Latest Contributions by AlexanderAllan

Please could ESRI create an easy to use python module/function (for 10.2.1 onwards) to auto generate the metadata thumbnail so that it can be iterated to process datasets in bulk?  The only way I see is to preview the geography of the dataset in ArcCatalog and then hit the thumbnail button.  I have recently created a python metadata tool which modifies metadata from a lookup table and the final thing I need is to generate a thumbnail to make it fully automated.  During large data management projects this is a required task to get the metadata to the standard requried.  I can't believe this is not already integrated into an arcpy function.  Perhaps it can be done in ArcObjects but I don't have the knowledge for that. Metadata is not much fun but I know we can make it less painful! ... View more

When creating a map in AGOL using AGS map services by default the layers do NOT have the pop-ups enabled.  It's all well and good if it's a feature service as the layers have pop-ups automatically enabled.  We host the ArcGIS Server map serves and run them in AGOL maps.  The annoying thing is that there is NO GLOBAL setting to turn on pop-ups for all layers at either the AGS map service level (the map service is added as an 'Item' in My Content) or at the AGOL map level (potentially made up of 4/5 map services).  When you have around 100 layers to enable pop-ups for it gets very tiring. So please ESRI can you add an AGOL setting to globally apply pop-ups to all layers in A) the AGS map services (added as Items in My Content) and B) the AGOL map level (made up of multiple AGS map services). Feature services are not an option for us. ... View more