1. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the New ParcelSync Transactions, But Were Afraid to
Ask!
In the new version, any transaction with any number of parents producing any number of children will be
performed by only one type of transaction – PARENT_CHILD. We no longer have to decide whether a
transaction will be a SPLIT, a COMBINATION, or a RECOMBINATION before we begin mapping a plat.
Those transactions are no longer available, nor are they required, because ParcelSync determines which
type of transaction produced each child parcel during validation, on-the-fly.
ADHOC transactions will be used to make physical changes to parcels that do not create children. We
use this transaction when remapping parcels and correcting line work, just as before. Though similar to
the old version, it has the added advantage of giving us the option to interface with CAMA.
When would we want to do that? For instance, we get a new survey, one that retraces old property lines
with greater precision and accuracy, we hope. In that case the property lines, bearings and distances,
and perhaps, even the acreage, will change. Sometimes the acreage change will be significant, such as
when an old deed had calls along the center of the road, while the new one acknowledges the right-of-
way. The geopin will change as well. We also want to add the new deed or plat reference, so the
ATTRIBUTOR will be used to reflect these changes in CAMA.
After validating and posting, any ADHOC transaction that communicated with CAMA goes into the Land
Change Queue. Those transactions that do not affect CAMA do not enter a queue because they are only
edits to GIS. When we post, the older parcels in the warehouse (before the edits) are tagged RETIRED:
2. And the newly posted ones are tagged ACTIVE:
Notice that the PARCEL_PK number did not change. That’s the CAMA key! The CAMA key is the field that
links the GIS with CAMA.
Deeds conveying a portion or portions of a lot or lots to NCDOT or the City which are being dissolved
into the right-of-way will also be worked as an ADHOC. A deed conveying all of a lot being dissolved into
the right-of-way will be worked in the new ABANDON transaction. ABANDON would also be used if we
ceded an entire lot to an adjoining county. It removes the parcel from GIS and its corresponding account
in CAMA.
If an adjoining county ceded a lot to us, we would use the DISCOVER transaction. DISCOVER is used
whenever a lot is produced without a parent – Immaculate Conception – or what I like to call “a Hail
Mary lot!” We are not likely to use this transaction much, though it may become necessary from time to
time. There may be lots out there that have slipped through the cracks - they do not exist in our tax
records (CAMA,) nor do they exist in our map. When we make a discovery like this, that’s exactly what
we do – DISCOVER!
The CONTAINERIZE transaction is the same we’ve used in the past to turn condominiums into non-
mapped parcels. This transaction may not see much use in the future except for parcels that have been
previously split into two or more for leaseholds. It might also be used for turning an existing apartment
complex into condominiums or similar scenarios. The NM_PARCELS transaction will be used to create
new condominiums and leaseholds. The distinction here is that CONTAINERIZE is for existing parcels
with CAMA accounts; NM_PARCELS is for new ones.
3. TRANS_OWNERSHIP is another new transaction that makes a quick and easy job of straight transfers
when assigned from RIM (Records Import Management.) We simply select the document in the
Assigned tab of the ParcelSync Transaction Manager and choose TRANS_OWNER from the drop down
list, navigate to the parcel in ArcMap, select it, import the information from the document, review it for
accuracy and enter a mailing address if different from the parcel address, then validate and post. It took
me longer to write this paragraph than it will to perform the transaction once you become familiar with
it!
4. ParcelSync Transactions Summary
Transaction Description Examples CAMA Interaction
TRANS_OWNER For straight transfers, no edits to To transfer ownership only; no Yes; new owner
GIS. mapping. with deed
reference, etc.
ADHOC Used to make physical changes to Correcting line work; Optional; attributor
parcels that do not produce remapping; dissolving part of a is accessible and
children. parcel into R/W CAMA edits go to
Property Change
queue.
ATTRIB_MERGE A simplified version of an ADHOC Correct a bad CAMA key; edit No, GIS only *
used to edit data in GIS with no annotation
physical changes to parcels; edit
attributes or annotation only. *
ABANDON To delete an entire parcel and its An entire parcel is taken for Yes, deletes CAMA
associated CAMA account. R/W or ceded to an adjoining account.
county
DISCOVER Creates a new parcel and CAMA A parcel that has never been in Yes, creates new
account from thin air - a new child the tax records (CAMA) is CAMA account.
parcel without a parent parcel. discovered, or an adjoining Transaction goes to
county cedes a parcel to us. Property Change
queue.
PARENT_CHILD A transaction with one or more A split, combination, or Yes;
parents producing one or more recombination. transaction goes to
children. SPLIT/COMBINE
queue.
CONTAINERIZE Transforms existing parcels into Used to change previously Optional; attributor
non-mapped parcels, dissolving mapped parcels into non- is accessible if
them into a container parcel with mapped ones. For instance, an needed, but CAMA
the option to retain the container as owner changes an apartment accounts already
a mapped parcel or to make it a complex into condominiums, or exist. Goes to
non-mapped parcel too. a condominium was mistakenly Property Change
mapped as a townhouse. queue if Attributor
is used.
NM_PARCELS creates new non-mapped parcels new condominiums or Yes, creates new
leaseholds are added to an CAMA accounts;
existing parcel Property Change
queue.
* ATTRIB_MERGE transactions can be used as full
blown ADHOCs (without Attributor) if deemed
necessary after starting the transaction, but care
should be taken to validate topologies and preserve
valid CAMA keys. Use with caution!
