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The latest live training seminar on Esri Academy covered some of the new functionality in the 3.2 release of ArcGIS Pro. It covered the themes of the release, demonstrations of many of the updates within the major functional areas (for example, data management, mapping and visualization, and analysis), as well as productivity enhancements. If you missed the live seminar, the recording is now available for viewing. During the two offerings of the seminar, attendees asked a lot of great questions. Below are answers to some of the most up-voted questions. For a comprehensive overview of the release, see What’s new in ArcGIS Pro 3.2. Feature Questions What is the Generate Schema Report tool, and can you use the output from it to make edits and import changes to a new geodatabase? The schema of a geodatabase is made up of its datasets and their properties, relationships, and rules. The schema includes feature classes, tables, fields, domains, contingent values, attribute rules, and other geodatabase behavior. It can be thought of as your data model. You can generate a schema report of your geodatabase in Excel, JSON, HTML, or PDF format. Hyperlinks allow you to browse to and explore the elements of your schema, such as tables and feature classes, as well as their fields, properties, and behavior. The schema report comprehensively documents your data model and can serve many purposes. You can use it to plan and collaborate on schema updates, gather stakeholder support for the data model, assist in data migration workflows, keep historical records, and serve as a data dictionary. While you cannot currently use the output of the tool as input into creating a new geodatabase using your data model, or editing existing ones, there are plans to incorporate this capability and other capabilities in future releases. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/generate-schema-report.htm Does “discard for non-versioned editing” automatically introduce a required save to store non-versioned edits? Yes; in ArcGIS Pro 3.2, there is a new single workspace edit session experience. You can set edit session options to require editing to be enabled manually and either let ArcGIS Pro manage workspace edit sessions or specify that a workspace be selected manually. Explicitly starting editing is also available as a system administrator setting. If you choose the option to use single workspace edit sessions, when you start editing in a non-versioned enterprise geodatabase workspace, you can manually save and discard edits on the Edit tab of the ribbon. What types of things can you do with radio group layers? Are they compatible with ArcGIS Online? A group layer is an assortment of layers and tables organized as a group in the Contents pane for maps or scenes. Layers within a group layer are called sublayers and can be of the same type or many types. In maps with hundreds of layers representing different types of data, grouping layers makes data sensible and easy to use, especially when sharing maps and projects. Group layers can be nested within one another, affect the legend when creating layouts, and are not honored or reflected when exporting to PDF with layers enabled. New at ArcGIS Pro 3.2, you can set the behavior of group layers to draw one sublayer at a time (radio type) or with traditional individually controlled sublayer visibility (check box type). Radio group layers allow for the creation of thematic map series. In contrast to other map series types, in a thematic map series, the map frame on each page keeps the same extent, and the map data updates instead. Each page of the map series shows a different layer or group of layers in the map. Only one layer from the radio group is visible for each page; the other layers in the group are not visible. Layers outside the radio group are visible on each page in the map series. Radio group layers are not supported for web feature layers at this time. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/sharing/analyzer-warning-messages/24035-layer-type-is-not-supported-for-web-feature-layers.htm How does the Auto Apply symbol edits functionality work? The Format Symbol pane includes a toggle button to apply symbol edits as you make them. This capability extends to other panes with ArcGIS Pro (for example, the Label Class pane) but may not work or account for each and every change of other panes. Users still maintain the ability to undo the auto applied actions and like other options, the enablement of Auto Apply applies to all layers and will persist across other projects when closed and reopened. What are contextual keyboard shortcuts? A customizable environment for working with keyboard shortcuts is available through the new Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. You can search for default shortcuts, modify existing shortcuts, and add new ones. You can display all shortcuts or just those that work in the current application state—for example, when a map view is active. Warnings are given if the same shortcut is assigned to commands that potentially conflict with each other. There are several ways to access the dialog box, including pressing F12 anywhere in the application. The shortcuts will apply to all projects and persist through minor ArcGIS Pro updates. While you cannot currently print the shortcuts or import/export them for sharing, these are great ideas for posting as ArcGIS Pro Ideas in Esri Community. Note that it is possible to export and import all your customizations together, but keyboard shortcuts cannot be exported separately. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/manage-keyboard-shortcuts.htm https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/customize-the-ribbon.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_D41907B2242044388D519B5296240B74 https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/idb-p/arcgis-pro-ideas Compatibility questions: What is the companion ArcGIS Enterprise version for ArcGIS Pro 3.2? The companion version for ArcGIS Pro 3.2 is ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. ArcGIS is a system that can be extended with multiple products to fit many needs. Two products that are frequently used together are ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise. Major and minor versions of these two products are developed together and released within months of each other so that shared functionality can be introduced and improved. Although earlier and later versions of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise work together for most functionality, pairing companion versions is recommended. When that is not possible, staying within a range of two companion versions is recommended. When specific minimum software version combinations are required for a piece of functionality, that will be stated in the documentation for that functionality. