Configure Green Infrastructure Inspections

Green Infrastructure Inspections can be used to streamline inspections on private and public land ensuring stormwater runoff is being managed effectively.

In this topic, you'll learn how to configure the Green Infrastructure Inspections solution to meet specific needs of your organization.

Load data

The Green Infrastructure Inspections solution is built on the same foundational feature layer, StormwaterSystem, as the Stormwater Data Management solution. If you have also deployed the Stormwater Data Management solution, you can use that solution to manage green infrastructure (BMP Points) and other stormwater assets. As a shared service between the two solutions, the green infrastructure (BMP Points) layer within the StormwaterSystem feature service is used by the Green Infrastructure Inspections for inspections and public asset maintenance reporting.

If you are using another system for managing green infrastructure assets and want to use the Green Infrastructure Inspections solution, you must load green infrastructure assets into the StormwaterSystem feature layer. You must also update every green infrastructure's maintained by status for assets that are private and reporting is meant to be submitted by the public.

Load green infrastructure from a shapefile or file geodatabase

To load green infrastructure from a shapefile or file geodatabase, complete the following steps:

1. Create a .zip file of your shapefile or geodatabase.
2. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the StormwaterSystem feature layer.
3. From the item page, click Update Data.
4. Follow the steps in the Update data wizard to load your data.

   Tip:

   For more information about uploading data, see Manage hosted feature layers—Append data to layers.

Provision Users

Included in the Green Infrastructure Inspections solution are a few groups designed to help managers organize their members based on privileges and their work.

To add users to groups, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization.

   Verify that you have privileges to manage members of groups before continuing.

2. Click Groups at the top of the site.
3. Click the name of the group to open the groups details pages.

   Review the table below regarding the groups included with the solution.

4. On the Settings tab, edit and update the properties of the group, including access, sharing properties, and group ownership.
5. Click the Overview tab and click Invite Users.
6. Select the members you want to add and click Add to group.
7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for each group where you need to add new members.

The provided groups are intended to be utilized by members with the following user types in order to fully use the provided maps and apps:

Group name	User type
Green Infrastructure Inspections Editor Group	Creator
Green Infrastructure Inspections Mobile Users Group	Mobile Worker

Extend Schema

The Green Infrastructure Inspections solution includes a notebook to extend the BMP_Inspection table schema.

Note:

You must be assigned a role of Administrator or custom role that includes the privilege to create, edit and schedule notebooks to run and schedule ArcGIS Notebooks and complete the following steps.

To extend the schema of the BMP_Inspections table, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Green Infrastructure Extend Schema Notebook notebook in the Green Infrastructure folder.
2. Click Open Notebook.
3. Click Cell and select Run All from the drop down menu.

   The source layers default to GreenInfrastructureInspections_ExtendSchema: 2. The target layer is BMP_Inspection: 4000290. All fields should be shown, the box labeled Fields to Add.

4. Click the Extend Schema button.
5. When all processes are complete, close the notebook.

Configure the Green Infrastructure site

The Green Infrastructure Inspection solution includes the Green Infrastructure ArcGIS Hub site. This site can be configured with your organizations’ branding and used to share information about Green Infrastructure with the public.

Update with organization information

After deploying the Green Infrastructure Inspections solution, the Green Infrastructure ArcGIS Hub site layout requires a few updates to fit your local context.

To update the site with your organizational information, complete the following steps:

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Green Infrastructure site.
2. From the item page, click Configure.
3. Scroll to any sections that you want to update, hover over the card, and click the edit pencil that appears in the horizontal toolbar, and then edit the content with information specific to your organization.
4. In the side panel, click Footer.

   A custom footer is provided. In most cases, you will need to update it with your organization's branding, contact information, and social media references.

5. Click the HTML box.
The HTML window appears.
6. Make the necessary changes and click Apply.
7. Click Save.
8. Click the Save drop-down arrow and click Publish Draft.

Share items with the public

Several layer views, maps, and apps included in the Green Infrastructure Inspections solution must be shared with everyone so they can be accessed by the public on the Green Infrastructure site.

To share items with the public, complete the following steps:

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Green Infrastructure Inspections folder.
2. Next to each of the following items, check the check box:

   Name	Item type
   Green_Infrastructure_public	Feature layer (hosted, view)
   Green Infrastructure public	Web Map
   Green Infrastructure public	Instant App
   Green Infrastructure Inspections	Hub Site Application
   Green Infrastructure Inspections	Hub Initiative

   Note:

   You will only have a Hub Initiative items if your organization has ArcGIS Hub Premium.

3. Click Share.
4. In the Share window, click Everyone (public) and click Save.
5. Click Update.

Share the verification form with the Hub community group

The Green Infrastructure ArcGIS Hub site is used by private property owners to submit their verification information.

To apply to submit maintenance information online, a user must have a community user account and be signed in to the Green Infrastructure ArcGIS Hub site. To grant access to the verification form, share the form and the GreenInfrastructure_Verifications_submittals feature layer to the Hub Community Members group. This group is automatically created during Hub Premium activation and contains all members of your community organization. As new community members join, they will be automatically added to this group and will have access to the Green Infrastructure Verification form.

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Green Infrastructure folder.
2. Next to each of the following items, check the check box:

   Name	Item type
   GreenInfrastructure_Verifications_submittals	Feature layer (hosted, view)
   Green Infrastructure Verification	Form
   Responsible_Party_submit	Table (hosted)
   Responsible Party Application	Form
   Green Infrastructure Submissions	Web Map
   Green Infrastructure Verification Submission	Dashboard

3. Click Share and click, Edit group sharing.
4. Check the Hub Community Members group check box.

Note:

The Hub Community Members group will only be available to users who were administrators of the organization when Hub Premium was activated. If you don’t see this group, work with the Hub Community organization administrator to get access to this group.
5. Click OK.
6. Set the sharing level to Organization.
7. Click Save.

Schedule submission notebook

Stormwater Managers use the Green Infrastructure Verification dashboard to approve submitters for private green infrastructure verification. The Green Infrastructure Submission Notebook grants private property owner’s access to submit their verification information online and sends an email welcoming them to the program after they have been approved and assigned to an asset(s).

Follow the steps below to schedule the Green Infrastructure Submission Notebook to run as a scheduled task:

Note:

You must be assigned a role of Administrator or custom role that includes the privilege to create, edit and schedule notebooks to run and schedule ArcGIS Notebooks and complete the following steps.

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Green Infrastructure Submission Notebook item.
2. Open the item page and click Open Notebook.
3. Click Tasks.
4. Click Create Task.
5. For Title, type Manage Responsible Parties Task and click Next.
6. Configure the task to run nightly by selecting Day from the Repeat Type drop-down menu and selecting 1- Every Day from the Repeat Interval drop-down menu.
7. Select a Time value for the task and run at 3 a.m.
8. Turn the Update Notebook on Completion toggle button off.
9. Click Create to finish scheduling the notebook.
10. On the top right, click Save.

Update approval email

Newly approved private green infrastructure submitters will receive an email with instructions on how to submit their green infrastructure verifications. Your organization may want to update this message to include contact information or other links related to your organization.

Optionally, complete the following steps to update the message the responsible parties will receive when they are approved for the program.

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Approved Green Infrastructure Submitters group.
2. On the Overview tab, the group Description section contains the text which will be the message sent to newly approved responsible parties.
3. Optionally, click Edit and modify the message for your organization's needs. When you are finished, click Save.