Monitoring Surveys
The Monitoring Survey object is used to represent surveys of parameters such as flows, depths and velocities in the network.
Monitoring Surveys include information on the time period over which monitoring took place, the data logger used to store the measurements and the location (node) where monitoring was carried out.
Monitoring surveys can be:
- created as scheduled tasks. Please refer to the Digitising Network Objects and Scheduled Tasks topics for further information.
- entered manually in the Monitoring Survey Grid View in the Survey Grid. Please refer to the Digitising Network Objects topic for further information.
Monitoring Surveys can also be viewed and edited from the Monitoring Survey Grid View in the Survey
Grid 
.
Validation rules are available to ensure that Monitoring Survey data is consistent with the network. Checks are made that:
- Associated node exists in network
- Associated pipe exists in network (Collection Network only)
- Survey type (Channel Type) is consistent with associated node type (Distribution Network only)
The coordinates of the Monitoring Survey may be defaulted, in which case the associated node coordinates will be used.
Reports providing a summary and detailed information about selected surveys in the network are available. See the Survey Reports topic for further information.
Use the Navigate | To Related Objects (
) toolbar option from the Monitoring Survey tabbed Property Sheet or Object Properties Window to open the
Property Sheet for associated data loggers, node, pipe (Collection Network only), resources or materials.
Alternatively launch the Object Browser Window to displays object relationships and manage related objects.
The time series data collected during the monitoring period is not stored in the Monitoring Survey object. There are two methods by which observed data can be linked to the Monitoring Survey:
- Associating a Time Varying Data Object with the survey via the TVD Editor.
- Using the hyperlink functionality to link the Monitoring Survey object to a file containing survey data.
