topic Re: Who uses the ArcPro model builder reporting function? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Who uses the ArcPro model builder reporting function?

DuncanHornby — Fri, 24 May 2019 13:56:36 GMT

All,

OK I've got a "bee in my bonnet"... So current release of ArcPro does not support the ability to export an image of your model, ArcMap does. I've posted an idea here hope you think it is worth voting on?

Anyway I live a major part of my GIS life in/out of Model Builder and I'm spending more time in the ArcPro version. It has a few gremlins in it that need working out but generally it's OK.

Because I can't export an image I explored the report button to see if this was a viable alternative.

Now I might be showing my ignorance towards other domains of specialism but I've got to ask who uses this reporting capability and under what scenario?

I've got a model with 54 steps and all this reporting tool does is list the inputs/outputs/tools. I can't think of any reason why I would need to view a model like that? The export button seems to churn out this information in XML format. Who and what would you use that for?

I personally see no value in this reporting tool, OK it gives a detailed description of the tools and their settings but if you don't know how they relate to each other what use is it? Am I missing something?

Genuinely curious as to who would use this functionality?

Re: Who uses the ArcPro model builder reporting function?

KoryKramer — Fri, 24 May 2019 14:28:35 GMT

Maybe folks in the Model Builder‌ space would be able to contribute to this question as well!

Re: Who uses the ArcPro model builder reporting function?

DuncanHornby — Fri, 24 May 2019 14:47:38 GMT

Done! I tagged it for modelbuilder but not for the model builder group (which are the most obvious people to ask).

Re: Who uses the ArcPro model builder reporting function?

ShitijMehta — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:24:45 GMT

Hello Duncan Hornby,

Reporting capability is useful to those who run models periodically. The report gives them a way to compare between runs for failures or value changes.

About its benefits and the work that is still pending -

1) Gives an overview of the entire model with its variables, processes, value and messages.

2) Two way editing between model and report that can be synced automatically or manually (being worked on)

3) Overall model statistics about processes, total time to run the model, sub models, iterations etc (being worked on)

4) Embedded optional model metadata (In design)

5) Model notes to keep track of model history between analysts (in future releases)

6) Two way selection highlights and visual indication (being worked on)

7) Updated style sheet and capability to save the report as pdf (future release)

😎 Report comparison and visual feedback (Long term plan)

Hope this helps.

Thanks for starting a dialog on this topic!

Re: Who uses the ArcPro model builder reporting function?

DuncanHornby — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 13:42:38 GMT

Looks like some interesting developments ahead, I think I would find the statistics component interesting (e.g. run times) for fine tuning a models performance and one can never have enough metadata so that would be a welcomed improvement!

But I'm still curious about all the users out there, do they use this reporting tool? It's not something I have ever used, even in ArcMap. So I am wondering who is actually using this in their day to day work and under what scenario? I think I will create a poll.