The feature could not be split. Edge endpoint is not coincident with junction

Error Message

While trying to split an edge feature within a geometric network, the following error is seen:

"The feature could not be split.
Edge endpoint is not coincident with junction. [class = (feature class name), oid = (objectid)]"

The message may also contain the following errors:

• "Zero-length polylines not allowed [class = (feature class name), oid = (objectid)]"
• "The operation was attempted on an empty geometry"

Cause

This error is raised when a split is called on an edge feature that has a vertex (typically either it's a 'from' or 'to' vertex) that is slightly misaligned with the junction at that vertex. The disjoint edge and junction features are connected prior to the split operation due to a previous bug with the geometric network that was fixed at an earlier release.

The problem is exposed when an edge is slightly misaligned with an end junction which is outside the tolerance of the dataset. In this case, an error message is reported instead of continuing towards an incorrect split operation.

Solution or Workaround