then open the destination Stored Display, right-click at the data frame level and choose Paste Layer(s).

Now, all you have to do is save your updated Stored Display.  All of the existing symbology, labeling and layer visibility settings will be retained for the pasted layers.  This copy and paste method is faster than saving and adding a layer file.

The user community has done a fantastic job of posting ideas and voting on them.  And for certain products, like Responder, you’ve seen those go from good ideas to actual software that you can use.  I’ll admit, however, that we haven’t given some of the forums as much attention as we want and that’s not what you expected.  So we are making a change.   Our commitment to you is to check ALL user voice forums bi-weekly and commenting on each and every one of your ideas.  This way you’ll know that we are observing each and every idea.  You can also send us comments under each idea or even ask a question and we’ll send you a response.  The end goal is to show you we’re listening and connect with you about your needs.

And if you haven’t seen UserVoice, you should check it out here: http://telvent.uservoice.com.

For each PAG we will provide a series of live webcasts to demonstrate the most recent development of our tools and functionality, before it’s even released.  This way you can actually see what our development team has accomplished in the last 2 – 4 weeks and get a sense of our progress and trajectory.  PAGs are also a great forum to ask questions and provide feedback; tell us what you like and what isn’t quite right.  It’s a great opportunity to connect you with the current development of our software.

Telvent’s product development team is currently offering the following webcasts for the follow PAGs:

• ArcFM Solution: Feeder Manager 2.0
• Fiber Manager: Self Healing Circuits
• Designer: Overhead Design Analysis
• Responder: Phase Swapping
• ArcFM Cloud Services: Azure
• ArcFM Server: Silverlight enhancements

So how do you join a PAG?  And when is the next webcast?  We get that question a lot and my first recommendation is to go here:  http://www.telvent-gis.com/PAGS It’s a new webpage that will provide basic information about joining a PAG and when the next webcast is.  When in doubt, email your account manager and they’ll be able to redirect you to the right resource.

We are also offering a new forum space under our support forums to give you the opportunity to connect with others in the user community and discuss new functionality.  Here is a link to the forum http://www.telvent-gis.com/support/forums/.  You’ll see a category called Telvent Product Advisory Groups and a forum for each major product suite.

For those of you new to the Designer Product Advisory Group, this is a series of live webcasts dedicated to Telvent’s upcoming Overhead Design Analysis tool.  In each webcast, I demonstrate the latest in new functionality and discuss what’s in store for the upcoming month.  This is also a great forum to ask questions and provide feedback on ways we can improve the Overhead Design Analysis tools to better suit your organization.

If you’re interested in joining the PAG and are either a Designer user or Telvent Utility customer,  just email me directly (matt.zimmerman at Telvent.com) or contact your Account Manager for more information.

Join myself and Shawn Kendrot in a short 8 min video as we walk you though the dramatic usability improvements that have been made in terms of symbolization and labeling with Feeder Manager 2.0. This will give you an overview of the current state of the product and outline some of the differences with the new version of Feeder Manager.

Please continue to give us feedback or thoughts on this subject or any other area of Feeder Manager 2.0. Contact us through UserVoice, ArcFM Buzz or email. Continue to watch for additional blog posts on FM2.0!

Matthew Crooks
Product Owner
Matthew.Crooks@telvent.com

Join myself and Shawn Kendrot as we walk you through a short 7 min video that demos the performance improvements as well as a quick discussion on how this is all made possible.

This is the first video in a series we’ve started on Feeder Manager 2.0 to help keep users updated with the development and progress of this important project. Some future topics include but are not limited to the following:

1. Symbolization with Feeder Manager 2.0
2. Feeder Manager 2.0 Architecture Overview
3. Configuration Improvements
4. Feeder Explorer

Please continue to give us your thoughts and feedback on Feeder Manager 2.0 through UserVoice, ArcFM Buzz and emails. A Product Advisory Group (PAG) is in the process of being started so please watch for that invitation as well.

Matthew Crooks
Product Owner
Matthew.Crooks@telvent.com

Day 2 (Wednesday)

The Future of ArcFM Server – 1:00 – 1:50 PM

• What’s New in ArcFM Server/Silverlight
• Feedback Model
• Product Strategy and Roadmap
• Your Feedback and Q&A

Server Implementation at Alliant Energy – 3:10 – 4:00 PM

• Requirements
• Communications
• Development
• Timeline
• Delivery and Implementation

Day 3 (Thursday)

Using the ArcFM Silverlight SDK to Create Custom Applications – 8:30 – 9:20 AM

• What is the SDK?
• Structure of the Silverlight SDK
• Popular Extensibility Points

Our goal is to increase your understanding of these solutions and enable you to collaborate with your peers.  I hope you’ll join us for these sessions and look forward to seeing you soon!

