topic Re: Focal statistics error in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:24:39 GMT

Hi All,

I'm getting an error running the Focal Statistics tool. My input raster is a DEM layer from the USGS Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) Seamless Three-Dimensional Hydrologic Database. I reprojected the horizontal coordinates to the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic USGS projected system, and the Z coordinate to the NAVD 1988 coordinate system. I've tried running the tool in both ModelBuilder and as a stand-alone geoprocess, but both error out. I've tried using different input parameters, such as Rectangle, Circle, etc., as well as different width and height values, and I've tried running different statistic types, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Doug

Re: Focal statistics error

JayantaPoddar — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:32:02 GMT

What is the error message?

What is the raster format of your input and output Raster formats?

Could you keep the vertical coordinate System (Z) blank, and check?

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:42:03 GMT

Hi Jayanta,

Thanks for the reply. The error message is posted below, but I want to caveat that I logged a similar bug report with ESRI last week and they came back and said the issue was not a bug. There was no explanation why (I didn't have time to follow-up at the time). I just tried re-running it with the Z set to no coordinate system and it still errors out.

Error Message:

Executing (Focal Statistics): FocalStatistics DEM_Layers\SCU_EDNA_Reproject_orig_dem C:\Users\14084\Documents\MSProject\GISData\MSProject.gdb\SCU_Surface_Mean "Circle 11 CELL" Mean DATA 90
Start Time: Friday, April 23, 2021 9:36:17 PM
Distributing operation across 20 parallel instances.
ERROR 999999: Something unexpected caused the tool to fail. Contact Esri Technical Support (http://esriurl.com/support) to Report a Bug, and refer to the error help for potential solutions or workarounds.
Failed to execute (Focal Statistics).
Failed at Friday, April 23, 2021 9:36:17 PM (Elapsed Time: 0.07 seconds)

Re: Focal statistics error

JayantaPoddar — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:54:07 GMT

Could you save the output raster as a TIFF file, with a shorter pathname?

e.g. C:\MSPROJECT/RASTERS/SCU_Surface_Mean.tif

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:04:05 GMT

Same issue. I should note that I've been using this file path for many months with no problem. Here's the error to a much shorter path:

Executing (Focal Statistics): FocalStatistics Reproject_Reproject_EDNA_Raw_SCU_Original_Data_DEM C:\MSP\SMean "Rectangle 11 11 CELL" Mean DATA 90
Start Time: Friday, April 23, 2021 10:00:03 PM
Distributing operation across 20 parallel instances.
ERROR 999999: Something unexpected caused the tool to fail. Contact Esri Technical Support (http://esriurl.com/support) to Report a Bug, and refer to the error help for potential solutions or workarounds.
Failed to execute (Focal Statistics).
Failed at Friday, April 23, 2021 10:00:03 PM (Elapsed Time: 0.05 seconds)

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:29:37 GMT

Just to see what would happen, I tried running the Hillshade raster function using the same DEM and it completed successfully. However, when I ran it as a geoprocess it errored out:

ERROR 010040: Unable to delete raster C:\Users\14084\Documents\MSProject\GISData\MSProject.gdb\SCU_HS_New.
ERROR 010029: Unable to create the raster C:\Users\14084\Documents\MSProject\GISData\MSProject.gdb\SCU_HS_New.
ERROR 010067: Error in executing grid expression.
Failed to execute (HillShade).

Re: Focal statistics error

DanPatterson — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:20:11 GMT

If it is the same rasters that you are using in this thread

Sampling raster returns no values - Esri Community

I would again suggest using *.tif rasters in a folder with a much shorter path

Re: Focal statistics error

JayantaPoddar — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 11:18:18 GMT

Could you confirm the value range of the DEM (Min-Max)?

If the Min. value is absurdly low (such as -32767), you need to change that value to NODATA.

Error: ERROR 010067: Error in executing grid expression. Failed to execute (Contour)

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 16:39:16 GMT

The value range is 4066.17 to -83.0017

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 16:56:47 GMT

Hi Dan, it's a different raster. The earlier issue was using Sentinel 2 satellite data, while this one is using NHD DEM data from the USGS.

I just moved the original .zip file to a new folder location on my C drive and tried to run the Copy Raster geoprocess. I set the copy format to "TIFF Format". The process errors out again, very fast. I've attached the error message to this post. I tried running it leaving the NoData Value field empty, and using -9999, and both error out. I'm planning to restart my machine to see if that clears something out.

Re: Focal statistics error

DanPatterson — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 16:59:15 GMT

I don't think you can save in the root drive of C. put it in a folder C:\Data\your.tif

If it errors out again, and fast, then my guess is that you might have a bad file. It should attempt to read the file at least

Re: Focal statistics error

JayantaPoddar — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:06:27 GMT

I see the defined output raster as "C:\MSP\SMean".

Could you define it as "C:\MSP\SMean.tif"?

I am sorry for insisting you again, but I am not sure if you had defined .tif extension as I suggested previously.

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:16:51 GMT

Okay, I moved the files to C:\MSP\mydata.tif. I've also rebooted my computer and kicked off the Copy Raster geoprocess. Good news, so far it hasn't errored out!

Re: Focal statistics error

DrVSSKiran — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:28:40 GMT

Hi Doug,

I just refer to the attached screenshot and found the error in the second-line output. As suggested by Dan and Jayanta, you should type *.tif.

Please refer to the below screenshot.

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:34:23 GMT

The process completed successfully. I'm now trying to rerun everything back in the original folder structure. So far, it's running okay, which leads me to believe that there was something going on in my system that the reboot cleared out. Perhaps something corrupt in my cache? Anyway, the problem seems to be resolved for now.

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:37:46 GMT

Hi Jayanta,

No worries! Yes, I tried including the .tif extension on the file name in one of the runs, but it also failed. Rebooting my machine seems to have resolved the issue for now. Thanks for continuing to try and help me resolve this issue.

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 21:48:07 GMT

Still getting an error.

I was able to copy the original DEM file to a .tif file and store it on a folder right off my C drive. I also reprojected the layer to a projected coordinate systems and updated the vertical coordinate system to "NADV88" (as referenced in the USGS DEM file metadata). However, now when I attempt to run a geoprocess on the updated .tif the geoprocess errors out the same as before. I tried running a slope process and a Focal Statistics process and both immediately errored out with the same error as before. Interestingly, using the Raster Functions seem to work fine, but the geoprocesses seem to be having a problem for some reason.

ERROR 999999: Something unexpected caused the tool to fail. Contact Esri Technical Support (http://esriurl.com/support) to Report a Bug, and refer to the error help for potential solutions or workarounds.
Failed to execute (FocalStatistics)

Re: Focal statistics error

DanPatterson — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:53:42 GMT

how big is the *.tif?

Can you zip it and attach it to a post?

I want to rule out your machine or environment, if this is standard data

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:55:22 GMT

A little over 8 meg

Re: Focal statistics error

DougTurk — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:58:13 GMT

I can try clipping it to see if that brings the file size down