The Road Segments interface () provides options to create one or more section files for the various HPMS Data Items. This interface can be accessed on the Submittals tab; it is in the Section Files section.

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 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.
     • Include non-cardinal – Used to include non-cardinal sections.
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 (County, Route Type, Route Number, Auxiliary, and Direction), 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.