I wanted to take some time to highlight the exciting Fiber Manager Sessions and Feedback events this year at the 2012 Telvent User Group Meeting.  We will have Fiber Manager presentations from a wide variety of sources in Telvent including Product Management, the Product Team, and Delivery personnel.  We will also have a couple of prototypes in our Telvent Labs which give attendees the chance to interact and provide feedback on some of the Research and Development the Fiber Manager Team has been working on.  So without further ado, let’s dive into some of the Fiber focused events planned for TUG this year.

Fiber Manager – What you don’t know
Wednesday:  10:40 – 11:30
This session will focus on lesser known configuration and functionality options for Fiber Manager.  Topics will include Schematics functionality in our 10.0.3 Release, Model Names that can be used to configure your network to better represent your assets in the field, and a brief introduction to configuring an item using the flexible data model.

Fiber Manager at PNM – Copper & Microwave
Wednesday:  1:00 – 1:50
This presentation will provide a Case Study of each phase of the PNM Fiber Manager project and will also summarize some of the configuration solutions were implemented for copper and microwave networks.

Fiber Manager – User Feedback & Product Roadmap
Wednesday:  2:00 – 2:50
This is the chance for Fiber Manager Users to get an overview of the Product Roadmap and provide feedback on any functionality they would like to see in the product going forward.  Topics for discussion will include workflows that can be improved in Fiber Manager, Fiber Manager on ArcFM Server, Mobile workflows for Tablet and Phone platforms, and Circuit Management Improvements.

Fiber Manager Greatest Hits – 2011
Thursday:  1:00 – 1:50
This session will highlight Fiber Manager implementations and product enhancements for the year of 2011.  Attention will be paid to the flexible data model, demonstrating some new product enhancements, and discussing how out of the box configuration was used to model copper, microwave, and wavelength division multiplexing scenarios at customer sites.

JEA Fiber Implementation
Thursday:  2:00 – 2:50
This session will focus on the Fiber Manager and Conduit Manager implementation at JEA, and will also include a shrimp net casting demonstration.

Telvent Labs
I encourage all of you to attend Telvent Labs, we have some exciting prototypes to show you and get your feedback on.  The first is an Enhanced Circuit Management prototype which heals circuits for users as they make connectivity changes to circuit paths, and also highlights some new user interface changes that we have made to Circuit Manager and Connection Manager.  The second is a Sales Engineering Fiber Manager on ArcFM Server prototype that shows connectivity viewing and an OTDR Trace.  Please stop by Telvent Labs to check them out and provide feedback on how we can improve these new additions to the software.

Hope to talk with you all at TUG!

Ryan Potts
Product Owner – Fiber Manager & Conduit Manager
ryan.potts@telvent.com

If you answered yes to any of these questions, maybe Responder is the application you are looking for!!  If you are coming to TUG and want to see what Responder can do for your utility, there are a number of sessions you should circle on your agenda.

Wednesday, February 29th

• 1:00 – 1:50 – Responder Switch Order Management at DEA  – Come see how an existing Responder client does their emergency switching as well as their day to day switching
• 3:10 – 4:00 – What’s New in Responder – Lots of new features have been added since TUG last year, come see what they are and how they can help your utility

Thursday, March 1st

• 9:30 – 10:20 – Responder Implementation and Integrations at PowerStream – Learn how another Responder user, PowerStream, implemented Responder including the customizations that they implemented as part of the project
• 10:40 – 11:30 – Responder Roadmap – Get a glimpse of what is coming up next in Responder and provide your input on where you would like to see the product go
• 1:00 – 2:50 – Responder Feedback (Responder Summit) – Your opportunity to provide even more feedback directly to the Responder development team and influence our future development!!

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!!

Jared Petersen – Responder Product Owner

I will  introduce the new CIM-based product-level integration of ArcFM and Telvent DMS provided by Network Adapter 10.0.3.   I will discuss how the integration framework supports variations in GIS and DMS data models, as well as alternative sources and targets for synchronization.   We will top off the session exploring the role of GIS-DMS integration in the plant alterations workflow that is critical to the utility business.  Hope to see you there!

ArcFM, DMS, and Standards-Based Integration: Enabling the Smart Grid

Wednesday, February 29, at 10:40 am, in River Birch A.