idea Improve ArcGIS Error Reporter in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Improve ArcGIS Error Reporter

TimJohnston5 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:38:16 GMT

When ArcGIS Pro crashes it will attempt to send a bug report to ESRI and that process always fails with a:

"There was a problem in sending the error report."

Can we get an explanation in this dialog why sending the error report failed? Maybe provide a suggestion on ways to correct this problem?

Why does the base install of ArcGIS Pro not able to send an error report?

If ArcGIS Pro is connected to My ESRI, then it seems logical that you should be able to post the Error report to My Organization in My ESRI. In this way, my administrator can see the errors occurring in the organization and ESRI can also investigate bug reports which are occuring.

Re: Improve ArcGIS Error Reporter - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

KoryKramer — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:33:50 GMT

Have any of the settings mentioned in the help topic been changed? https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/report-software-errors-and-improvements.htm#GUID-7B5EB329-D9F3-448C-A55D-5D7097BC6D9D

For example, is EnableWebService set to 1 (the default)?

This combination of settings would match what you are describing:

How big are the .dmp files located in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\ESRI\ErrorReports ?

If you have been sending the .dmp files in, what email are you including? If you send me the most recent .dmp files from the directory cited above, we can analyze them and see what we find. kkramer@esri.com

Thank you

Re: Improve ArcGIS Error Reporter

RichardDaniels — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:08:45 GMT

As a system Admin for a large agency, I'll tell you I don't want to see actual Esri log reports. They contain no information that can be used by non-Esri staff for determining the cause of the failure since the data files are not human readable.

What your Admin will need will be a screen shot 'before' the crash and the steps you were taking prior the crash (i.e., is the issue reproducible?). If it is reproducible on more than one machine then it is, in order, generally a data issue, a software configuration issue, install issue, or a true bug. If it occurs only on your machine the issues tend to be network, Operating System, and Hardware related while if it occurs only on your machine when your logged in (but works for others on the same machine) then we know it is a user configuration issue in your ArcGIS or Windows profile.

Re: Improve ArcGIS Error Reporter

TimJohnston5 — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:56:56 GMT

The only registry entry I have (from a standard install) is YourEmailAddress. I do not have an EnableWebService entry and I was expecting something like that to be enabled by default.

Re: Improve ArcGIS Error Reporter

KoryKramer — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:10:52 GMT

@TimJohnston5 the web service is enabled by default. Remaining questions from my comment above:

How big are the .dmp files located in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\ESRI\ErrorReports ?

Thank you

Re: Improve ArcGIS Error Reporter - Status changed to: Closed

KoryKramer — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:21:25 GMT

Pending further clarification.