to determine what properties appear. In this case, since certain properties were disabled during "query" those property values appear as empty values. This same issue is evident using "Edit Feature" on an instance that was queried with certain properties disabled (e.g. the "Edit Feature" form shows those properties with empty values). |
| Is there a public discussion group where Bentley OpenUtilities users can go to discuss issues related to the product? | Yes. Bentley also hosts a new forum for user interaction: Bentley Communities. Communities can be user or Bentley managed. Bentley Communities also contains various forums, blogs and a Wiki to help you get the most from your Bentley investment. Please see http://communities.bentley.com/products/utility_network_analysis___design/default.aspx for more information and to discuss Bentley OpenUtilities specific issues. |