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Make layer from selection not working

CityofRichardsonGIS

I'm working in Pro (version 2.2.2) trying to create a selection layer. I've tried both right clicking on the layer and going to 'Make layer from selected features' and going to the Data tab and clicking the 'Layer from Selection' button, but nothing seems to happen.

Has anyone else experienced this and discovered what was wrong?

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LaurenLumHee

Moving the layers into a new project will remedy the issues. I reached out to technical support and that was the resolution we found.

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SamuelTirone

Yes, this is a real pain!! I think this happens when you either make a layer the only selectable layer OR if you copy and past features into an Excel file. I have been dealing with this glitch for years...

2 possible workarounds:

1. Close and reopen the map. Re-select and try again. Not the best if you have a large selection.

2. Export selected features to its own shapefile and be sure you check the slider option to use the selected features. This gets you a new layer without having to close the map. It is important to NOT save the new layer by the same name in your data folders. Once you get this to work, save your progress and close the map. Reopen again and continue your work.

Hope these solutions help!

Sam

GrahamLake1

Any more on this? Still not working for Oracle SDE in ArcPro 2.7.3. Moving to a new project may be a work around but it's not a solution.

KoryKramer

I suppose it could be but it would need to be investigated. I searched support cases and don't see this as a known issue.

mvolz47

Kory:

Could this be an Oracle SDE specific issue? It works for you in SQL Server, but it does not work for several people at my org using an Oracle SDE database.

LaurenLumHee

Moving the layers into a new project will remedy the issues. I reached out to technical support and that was the resolution we found.

CityofRichardsonGIS

Thanks Kory. I'm going to have my coworker test it out next time she is in Pro just to make sure that it isn't a setting on my computer and if it fails for her as well, I'll escalate it to technical support.

KoryKramer

Hi Heather and Michael. I just checked in file gdb and SQL server and Make Layer from Selected Features works.

This would probably be a good candidate to work on with technical support. Esri Support Home

CityofRichardsonGIS

I just tried making a selection layer off a line feature class from a file geodatabase and that did not work for me. I guess it could be a permissions thing, but creating selection layers in ArcMap works fine, I would think that if it was a permissions thing, ArcMap wouldn't allow it either.

And yeah, no error message for me either.

mvolz47

It worked for me from a file gdb, but not from an Oracle SDE database. I wonder if there is a permissions issue with SDE in relation to this feature, but I receive no error message just nothing occurs with SDE.

CityofRichardsonGIS

The data is from an SDE enterprise geodatabase (10.2) on SQL Server (2012). I am working off a version.

The data itself is a line feature class.

mvolz47

What is the datasource of your data (e.g. file gdb, SDE, other)?

What type of features are you working with (e.g. points, lines, or polygons)?

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