idea ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

SavageTrimble — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:15:43 GMT

The ability to clone map tabs so you can keep configuration. This is helpful when publishing several MMPKs with offline basemaps that are identical. Makes it way more efficient to configure and publish many maps (MMPKs) without needing to reset map settings. arcgispro‌

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

KoryKramer — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:05:19 GMT

Thank you for submitting this idea Luke Savage‌ Does opening the same map not achieve what you're looking for?

Or specifically you're looking for that from the tab's context menu?

Thanks!

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

SavageTrimble — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:38:03 GMT

Yes Kory it is but is an awkward place to perform that function. The UI for right click on the map tab is managing that tab. Plus, it's more cohesive and logical for the user if in the tab management UI. If the catalog pane is not open, you can't add it within the tab experience.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

KoryKramer — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:24:29 GMT

Thanks for the clarification, Luke! This also helps to understand that a copy of the map isn't needed, just a second view pointing to the same map.

Cheers

Duplicate map tab in arcgis pro

RichardPoche3 — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 04:51:30 GMT

Please save us time and a few clicks by adding a duplicate map / layout when you click on a tab in ArcGIS Pro. Right click - Duplicate - Done. Instead of finding the map in the table of contents, right clicking to copy, right clicking to paste...

This would work similar to duplicating a tab in Google Chrome.

ArcGIS Pro:

Google Chrome (better way):

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

ChristopherBertrand — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 22:48:47 GMT

Agreed. This would be a great feature!

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

NigelBaker — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:14:04 GMT

i also agree.

this would be a huge help instead of having to open a new map and populate it the same as already done... apply symbology etc etc, just to, for example make a new layout.

clone map is a great idea.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

KoryKramer — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:31:49 GMT

Thank you for the comment @NigelBaker I took a look and it doesn't appear that you added your kudos to the idea. While comments are important, kudos (the number of votes) that an idea receives is one of the primary pieces of data that we use to determine traction and trends as we monitor idea activity over time.

Please see https://community.esri.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/arcgis-ideas for a high level overview of how ArcGIS Ideas works, and for more information. I wanted to make sure that you were aware of how ArcGIS Ideas works, and the importance of voting on ideas that you would like to see implemented in the software.

Thank you for your participation in the community and for helping us prioritize future development efforts for ArcGIS Pro.

Cheers,

Kory

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

DavidNelson3 — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:22:20 GMT

How would one copy a map tab and paste it as a new map (preferably including symbology)? Is there a way to that in Pro?

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

KoryKramer — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 22:47:19 GMT

@DavidNelson3 Are you asking how to duplicate a map? "copy a map tab"... that map tab is a view of a map. So if you just copy/paste the source map, is that what you're asking?

You could hold ctrl and click+drag/drop to duplicate the map. Or just a normal copy/paste. Please let us know if that isn't what you were asking...

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

DavidNelson3 — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:07:18 GMT

@KoryKramerI am looking at the tabs in the main display window in ArcPro. I'd like to be able to copy a map tab (as opposed to a layout tab) in it's entirety and paste it in the same window. Then I would change some of the layers, symbology etc. within the new tab. That would be a very efficient process.

Thank You,

David

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

KoryKramer — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 23:25:22 GMT

Thanks @DavidNelson3 If you support this idea, please add your kudos!

Just a note that when I originally asked for clarification from the OP he said he did not want to duplicate the map, just the view. Subsequent comments indicate that users are looking for the ability to actually duplicate the source map, with that action taking place from the view tab. These are two different things. From your description of "then I would change some of the layers, symbology, etc." I'm assuming that you want that to be in a different map. Is that true?

For example, if I duplicate the view (which continues to reference the same source map), here is what I get:

I can do things to the second view like change the scale, orientation and so on:

And when I turn another layer on, change symbology... that happens in both views because they are both pointed at the same map:

So are you interested in just duplicating the view tab (maintaining the reference to the same source map), or is your expectation that you duplicate the view tab but have the duplicated tab reference a duplicate of the original map? If the former, the current option is to simply open the same map again. If the latter, you would duplicate the map in the project first, and then open the duplicate map in its own view. Hope this helps, and please provide any further details on your expectations.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

DavidNelson3 — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:05:14 GMT

@ KoryKramer I guess the reason why it is hard to describe is due to my focusing on an outcome rather than a limitation. I want to be able to duplicate a map tab entirely, except changes in the new tab will not be duplicated in the original tab. It's like being able to resymbolize a duplicate layer without changing the symbology of the original. I would also like to add or remove layers in the duplicate map tab without changing the original tab.

Similarly, it would be useful to be able to reproject all layers in the new map tab without changing the contents of the original tab.

Thank You,

David

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

KoryKramer — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:13:52 GMT

In that case, you would duplicate the map and that request would match up with some of the other comments on this thread. i.e. From the tab's dropdown > Duplicate tab with duplicate map all as a single operation. For now, you would duplicate the existing map and open the duplicate map.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

ErinGilbert1 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:06:56 GMT

I would also like to the ability to do this. For example, in ArcMap I will create a map, adding and symbolizing all the layers I need. If I then need to make a new map using all or some of the same layers, but need to symbolize differently, add a definition query, display different layers, etc. I will Save As and create a new mxd file that I can now edit without changing the original map and layout. I want to utilize the functionality in ArcPro of having multiple maps and layouts in a single project, but if I need a new layout that requires changes in symbology, etc, I'd like an easy way to duplicate an existing map to base that layout on. This is surprisingly difficult to explain, but also surprising there is not an easy way (similar to duplicating a layout) to create a duplicate map within a project. Please let me know if this is possible and I am overlooking it.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

KoryKramer — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 14:26:09 GMT

@ErinGilbert1 For what you're describing, I don't think it is related to wanting to duplicate the tab, you just want to easily duplicate the map in the project, so that you can then change symbology, etc. in the second map. Just do this:

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

ErinGilbert1 — Mon, 06 May 2024 18:37:03 GMT

@KoryKramer Thanks for showing me this. It looks like a new feature in Pro version 3.2. I just updated from 3.1 and viola, this option appeared. Much appreciated!

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

RichardPoche3 — Tue, 07 May 2024 20:36:13 GMT

Thanks, @KoryKramer but ideally it would be on the map (or layout) tab at the top. This would prevent having to find it or open the catalog pane, then find the map you need to duplicate, especially if you have lots of maps with similar names. Once you are in the catalog pane already it is just as easy to ctrl-drag as it is to right click.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

JasonFitzsimmons — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:10:09 GMT

Hi @KoryKramer

From what I can see, the methods outlined here creates a pointer to the source map.

I would like to be able to copy a map to a new tab, but then change its sources (as in, moving from a QA map to a production map).

But this method above doesn't work, if I change the source in my new copy, the original source is changed as well.

I can copy each individual layer into a new blank map, but this is much more tedious when I am working with several layers.

Is there another way to do what I am asking?

Re: ArcGIS Pro: Clone Map Tab

ErinGilbert1 — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:23:55 GMT

@JasonFitzsimmons

I often encounter the issue of needing to change the components of a Layout, but want to preserve the existing Layout as well. Making the changes to the Map will change the existing Layout, which I don't want. What I do is duplicate and rename both the Layout and the Map in the Project Catalog pane. I then go into the Map Frame properties of the new Layout, and set the Map Frame to the new Map. For some reason the extent always zooms way out, but if I zoom to a layer within the map, I can return to exactly the same extent (if that is not sufficient I can duplicate the Map Frame location settings of the existing Layout). I then have a new Layout pointing to a new Map that I can change without changing the existing Layout I want to keep. It's not as easy as it should be but it works.