Latest Contributions by LuciaBarbato1

While working in a topology I wanted to set an Exception. I tried clicking the box under the Exception heading expecting a pull down for True or False. I expected to see a pulldown as offered for creating rules. I tried selecting and unselecting the error, selecting and unselecting the feature, looked up help docs. Finally it dawned on me to click the Preview - Details - Fix <- Ah Ha moment! That is where I found the option to Mark as Exception.  Please consider allowing more direct interaction under the Exception heading so users can immediately toggle True/False/Clear Full disclosure - ArcMap user for 20 years now transitioning to AGP. ... View more

In the Create Feature Class process, the bottom of Page 2/6 Fields page shows the instruction: "Click any field above to see its properties".  However, if you click directly on a field, the Field Properties does not display. You have to click the gray area to the left of a field name to display Field Properties.  Please allow the display of field properties when a field is clicked (according to the instruction). If that is not possible, then perhaps make the gray area to the left of the field more distinctive with box separators to indicate there is somewhere else to click to get to the field properties, nd modify the instrction to "Click to the left of any field above to see its properties". I found my students gave up trying to modify field properties and opened the attribute table > Fields View > to make modifications. Thanks for considering.   ... View more

In AGP 2.6.3, I tried to copy a FC from one GDB to a FDS in a different GDB. The tool appears to process the FC and shows the status bar running in the Catalog pane. But the FC didn't copy. I refreshed, but still no FC. I thought the spatial references were the same. After trying a few times, closing and reopening AGP, I went back to old reliable ArcMap and viola - the error message appeared "Spatial References do not match."  It would be helpful to have this message also appear immediately in AGP rather than showing a status bar that gives the impression the copy process is working.  That would give users the hint to use 'Import' instead, provided the GCSs are the same. If the GCS is different, when attempting to import a FC, it would be nice for the FDS to offer a transform option. ... View more

In AGP 2.6.3, when creating a new FC, please implement functionality to import fields from shapefiles. This functionality is present in ArcMap 10.7.1.  But in AGP, the import window only shows Tables and GDB FCs are eligible for importing fields. Without this functionality, users have to add the steps to import a shapefile to a GDB FC, then when we create a FC the fields can be imported.   BTW, I contacted Esri Tech Support, they were able to reproduce this functionality. ... View more

Recently, while using the Go To XY tool in ArcGIS Pro 2.6.1,  I stupidly entered a UTM coordinate as 6885000 3819700 with space delimiter, forgetting to enter the UTM Zone. When it didn't work, I contacted Esri Tech Support because I thought it was a bug. After a week of testing, and several emails, Esri told me that I forgot to enter the UTM zone. Once I did that, it worked fine. I'd like to suggest explicitly breaking up the entry for a UTM coordinate to include the zone, and also avoid potential delimiter issues. ... View more

Note: Original title & idea has been edited. Thanks to Kory Kramer for previous clarifications.  Whenever I save a project from one of the blank templates (Map, Catalog, Global or Local Scene), the .gdb and .tbx are saved with the same name as the .aprx and project folder. However, when starting without a template, the project folder and .aprx reflect the desired project name, but the default.gdb and default.tbx names remain as 'default' since they originate from the temp default space in the user profile.  If someone wants to save a blank template as a project, it would be nice if the system could check for content in the .gdb or .tbx, and if they are empty, then automatically name the .gdb & .tbx the same as the project name to be consistent with other project naming conventions. If no content is present in the .gdb & .tbx, then it is safe to assume that no other projects or map documents are pointing to it. This might be the case more often than not, and avoid confusion (at least for some), and eliminate the need to rename them.   Otherwise, if content is present, then a warning message can display explaining “The default.gdb & default.tbx have content. If other projects point to these files, they will lose access. Do you want to rename them to the project name? You may manually rename these files if desired”.  This warning message can have a checkbox to ‘Do Not Display this message in the future’ for people who know what they are doing.   I believe providing this type of functionality/option might add some flexibility to Pro’s strict project structuring & naming, and potentially minimize confusion.  ------- Text of original idea:  The AGP documentation on page: Projects in ArcGIS Pro—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation > in the Default geodatabase section states:   "When a project is created, a default geodatabase is also created in the project's home folder. The default geodatabase has the same name as the project (for example, MyProject.aprx is associated with MyProject.gdb)."   Every time I save a project when starting without a template, the project folder and project file (.aprx) reflect the same name, but the Default.gdb and Default.tbx names remain as 'Default'.  The only time the default gdb and toolbox have the same name as the project is when a project is saved from one of the blank templates.   Some clarification would be helpful such as .. when starting without a template, the project folder and project file (.aprx) reflect the same name. The default.gdb and default.tbx can be renamed to match the project.   Actually, this seems more like a bug to me. Why not have the gdb and tbx assigned the same output name as the project when staring without a template? That would more clearly associate these objects with the current project. ... View more