idea TOC, ArcCatalog Notify of feature classes with zero records in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

TOC, ArcCatalog Notify of feature classes with zero records

RobertKlein3 — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:32:00 GMT

When going through data from unfamiliar sources, or for users like me with bad memory, it would be helpful if there was some visual cue in the Table of Contents or ArcCatalog pane to indicate a feature class has no records. Would save time having to dig through datasets knowing which have no features, and can be disregarded, or conversely which need to have features brought in or created.

Later perhaps a live count of records could be figured into the user interface, but I realize that might take more work from the developers.

Re: TOC, ArcCatalog Notify of feature classes with zero records

VivekDey — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:29:19 GMT

The geoprocessing tool should have a warning message when zero features were created. This was available in ArcMap but removed in Pro.

Re: TOC, ArcCatalog Notify of feature classes with zero records

KoryKramer — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:29:48 GMT

This is the 'empty output generated' warning in ArcGIS Pro: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/tool-errors-and-warnings/001001-010000/tool-errors-and-warnings-00101-00125-000117.htm

As for this idea, the ArcGIS Pro Contents pane does provide an 'Empty feature layers' option in the filter https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/mapping/map-authoring/contents-pane.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_3B17AEC2C1A244CDA79ABD88A4148691

Re: TOC, ArcCatalog Notify of feature classes with zero records - Status changed to: Closed

KoryKramer — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:31:40 GMT

As noted in my previous comment, the 'Empty feature layers' option in the Contents pane filter should resolve this request, meaning that it isn't necessary to dig through datasets.