XY Event Layer — Only generate shapes for specific rows via SQL expression

Bud — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:15:58 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 2.9.5

I have a real-time standalone table data source from an external system. I want to create a dynamic XY Event Layer to display the data as points in Pro.

Some of the input rows have incorrect values in the X and Y fields. I want to include those rows in the XY Event Layer attribute table, but I don't want to generate shapes for those rows; I want the shapes to be null.

Could a "Shape SQL Expression" parameter be added to the Make XY Event Layer tool to let us control what rows get shapes? For example, WHERE X <> 0.

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XY Event Layer — Only generate shapes for specific rows via SQL expression