Trace tools

The Trace tools are designed to quickly find out information about a Sewer, Storm, or Water Network. It traces the desired network and generates a temporary layer in the map.

Click the button.
Click on a water pipe on the map. The following pop-up will appear:
Use the drop down to select the type of Water Trace to run.
- Isolation Valve - Traces water pipes outward from the location the user clicked on and finds the closest water isolation valves.
Choose to enable/disable the related option:
- Include services in trace results - Check this if you want the trace to select all of the Water Service lines that are attached to pipes that the trace selects.
- Include hydrants in trace results - Check this if you want the trace to select all of the Water Hydrants that are attached to pipes that the trace selects.
- Include meter set locations in results - Check this if you want the trace to select all of the Water Meter Locations that are attached to pipes that the trace selects.
- Include a list of affected customers in results - Note: While still displayed this option is not currently supported. Check this if you want the trace to customers affected by the selected pipes, hydrants, and meter locations. This causes the tool to collect the address from all selected assets and then select customers that are associated to those addresses.
- Add to existing trace results - Check this if you want to add the results of your trace to results of a previous trace, otherwise the tool will create a new trace layer for the results.
In the Label for results field enter the name that you would like the trace layer to be named.
Click Load to begin the trace.
The tool automatically begins to trace outward from that pipe. It continues to trace water pipes until it comes to a valve.
If the valve is marked as an isolation valve the trace highlights the valve and stops tracing pipes along that path.
Note: The tool checks the Valve record in Lucity to see if it is marked as an Isolation Valve. It does not check any information within the feature class.
The trace results will be added to the Table of Contents and you can open the Data Table from the table of contents to view the data.

Click the button.
Click on a sewer pipe on the map. The following pop-up will appear:
Use the drop down to select the type of Sewer Trace to run.
- Upstream – Traces all pipes upstream of a selected point.
- Upstream Distance – Traces all pipes within an entered distance upstream of a selected point.
- Upstream Segment - Traces all pipes within an entered number of segments upstream of a selected point.
- Downstream - Traces all pipes downstream of a selected point.
- Downstream Distance – Traces all pipes within an entered distance downstream of a selected point.
- Downstream Segment - Traces all pipes within an entered number of segments downstream of a selected point.
If you chose a Distance or Segment trace fill in the Units field.
Choose to enable/disable the related options.
- Include services in trace results - Check this if you want the trace to select all of the Sewer Service lines that are attached to pipes that the trace selects.
- Include FOG facilities in trace results - Check this if you want the trace to select all of the Sewer FOG Facilities that are attached to pipes that the trace selects.
- Include IPT Facilities in trace results - Check this if you want the trace to select all of the Sewer IPT Facilities that are attached to pipes that the trace selects.
- Add to existing trace results - Check this if you want to add the results of your trace to results of a previous trace, otherwise the tool will create a new trace layer for the results.
In the Label for results field enter the name that you would like the trace layer to be named.
Click Load to begin the trace.
The tool automatically begins to trace in the desired direction.
The trace results will be added to the Table of Contents and the Data Table will open to display all selected records.

Click the button.
Click on a storm pipe on the map. The following pop-up will appear:
Use the drop down to select the type of Storm Trace to run.
- Upstream – Traces all pipes upstream of a selected point.
- Upstream Distance – Traces all pipes within an entered distance upstream of a selected point.
- Upstream Segment - Traces all pipes within an entered number of segments upstream of a selected point.
- Downstream - Traces all pipes downstream of a selected point.
- Downstream Distance – Traces all pipes within an entered distance downstream of a selected point.
- Downstream Segment - Traces all pipes within an entered number of segments downstream of a selected point.
If you chose a Distance or Segment trace fill in the Units field.
Choose to enable/disable the related option:
- Include BMP asset in trace results - Check this is you want to select all BMP Assets that are related to the Storm Conduits selected during the trace.
- Add to existing trace results - Check this if you want to add the results of your trace to results of a previous trace, otherwise the tool will create a new trace layer for the results.
In the Label for results field enter the name that you would like the trace layer to be named.
Click Load to begin the trace.
The tool automatically begins to trace in the desired direction.
The trace results will be added to the Table of Contents and the Data Table will open to display all selected records.