Adding Lookup Tables for use with Actions

Tracking Server and Tracking Analyst have the capability to use tables of data to trigger actions. This provides the advantage of being able to use a list of values as criteria for your actions.

All table formats supported by ESRI are supported for use with actions in Tracking Server (for example: personal geodatabase tables, tab-delimited tables, etc.). In addition, a refresh rate can be set so that Tracking Server will reread the table and pick up any updates that have been made at regular intervals.

Adding Lookup Tables

Steps:

1. Click the Actions tab in Tracking Server Manager.
2. Click the Environment button.
3. Click the folder button and navigate to the table you want to use.
4. Click Add.

   The added tables are displayed in the Catalog tree on the left side of the Configure Look Up Tables dialog box. If the table selected in the Select Look Up Table dialog box already exists in the Action environment, it will be ignored. If the table selected in the Select Look Up Table dialog box has the same name as an existing table in the Action environment, a new unique name will be generated automatically.

5. Enter the desired refresh rate.

   You can set the refresh rate in minutes, hours, and days. The default value is 0, which equates to no refresh.
6. A manual refresh can also be accomplished by using the refresh table button.
   Caution:

   Specifying a rate that is less than the amount of time it takes to refresh the tables may cause the application to become unresponsive due to continuously refreshing the tables.

   Your business needs will determine the rate at which the tables should be refreshed. Remember that a table of 10,000 records will take longer to read than a 100-record table.