idea ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point

Jens_Dalsgaard — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:13:12 GMT

At the Esri UC 2016 we got a glimpse of the ArcGIS Pro tasks - seems very promising. This likely will become the way to guide users through various editing / analyses processes.

During the demo we saw how it was possible to alter visibility, selectability, snapping, etc. for the various steps of a task.

I know end users quite well and believe many of them would prefer / expect visibility, selectability, snapping, ... to be as before activating a task once the task has finished. This apparently was not prioritized by Esri.

I believe Esri should prioritize this allowing the returning to settings prior to task run.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point

AmirBar-Maor — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:18:10 GMT

If you wish to see the technical session on tasks - Creating and Managing GIS Data: ArcGIS Pro Tasks: An Introduction - YouTube

If a user performs repeatable workflows over and over again using tasks ,why would it be important to set the layers back to the entry state? Does that also include the selection state and automatically navigating the map to the same view point/extent?

Thanks,

The Esri Task team

Re: ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point

Jens_Dalsgaard — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:29:13 GMT

Good point - if a task is performed repeatedly the need seems obsolete.

But I guess with such strong capability as presented by the upcoming tasks functionality, we'll end of with a large number of tasks each guiding the user through specific tasks. And some of such tasks will not be run over and over again but as one step now and then in the daily routines and hence the user is likely to not going to appreciate setting everything back to, what it was before initiating the tool.

Does that make sense?

Re: ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point

AmirBar-Maor — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:36:30 GMT

We are driven by user ideas and requirements, so if this idea gets popular we'll implement it, either as a task settings, action or by default. Thanks,

Amir Bar-Maor

Have an option to reset the task contents upon completion of a task to what they were before the task started.

DeanAnderson2 — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:24:17 GMT

At this time, when a task is complete the contents (display, select set, edit set) are set as they were when the task was run. It would be great to have an option that would set the environment (display, select set, edit set) back to what existed before the task was started.

1. User environment exists

2. Task runs and contents sets the environment to be what is needed during the task

3. Based on an option the environment is reset to what is was before the task started (Step 1: User environment exists).

Re: Have an option to reset the task contents upon completion of a task to what they were before the task started.

AmirBar-Maor — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:04:07 GMT

This idea is a duplicate of this one: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcgis-pro-tasks-and-returning-to-starting-point/idi-p/927569

Re: ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point

DeanAnderson2 — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:07:15 GMT

Thanks for letting me know! I was not able to find it anywhere.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point - Status changed to: In Product Plan

AmirBar-Maor — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:21:11 GMT

Re: ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point - Status changed to: Implemented

AmirBar-Maor — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:46:06 GMT

Implemented with ArcGIS Pro 3.7

Re: ArcGIS Pro Tasks and Returning to Starting Point

JasonCamerano — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:43:55 GMT

Here's a video demonstrating this requested functionality along with a few other enhancements in Tasks

(view in My Videos)