Add a Custom Module

If your compliance data needs cannot be fulfilled at all by an existing module, you can create a custom module that contains only custom facility types. A custom module must have at least one facility type and supports up to ten (10) custom facility types.

If change tracking is configured for your database, review the change tracking configurations after adding a new module to ensure that the desired settings were applied to any new tables or fields for the new module. Refer to Tracking Data Changes. These instructions start with the assumption that the correct pipeline segments have been selected. For information detailing how to select pipeline segments, refer to Select ROWs.

Complete the following steps:

Select Custom Module Management from the Modules menu.
Click Add in the Custom Module pane on the left. A new module is created with a single custom facility created.

Custom Module Management
Define the Module. Enter the following Module Information in the fields provided:
1. Type a name for the module in the Name field. The field accepts up to 50 alphanumeric characters including spaces and special characters.
2. Type the module's acronym in the Acronym field. This field accepts up to four (4) alpha characters. It does not support numeric or special characters.
3. Assign a color to the module from the Color dropdown. To assign a color that does not exist in the dropdown, select Advanced in the Color dropdown and create a custom color by doing any of the following:
  1. Select a color with the color slider and color field.
  2. Enter a hexadecimal value in the field provided.
  3. Enter Red (R), Green (G), Blue (B), and Alpha (A) values in the field provided.
Create the Facility Types. Set the properties for the facility type created for the module and add additional facility types as needed by completing the following steps:
1. Type the facility type's name in the Name field. The field accepts up to 30 alphanumeric characters including spaces and special characters.
2. Type a longer name for the user defined facility in the Long Name field. This field accepts up to 40 alphanumeric characters including spaces and special characters.
3. Type an acronym for the user defined field in the Short Name field. The field accepts up to four (4) alpha characters. It does not support numeric or special characters.
4. If you want the facility type available for selection when setting up a schedule, click to select the Is Schedulable check box.
5. Click to select the Is Routable check box to have the facility type available for selection when setting up a route.
6. Click to select the Is Range Data check box to allow pipeline segments in this facility type to be defined based on a starting and ending milepost range regardless of series definitions.
7. Click Save to save the current facility type's properties.
8. If additional facility types are needed, click Add and repeat these steps.
Click to close Custom Module Management.