topic Re: Calculate Geometry broken in version 2.7? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Calculate Geometry broken in version 2.7?

SeanSummers_CC — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 21:31:02 GMT

I recently upgraded to version 2.7 and I now have a problem using the "Calculate Geometry". My project is in Pennsylvania State Plane (WKID = 4269) and I need to calculate the Latitude and Longitude for points as I add and edit them. In Pro 2.6 I used the "Calculate Geometry" to do this all the time with no problem. Nothing has changed in my data, format, or process except the update. Now I get errors :

WARNING 160096: The length of the value exceeds that of the field.

WARNING 001086: Skipping feature(s) because of NULL values in # field.

and then the tool just returns the State Plane feet values. Is anyone else having an issue? Is this a bug or has the process changed? Thanks for any insights!

Re: Calculate Geometry broken in version 2.7?

DanPatterson — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 23:42:59 GMT

Calculate Geometry Attributes (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

you can now toggle between 2.7 and 2.6 help topics to see if there are any differences. (see Other versions beneath the topic title)

I would be more concerned about the warning. I would suggest a Check Geometry and a Repair Geometry if necessary before you continue.

Re: Calculate Geometry broken in version 2.7?

SeanSummers_CC — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 14:19:25 GMT

I ran "Check Geometry" and no errors were found. Looking at the "Calculate Geometry" tool again this morning, I decided to try something different. For the last year I always just changed the "Coordinate Format" option to "Decimal Degrees" and got what I wanted. This morning instead of doing that, I manually changed the "Coordinate System" option to WGS1984 and it calculated the Lat/Long I was expecting. I did still get the weird warning/errors.

In the end, I'm not sure if the old version was working as intended or this was something ESRI meant to change. I could find no documentation of this change on the help site. To me they look the same for 2.6 or 2.7. I can live with this work around, it is just confusing that when I upgraded to 2.7 this tool no longer worked in the same manner it had before.

Re: Calculate Geometry broken in version 2.7?

RobbynAbbitt — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:58:02 GMT

I am having a similar problem. Since upgrading to 2.7 the Calculate Geometry tool simply doesn't work. It runs clean with no errors, but calculates nothing.

Did anyone ever submit a potential answer to you for your issue?

Re: Calculate Geometry broken in version 2.7?

SeanSummers_CC — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:25:36 GMT

Nobody ever provided a solution, and as far as I can tell there is no mention in the help documents. I ended up changing the way I used the tool. Basically the way I used it since I started using Pro was different since the upgrade to 2.7. I had to select different options in the tool dialog that I normally didn't before. It has been working for me now using this method.

Something for you to check is what format is the field that you are calculating into. I usually use a "Double" number.

Re: Calculate Geometry broken in version 2.7?

gis_user — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:57:55 GMT

I am having the same issue with Calculate Geometry tool in 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 when I calculate acres. I get the same warnings (160096 and 001086). Acres are actually calculated but with the warnings. When I use the same data and calculate geometry in 2.6.0 and ArcMap 10.7.1, there are no warnings or errors. I am wondering if this is a 2.7.x bug...(?) I forgot to mention that these warnings only appear when calculating geometry (in this case acres) for a newly digitized polygon (or polygons). Calculating geometry for existing polygons does not trigger these warnings.