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Getting Started

This page provides short, summarized help for common FAQs. Each help block links to a more detailed guide for further information.

How to launch your VM - External Users
  1. Visit: DAS Portal
  2. Sign in using your @ext.statcan.ca account
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, select your VM
  4. In the Azure page which opens, Start your VM, then use 'Browser Connect'
  5. Enter your credentials, your VM will open in a new tab (ensure pop-ups are allowed)
How to launch your VM - StatCan Employees
Prerequisites

You have already claimed your VM

Full Help: Link to VM Help Page

Quick Help:

  1. Access the Azure Portal: https://portal.azure.com/#home
  2. Select More Services and search for: DevTest Labs
  3. Ensure Subscription Equals is set to ALL
  4. Select geop-prod-intuser-dtl
  5. Locate and Select your VM
  6. Select Start, wait for confirmation, Select Browser Connect
  7. ‼ Remember to STOP your VM when finished ‼
Acccess ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Interface

Full Help: Link to Help ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Page

Quick Help:

  1. Access via this URL: DAS GEA Enterprise Portal
  2. Click the StatCan Azure Cloud Login
  3. If this is your first time accessing it, you will have to do some registration steps, then contact DAS GEA to have your account configured
Connect to GAE ArcGIS Enterprise Portal via API

Your project group will be provided with a Client ID upon onboarding which will be used to connect to the ArcGIS Enterprise Portal. Paste the Client ID in-between the quotations 

from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS("https://geoanalyticsdev.cloud.statcan.ca/portal", client_id=' ')

#This will trigger a pop-up window  to authenticate, then provide you with a key to enter into the IDE

print("Successfully logged in as: " + gis.properties.user.username)

How to access your Database

Full Help: Link to PostgreSQL+PostGIS Help Page

In ArcPro

  1. In the Catalog pane, right-click Databases and select Add Database

  2. In the new window, expand This PC and located your project File-share (mounted as a drive), select the .sde file

In QGIS

  1. Under the browser tab, Right-click PostgreSQL, and select New Connection

  2. Enter the following information:

    • Name = chosen name(alias) for the database
    • Host = Database Instance see project file-share
    • Port = 5432
    • Database = The true name of the schema see project file-share
    • SSL mode = allow
    • Authentication = Press the green + button, then see project file-share*
    • Also list tables with no geometry = YES

  3. Select Test Connection

With python 
    import psycopg2

    conn = psycopg2.connect(
        dbname="your_database_name",
        user="your_username",
        password="your_password",
        host="your_host",
        port=5432
    )

    query = "SELECT * FROM your_table;

    conn.close()

How to access your Field Filer (Internal users)

Full Help: Link to Full Help page

  1. Open Windows File Explorer

  2. Paste FieldFiler path into the address bar AND append .statcan.ca to the path

    example: \\filer03.statcan.ca

  3. Authenticate Username: ** Add stc\ ** before your username

    example: ** stc\namenick **

  4. Locate the root folder, right click, Map Network Drive
How to contact DAS GAE

Full Help: Link to Contact Help Page

Quick Help:

Email: statcan.dassupport-soutiendelads.statcan@statcan.gc.ca

For StatCan Employees, please submit a ticket via Jira:

  1. Open Statistics Canada Jira software: DAS Geospatial Environment (DASGAE)
  2. From the Menu Bar, select the button “Create”:
  3. In the Jira Create Issue Window, Select the Issue Type = “Client Support”:
  4. In the Jira Create Issue window, enter the information related to your request
Useful DAS Links

DAS GAE ArcGIS Portal

Collaborative Analytics Environment

CAE Self-Help Guidebook

Advanced Analytics Workspace

AAW Self-Help Guidebook

ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Help

Azure Help Documents

QGIS Help Documents

Federal Geospatial Platform

DAS Acronyms & Terms

Term Description/Meaning
DAS Data Analytics Services
GAE Geospatial Analytic Environment
AAW Advanced Analytics Workspace [link]
CAE Creative Analytic Environment [link]
FAIR(FDI) Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable; Data Infrastructure & Pipelines
Jira Support ticketing and tracking software in STC
VM Virtual Machine(s)
GPU Graphics processing unit; GEA VMs
AVD Azure Virtual Desktop
2(M)FA Two+ factor authentication
Azure ID StatCan Cloud login; first.last@cloud.statcan.ca