Latest Contributions by MattSmithCarto

‎02-05-2026

I fully support this. I would love the ability to pull out smaller portions of the UTM and MGRS dynamic text. For example to be able to pull out the information that a map is in Zone 56. To be able to pull out the Zone number alone from <dyn type="mapFrame" name="MapFrameName" property="sr" srProperty="pcs"/> would be a boon. From this tag, all I need is the zone number, not even the N or S as my map readers know which hemisphere they are in? Also to be able to pull out snippet from the MGRS info to make something like that would be helpful... The more flexibility, the better!!!

‎09-18-2025

I would like to be able to specify which layer I'm displaying credit for. If I'm creating an exported map and I want to have a section in marginalia talking about Imagery sources and using dynamic text to do so (i.e. Credits: <dyn type="mapFrame" name="Map Frame" property="credits"/>), I'd like to be able to specify the layer I'm crediting, so I'm not also crediting other map services that I might list in a different place. To summarise, I don't always want the service layer credits as one continuous string.

‎05-21-2025

Bumping this one 10 years since the last response, surprised it hasn't been implemented yet.

‎07-26-2022

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately I work for a large government organisation and cannot upgrade as v 3.0 has not been whitelisted just yet. However, I cannot see anything like it listed as a bug that was fixed in ArcGIS Pro 3.0 Issues Addressed (esri.com).. I think I found the bug listing: https://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/QlVHLTAwMDEzMzY5Mw== but it appears that it's not yet fixed, at least according to esri. And the bug number is not referenced in the above link. As for your suggested workaround, our main work is maintenance of basemaps for our area of jurisdiction which is an area of over 1.8 million km², so buffering of over 800+ layers is unfortunately not feasible. Thanks for your help anyway.

‎07-26-2022

We generate feature outline masks for cartography purposes, but since switching much of our operation from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro have noticed the Feature Outline Masks tool doesn't work fully when trying to carry across attributes from the annotation to the new mask polygons. The polygons create fine, but when the problems occurs when the Transfer Attributes parameter is set to "All attributes" or "All attributes except the FID field". Most of the attributes are not coming across. Have seen this raised elsewhere with no response. Feature Outline Mask - Esri Community Feature outline masks not saving content - Esri Community It probably needs to be addressed. Running v2.9.3 w Advanced license.

‎06-28-2022

Realised I hadn't replied to this. Thanks very much Josh. Exactly what I needed.

‎04-25-2022

Bumping this one, as I'm having the exact same problem. I want to use the overlay blend mode to combine a hillshade, hypsometric tint DEM and vegetation rasters, then place my vector layers such as roads, rivers, etc to make a map. Anyone have a fix for this?

‎03-03-2022

Thanks, yes I had seen that thread, but none of solutions proposed worked for me.

‎03-03-2022

I actually haven't written it yet - I got caught by the first expression/result couplet which is the most complicated. So I can't really post that yet. We are trying to stick with Arcade as our language where possible. The reason of trying to move away from seprate label classes defined by SQL is that I'm preparing a vector tile basemap that my organisation will then leverage to turn into different flavours using the vector tile editor or editing the JSON. The idea is to minimise the number of layers that need to be re-symbolised by combining what would've been several label classes into one. These label classes have the same symbology but have a different output string depending on their operational status. So an active railway line would be labelled "Main Line", but an abandoned line would be labelled "Silver Spur Branch (Abandoned)" , a dismantled line "Brisbane Valley Line (dismantled)" and so on. But we don't need label classes in the vector tile package for each of them. ...If that makes sense...

‎03-02-2022

Trying to simplify the number of label classes . So I'm trying to set the expressions used in the When logical function by replicating the SQL Quaries previously used to distinguish between label classes. But I'm struggling to replicate this one FEATURETYPE = 'Railway' And STATUS = 'Operational' And OWNER NOT IN ('Private', 'Aurizon') AND ROUTENAME NOT LIKE '%System' AND ROUTENAME NOT LIKE '%Yard' AND ROUTENAME NOT LIKE '%Siding' I know wildcards are a bit tricky in Arcade which is where I'm getting stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

‎02-22-2022

OK, clearly I wasn't awake! I had a SQL limiting which records were being returned. Rookie error. Thanks for your help!

‎02-22-2022

Thanks @jcarlson but that's yielding the exact same result. I'm still missing labels for records with the Null value

‎02-22-2022

Trying to label this feature class on it's Name field. If the Name field is Null then I want to place custom text. This is what I have: var name = $feature.name IIf(IsEmpty(name) == False, name, 'landing ground') But it only seems to label the True part of the statement and not the False, so I see the name, but not the text "landing ground" (image 2). This seems really basic stuff, so can't work out why it's not working like I think it should.

‎04-22-2020

OK, never mind, the above code does work. Just have to change it to get the other part now! Alternatively, if anyone has a more elegant way to do this, I'm all ears.

‎04-22-2020

Asking for some help on a task I'm dealing with. I have a field (PLAN) with a string that I'd like to split into two separate text fields (PLAN_PFX & PLAN_NUM). Each entry is predictable in the sense that it will be 1-5 alphabetic characters followed by 1-6 numeric characters. Alphabetic characters are always upper-case. So what I need to do is something like... PLAN PLAN_PFX PLAN_NUM A305 A 305 BTR86542 BTR 86542 RP808112 RP 808112 WR8 WR 8 I know I'm going to need to use Regular Expression for it. I've tried a few methods just focusing on calculating for PLAN_NUM initially but I'm just fumbling around in the dark really. PLAN_NUM = regex(!PLAN!) import re def regex(text): split_list = re.split(r'[A-Z]', text) return split_list[-1] But this just returns a blank entry. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Latest Contributions by MattSmithCarto

Re: Dynamic Text Trimming

Specify Service Layer Credits dynamic text by layer

Re: Data Frame and Layer Properties as dockable windows

Re: Possible Bug - Feature Outline Masks tool

Possible Bug - Feature Outline Masks tool

Re: Reproducing Labelling SQL Query as Arcade Label expression

Re: Enabling a layer blend for one layer affects all layers

Re: Reproducing Labelling SQL Query as Arcade Label expression

Re: Reproducing Labelling SQL Query as Arcade Label expression

Reproducing Labelling SQL Query as Arcade Label expression

Re: Problem using IIf in Arcade label expression to check if field is Null

Re: Problem using IIf in Arcade label expression to check if field is Null

Problem using IIf in Arcade label expression to check if field is Null

Re: Using Regular Expression in Calculate Field

Using Regular Expression in Calculate Field

Re: Rotate/edit individual parts of a multi-part a...

Specify Service Layer Credits dynamic text by laye...

Re: Enabling a layer blend for one layer affects a...

Re: Having built-in polygon outline styles in ArcG...

Enable full ArcMap-style multi-part annotation edi...