Use Dam Safety

The Dam Safety solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you routinely inspect dams, manage fieldwork assignments, and monitor inspection programs.

In this topic, you’ll learn how to use the solution by assuming the role of a user and performing the workflows below.

Note:

Use your organization's data or configured apps to follow these workflows.

Prepare dam inspections

You will start by assuming the role of a dam safety staff member responsible for coordinating dam safety field operations. You are asked to use the Dam Safety ArcGIS Pro project to setup your organization’s dam safety field operations. Follow the defined tasks to add inspectors, inventory dam information, and assign dam sites to mobile workers.

To open the ArcGIS Pro project tasks, complete the following steps:

1. In a browser, sign in to your ArcGIS organization, and then browse to the Dam Safety solution.
2. Download the Dam Safety desktop application template and unzip the folder.
3. From the unzipped folder, open Dam Safety.aprx in ArcGIS Pro.
4. In ArcGIS Pro, in the Catalog pane, expand Tasks, and then double-click the Dam Safety task.

   Note:

   If you do not see the Catalog pane, from the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.

5. In the Tasks pane, expand the How to Use Dam Safety task group to see the collection of tasks.
6. Follow the steps in each task.

Complete a dam inspection

Next, you will assume the role of a dam safety inspector responsible for conducting safety inspections of dams. You are asked to use the Dam Inspection Survey to conduct a dam safety inspection.

1. Install the Survey123 field app on your mobile device, if necessary.
2. Open the Survey123 field app, and then download and open the Dam Inspection Survey.
3. Tap Inbox.
4. Select a survey from the inbox, and then complete it.
5. After the survey is complete, tap the check mark, and then tap Send Now to submit the survey.

Create dam inspection reports

In the previous section, you completed a dam safety inspection. You will now create an inspection report of the dam safety inspection to provide to the dam owner.

1. In a browser, go to the Survey123 website and sign in, if necessary.
2. Open the Dam Inspection Survey, and then click the Data tab.
3. From the Dam Inspection Survey table, select a survey.
4. Click the Report button.
5. In the Report panel, type a report name, and then for Format, choose PDF.

   Note:

   Generating reports consumes credits. To see how many credits your report will consume, click Show credits.

6. Click the Generate button to create the inspection report.

Note:

To learn more about printing reports in ArcGIS Survey123, see Print survey results.

Monitor dam inspections

Finally, you will assume the role of a dam safety program manager responsible for managing a dam safety program. You are asked to review key metrics to better understand your dam safety program.

1. In a browser, sign in to your ArcGIS organization, and then browse to the Dam Safety solution.
2. View the Dam Inspection Dashboard app.
3. On the left, adjust the filters to refine the inspection list results by the hazard classification, specific watershed, inspector name, inspection type, or inspection date.
4. In the Dam Condition chart, click any bar to filter by dam condition.
5. In the Inspections Completed panel, select any inspection to see important inspection details.