topic Re: Issues with Display XY Data Tool in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Issues with Display XY Data Tool

MarsNelson_Tredwell — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:58:25 GMT

I am having problems with displaying xy data from csv files in arc gis pro.

I have been using this tool to display points in a project all week (re-importing when i make edits to csv) and all of a sudden the display xy data tool is projecting all of my points on a single point despite them all having unique x and y values. They are all being actively projected as that single point is highlighted when i select any of the points in the attribute table. All the details are correct in the attribute table and the fields are mapped correctly (the same way as always). It is not only affecting one csv but all my csv's.

I have tried reimporting the base table multiple times. recreating the csv from excel sheets. I cannot figure out what is going wrong and why all of a sudden.

I hope that someone has a clue as to why this would be happening as it is basically stopping me doing anything at the moment.

Thanks,

Mars

Re: Issues with Display XY Data Tool

MicahBabinski — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:08:00 GMT

Hi Mars,

Is this the tool you are using?

XY Table To Point—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop

My hunch is that you are dealing with a coordinate system problem. Here's some questions that might help:

What's your output coordinate system when you ran the tool giving you the unsatisfactory result?
What is the coordinate system of the map you are adding the points to?
What is the coordinate system of the XY locations in your CSV? Provide a screenshot if you're not sure.

Micah

Re: Issues with Display XY Data Tool

MarsNelson_Tredwell — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:12:55 GMT

Hi Micah,

GCS_WGS_1984 is both the map coordinate system and the one i have been using in the XY table to point tool.

Re: Issues with Display XY Data Tool

MicahBabinski — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:05:56 GMT

Hmmm, that's strange. Where are the points located when you run the tool? Would you mind sharing a selection of the XY values? Are you sure that all of the points are stacked in a single location? What happens if you zoom to the output point layer?

Re: Issues with Display XY Data Tool

George_Thompson — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:18:22 GMT

I have seen this with that tool when there are NULL or 0 values in the fields for the X/Y coordinates.

Re: Issues with Display XY Data Tool

ErinLacour — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:50:41 GMT

I am having this exact same issue. Last week it worked fine, now using the exact same data and .csv only one point shows. Coordinate systems are all the same and there are no NULL or 0 values in my X/Y fields. Any other suggestions??