Searching for routes

You can use the Find Route tool to search for a route, zoom in to its spatial location, and explore the attribute information, or use the Advanced Route Find tool to refine your search parameters.

Searching with the Find Route tool

Most event editing workflows are associated with a route, and the Find Route tool in the Roadway Characteristics Editor helps to explore the LRS Network. You can search for a route, zoom in to its spatial location, and explore the attribute information.

1. Open a web browser and browse to Roadway Characteristics Editor.
2. On the Map tab, in the Find group, choose a Network (LRM) within which the route search will be performed.

   Only the routes associated with the selected network will be part of the search.

   

3. Enter the route ID of the route you want to explore.

   The route ID input does not have to be an exact match.

4. Click the Find Route button or press the Enter key.

   The results of the search operation are populated in the Search Results panel, along with information about the total number of result pages available. The results panel contains buttons near the bottom to browse the results.

   

   Tip:

   Alternately, you can use the Advanced Route Find tool to refine your search parameters.

5. The results can be explored using the navigation buttons at the bottom.
   • Click the First Page button or Last Page button to go to the first or last page of results, respectively.
   • Click the Next Page button or Previous Page button to go to the next or previous page of results, respectively.
   • Click the drop-down arrow and choose the page number to directly access a page.
6. Click individual rows within the results panel and the map refreshes to zoom to the extent of the selected route. Use the following tools to work with individual records.

   Tool	Action
   	Zoom to route.
   	Zoom to measure.
   	Flash route.
   	Open the Add Linear Events widget to the selected route, select the route in the widget, and navigate the map to that route.
   	Open the Check Events widget to the selected route, select the route in the widget, and navigate the map to that route.

Searching with the Advanced Find Route tool

The Advanced Find Route tool gives you more flexibility in searching for routes by allowing you to refine search parameters without the use of a query builder. Using the Advanced Find Route tool, you can search by route ID fields and sort the search results by fields. The search parameters are stored in the browser for future use.

1. Open a web browser and browse to Roadway Characteristics Editor.
2. On the Map tab, in the Find group, choose a Network (LRM) within which the route search will be performed.

   Only the routes associated with the selected network will be part of the search.

3. Enter the route ID of the route that you want to explore.

   The route ID input does not have to be an exact match.

4. Click the Advanced Route Find tool .
5. Click the Network drop-down arrow and choose a network on which the search will be performed.
6. Select a Search by method. By default, it is set to Route ID fields. If your Route ID is made of concatenated fields, the Route ID search method will allow you to search by the coded value domains and subtypes used in the Route ID field.
7. Specify the order in which you would like your search results to be displayed by selecting fields in the Sort Fields area.

   

   Note:

   Additionally, administrators can choose to exclude certain fields from search results through the Roadway Characteristics Editor configuration.

   "excludeFields": [ "shape", "shape.len", "shape_len", "shape_length", "st_length(shape)", "shape.stlength()", "shape_area"],
   

8. Click Find.

   The results of the search operation are populated in the Search Results panel, along with information about the total number of result pages available. The results panel contains buttons near the bottom to browse the results.

9. The results can be explored using the navigation buttons at the bottom.
   • Click the First Page button or Last Page button to go to the first or last page of results, respectively.
   • Click the Next Page button or Previous Page button to go to the next or previous page of results, respectively.
   • Click the drop-down arrow and choose the page number to directly access a page.
10. Click individual rows within the results panel and the map refreshes to zoom to the extent of the selected route. Use the following tools to work with individual records.

    Tool	Action
    	Zoom to route.
    	Zoom to measure.
    	Flash route.
    	Open the Add Linear Events widget to the selected route, select the route in the widget, and navigate the map to that route.
    	Open the Check Events widget to the selected route, select the route in the widget, and navigate the map to that route.