topic How do I enable/ pairwise/distributed processing for the simplify polygon tool in ArcGIS Pro? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

How do I enable/ pairwise/distributed processing for the simplify polygon tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanielGetz — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:08:38 GMT

Looking at the simplify polygon tool in pro, it seems to be possible to enable parallel or distributed processing based on hovering over the branched icon next to the hammer. It reads: "This tool can leverage multiple cores or nodes to perform parallel processing. Read the tool's help to learn how to leverage the Parallel Processing factor environment to enable parallel or distributed processing."

The help documentation is here: (I think) Simplify Polygon—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop But I can't seem to find anything on enabling parallel processing. Pro is only using ~15% of my available processing power when I run the tool on a large polygon with lots of unnecessary geometry. I can get close to 100% usage when using a tool like pairwise dissolve which I know is paralleled. Any ideas?

It feels like I am missing something super basic. Any thoughts would be welcome

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Re: How do I enable/ pairwise/distributed processing for the simplify polygon tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:46:33 GMT

Simplify polygon supports partitions...

Generalizing large datasets using partitions—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop

The tool help way at the bottom lists the environments that are supported by the tool

Simplify Polygon—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop

Environments
Cartographic Partitions, Current Workspace, Default Output Z Value, Output M Domain, Output XY Domain, Output Coordinate System, Extent, Output has M values, Output has Z values, Scratch Workspace, XY Tolerance

Re: How do I enable/ pairwise/distributed processing for the simplify polygon tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanielGetz — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:49:52 GMT

Seems like the way to go. Thank you.