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/release-notes.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_B84B1C3FF9E741C389E909A29BA5A306 https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/update-arcgis-pro.htm Can an ArcGIS Pro 3.x project be opened by ArcGIS Pro 2.x versions? ArcGIS Pro 3.0 was a major version release and introduced breaking changes in the project storage format. Go to ArcGIS Pro Help: Releases and patches for an explanation of how ArcGIS Pro uses the semantic versioning specification of major.minor.patch scheme. ArcGIS Pro 3.x projects can be shared as a project package to users with ArcGIS Pro 2.x. Go to Migration from ArcGIS Pro 2.x to 3.x for full details. What is the latest dedicated release of the utility network? The latest dedicated release of the utility network version 6 according to the Network Management Release Plan is ArcGIS Pro 3.1 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1. As geodatabases and client software are designed to work together, it is recommended that you keep these versions in sync when possible. As a general rule for working with mixed releases, ArcGIS client applications (such as ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise) are backward compatible when working with the utility network: Later versions of ArcGIS Enterprise can share earlier versions of the utility network. Later versions of ArcGIS Pro can be used to view and edit earlier versions of the utility network. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/utility-network/utility-network-dataset-administration.htm What are the latest compatibility versions for parcel fabric? The latest compatibility versions for parcel fabric version 5 are ArcGIS Pro 3.2 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. If you are working with an existing parcel fabric, upgrading the parcel fabric to the latest version is necessary to keep it current with the latest released functionality. Use the Upgrade Dataset geoprocessing tool to upgrade a parcel fabric. The upgrade applies schema changes to the parcel fabric dataset, parcel feature classes, and other related geodatabase objects. An upgrade of the parcel fabric dataset is typically needed when there are schema changes in the information model. The release number of the ArcGIS Pro client determines whether an upgrade is needed for the parcel fabric dataset. The upgrade process increments the parcel fabric version number. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/parcel-editing/parcelfabricversions.htm ArcMap retirement and related licensing questions: When will ArcMap be officially retired? ArcMap will be moving to mature support in March 2024 until its retirement in March 2026. With mature support, users of ArcMap can create a case for technical issues, contact Esri through phone and chat, and access online support resources. There are no software updates or patches nor new environment certifications. At retirement, users will have access to online support resources only. For more information, go to ArcMap Continued Support and the ArcMap Product Life Cycle Explore guides, documentation, and tutorials to help you Migrate from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro. Named User is the recommended and default license type. There will continue to be a combination of valid license types made available to support users and their unique situations or requirements. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/licensing-arcgis-pro.htm
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Yesterday’s live training seminar at Esri Academy covered how to conduct analysis within the Map Viewer of ArcGIS Online. We discussed new analysis tools and raster functions, creating charts to visualize data, and using the analysis history of a web map. If you missed the live seminar, the recording is now available for viewing. During the two offerings of the seminar, attendees asked a lot of great questions. Below are answers to some of the most up-voted questions. Note: Our next free live training seminar will be What’s New in ArcGIS Pro 3.2 on November 9, 2023. We hope to see you there! Can you use Python scripts in ArcGIS Online? Yes, ArcGIS Notebooks provide a Jupyter notebook experience optimized for spatial analysis. You can combine industry-leading spatial analysis algorithms with open-source Python libraries to build precise spatial data science models. Learn more about using ArcGIS Notebooks in ArcGIS Online. Are there ArcGIS Online analysis tools that do not use credits? How many credits do analyses (generally) cost? Yes, these tools do not consume credits when run in ArcGIS Online: Create Viewshed Create Watershed Trace Downstream Enrich Layer (when a custom GeoEnrichment service is used and the enrichment area is not defined using a travel mode) Most of what you do in ArcGIS Online does not require credits—for example, using ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World basemaps and imagery, exporting data, and performing single-address or place searches. In many cases, credit-consuming activities have a relatively low cost. For example, it costs less than 5 credits to geocode 125 addresses, store 2 GB of map tile data, or enrich ZIP Code boundaries in Detroit, Michigan, with four variables of population and income data. Transaction-based tools—such as geocoding, GeoEnrichment, image analysis, and spatial analysis tools—are charged based on the number of records and the generated output. For example, with GeoEnrichment, you are charged based on the number of attributes that you add to your dataset. For generating travel areas (also known as drive-time areas), you are charged for each travel area generated, so if you were to generate three travel areas (2, 5, and 10 miles) for eight locations, you would be charged for 24 travel areas. Learn more about credits. How does ArcGIS Online handle projections? Are they limited to Web Mercator? In ArcGIS Online, like in most