The Road Segments interface provides options to create one or more section files for the various data items.

Location

The Road Segments interface () can be located by selecting the Submittals tab and navigating to the first section-- Section Files. The Road Segments interface is the second icon in this section and the second on the Submittals menu. 

Create

To create section files, follow these steps:

1. Select a data table in the "Data Table" picklist.
2. Fill out the information in the "File Creation" section.
   • Select an output File Type: CSV or Text.
   • Select what type of files to generate: Create Individual Files or Create One File.
     • Create Individual Files (in zipped file) – Used to create individual section files based on the grouping specified in the "Group Files By" picklist (Route Type/Route, Data Item, or Route Type and Data Item).
     • Create One File – Used to create one section file containing the data for all selected data items.
   • Select a Reference Network: Statewide Routes or LRS ID Routes.
   • Select the optional checkboxes if desired.
     • Exclude Nulls – Used to exclude sections where a data item does not exist from the generated section file.
     • Break on sample sections – Used to split output segments data where samples exist.
3. Select either the Road Designations, Road Events, or Road Identifications tab.
   • Road Designation tab – filter by route type and the five FHWA designated road designation data items.
   • Road Events tab – filter by route type and the remaining FHWA designated data items.
   • Road Identifications – filter by specific data items (Alternative Route Name, Route Number, Route Qualifier, and Route Signing).
4. Fill out either the Routes or Data Items section under the selected tab.
   
   • If the user chooses to fill out the Route section, they must first select an option in the picklist: Route Type or Select Route(s).
     • If Route Type is selected, the user must then select one or more checkbox manually or by clicking the "Select All" link.
     • If Select Route(s) is selected, the user must enter a complete Route LRS (Parish, System Code, Route Name, Direction, and Feature Type), then select "Add Route >". Multiple routes can be added.
   • If the user chooses to fill out the Data Items section, they must select one or more checkbox manually or through one of the "Select All" links.
     • The "Select All" link will check all checkboxes. The "Select All TOPS Data Items" link will only check the TOPS items.
     • If this section contains any grayed-out items, this indicates that those data items are not in the selected data table.
   • While both sections can be filled to create section files, only one section is required to be filled. If a route/route type is selected with no specified data item, all data items will appear in the file. If a data item is selected with no specified route type, all route types will appear in the file.
5. Click the "Create Section File(s)" button to generate section files.