Latest Contributions by MikeLouwrens

I used to have a "Show Configuration Info" button on my Water Utilities Network Editing toolbar, similar to the matching button on the Attribute Assistant toolbar.  The attribute assistant one lets me modify the config file for AA, but I need to be able to select or modify the config file for the Network Editing toolbar.  Where has this button gone?   I know I can manually browse to the config file and edit it directly, but can't switch between different files from within the GUI like I used to be able to do. The dialog it opened was also similar to the Attribute Assitant config dialog, but referenced the Water Utility config file instead. Can someone tell me where this button has gone, and how to get it back?  Or alternatively how to switch between different config files easily from within Arcmap?  Or did I just imagine this button here?  It is also not listed on the reference site for the toolbar, so maybe I dreamed it was there? ... View more

When publishing a feature class with Editor Tracking enabled to a Feature Service we are forced to use UTC zone because sometimes editors can be in a different time-zone.  Many users though never have users in other time zones, or even aren't concerned about where their editors are, but would like to track edits in local or database time. Please allow feature services to use editor tracking in database time and not force UTC.  Many queries are based on local/database time, and having to convert these queries into UTC is unnecessary overhead. If anything, the Error that occurs when editor tracking is enabled in local/database time should at most be a Warning to the user that they can then choose to ignore or fix. ... View more

We use the ArcGIS for Water Utilities tools, and regularly make use of the Export to Excel button from the Water Utility Network Editing toolbar, however right after installing the new ArcGIS Maps for Office 4 the Export to Excel button doesn't work anymore - instead I get an error message If I remove Maps for Office the Export to Excel works as normal.  Reinstall and I get the error again.  Nothing is exported. ... View more

We have a database system that has some fields that must be filled in before the user can save a new record.  If they leave those fields blank they're prompted to fill them in or cancel and lose changes. We'd like to see the same functionality in the Geodatabase where ArcMap prompts the user to populate mandatory fields.  A default value won't work as these are often fields where the user would need to make a decision about what value to use, but we can't allow no value in the field. There is an option "Field Is Nullable" when adding a new field via ArcToolbox.  This doesn't do what we require, as all it does is leave a 0 or blank value in a field rather than a NULL.  It doesn't notify the user or refuse to save etc. if the field hasn't been populated.  What we need is another option here something like "Field Value Mandatory" where a value that isn't blank or NULL or 0 - some kind of user input - is required. ... View more