online mapping platforms, Web Mercator is the default coordinate system. Web Mercator is not designed to minimize distortions for distance and area calculations. The good news is that you don’t have to perform spatial analysis in the same coordinate system used by the web map. ArcGIS Online handles projection for you during analysis behind the scenes. Web Mercator is the coordinate system of the default basemaps. However, this does not mean that data used for analysis must have the same projection as the basemap. Thanks to the ArcGIS “Projection on the Fly” algorithm, when a feature service with a different coordinate system and projection is added, it is reprojected on the fly onto the web map. It is important to point out that “Projection on the Fly” does not change the original data’s projection. It merely displays the features in the web map coordinate system for visualization purposes. When you run the spatial analysis tools in ArcGIS Online, the original coordinate system of the input feature layer is used for the calculations. In ArcGIS Online, the analysis output result layers are stored with the same projection as the input. Some online analysis tools—such as merge, overlay, and find locations require multiple input —layers. In these cases, the output result layer will use the same projection as the input target layer or the first input layer. The only exception is the Aggregate Points tool. Because the output layer from Aggregate Points is a polygon layer, the projection for the output layer will be the same as the input polygon layer when there is one provided. Learn more about how projections are handled when performing analysis in ArcGIS Online. Is there a ModelBuilder equivalent in ArcGIS Online to chain together tools and build custom tools? Not yet, but the analysis team is actively working hard to bring ModelBuilder to ArcGIS Online in the future. Why would someone choose to use analysis tools in ArcGIS Online versus running an analysis in ArcGIS Pro? ArcGIS Pro is Esri’s flagship GIS software for use with analysis, map and scene creation, and more intricate, complex workflows. Not everyone has or needs ArcGIS Pro, though. ArcGIS Online is a browser-based user experience accessible to any member and provides a considerably lower barrier of entry to conducting spatial analysis for GIS and non-GIS users alike. Do the GeoEnrichment services cover areas outside of the United States? Absolutely! There are key demographics for all countries, including total population, average household size, and more. The number of variables and their level of detail will vary from country to country based on their sources. Learn more about GeoEnrichment coverage. Can we work on uploaded data like satellite images or drone images in ArcGIS Online? Yes, there are many raster analysis tools and raster functions that will work with your uploaded images or those available from your ArcGIS Online organization or ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. To run raster analysis tools, you must have privileges to create and publish content and to perform imagery analysis. Rasters can be digital aerial photographs, satellite imagery, digital pictures, or scanned maps. Learn more about raster analysis in ArcGIS Online. How is metadata tracked and propagated through an ArcGIS Online analysis? In ArcGIS Online, an item's metadata is created, edited, and viewed on the item page. Item details include the title, the type, and the source, author, last modified date, thumbnail, and tags. It can also include additional information, such as a summary and description, how accurate and recent the item is, restrictions associated with using and sharing the item, credits, and so on. Within ArcGIS, metadata is saved with the item that it describes. It is copied, moved, and deleted with the item. Organizations can enable metadata, which allows members of the organization to use a built-in metadata editor to include additional standards-based metadata for all item types. Metadata can be included for all items in a portal, including web maps, web scenes, and web apps. Organizations select a metadata style, which configures the organization’s experience for editing and viewing metadata. In addition to determining the information available for viewing and editing, the metadata style identifies the metadata standard and the schema used to validate an item's metadata for the standard. Regardless of the applied style, the metadata is always stored in ArcGIS metadata format, meaning that metadata is not lost if the organization switches the metadata style. A built-in metadata viewer is available to allow you to see the metadata associated with an item. If your organization has metadata enabled, this same viewer allows item owners and administrators to edit the metadata. Are the workflows and information in this presentation applicable to ArcGIS Enterprise as well as ArcGIS Online? While not all tools and functionality exist in the Map Viewer within ArcGIS Enterprise (as of this posting), the team is actively working on it and they are expected in an upcoming release. There are some similar capabilities in Map Viewer Classic. Learn more about performing analysis in ArcGIS Enterprise. Are all the analysis tools included in a standard suite of Map Viewer-accessible tools, or is tool availability based on the licenses assigned to your account? While some tools require specific user types or additional privileges, most of the tools that work with vector data can be considered “standard.” Typically, raster analysis requires the ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online user type extension, while other tools (such as Network Analysis tools) require additional privileges. Learn more about ArcGIS Online tool licensing. For more information on performing analysis in ArcGIS Online, check out the resources below. Esri Academy Going Places with Spatial Analysis MOOC Deep Learning Using ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online (web course) Esri Community ArcGIS Online - Esri Community ArcGIS Online Blog - Esri Community Q&A: Spatial Analysis in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer - Esri Community Map Viewer Get started with Map Viewer—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation Introducing Analysis in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer What’s New in Map Viewer Analysis
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