Where do I find the dafault parallel processing factor for each tool?

Question

As I am processing large raster datasets in my model, which takes a lot of time, I am looking for ways to speed up the process. Obviously, setting a high parallel processing factor might help; but where do I find the individual default values for each tool? Maybe they are already using all four cores?

Hornbydd · Answer

Looks like these pages came in at version 10.6? Good to see. Interesting article about multiprocessing with ArcGIS.

SteveLynch · Answer

Spatial Analyst, for example, lists their tools, viz.,

* Parallel processing with Spatial Analyst in 10.7
* and in Pro 2.3

and Multiprocessing with ArcGIS - Raster Analysis

Hornbydd · Answer

I have come across this issue before it is a limitation of the help file.

The only place in the help file (and the internet) that says if a tool uses the parallel processing factor is in the environment setting section at the bottom of each tools' help page. There is no other page to look up which tools use this environment setting.

So currently the only way to find out which tools use this setting is to visit the help page for the specific tool and check the environment settings section.

I posted an Idea over 5 years ago to improve the help file and nothing has been done. Only 6 people have ever considered worthy of a vote and so for the last half a decade we suffer in silence... Get voting!