topic Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcPro task takes very long time to run

South_JordanCity_of — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:08:08 GMT

Hi all!

So I'm trying out some tasks in Pro to speed up my workflow.

I created a simple task that copies 3 attributes from one selected point feature to another one.

The first step does the copying, the second step pastes the attributes into a different (selected) point:

When I run the task, it takes about 4-5 minutes (!!) to finish. Then I looked at the task history, and the result notes that the task was finished in 10 seconds (!?!?)

Why on earth does it take so long to copy attributes and calculate fields? And why does the task history tell me that it took 10 seconds to complete, when it actually took over 4 minutes?

What am I missing here? Is the task set up improperly, or is this normal ArcPro behavior?

Thanks for your input!

Marc

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

ChristopherBertrand — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:19:22 GMT

I have recently (last 2 weeks or so) developed this same problem. Most every thing I do is now taking far too long for the amount of time I know it should complete in and has in the past. For example, looking at the process history shows a Feature Class to Feature Class (of about 25 features) has succeeded in under 9 seconds but ties up the computer for the 4.5 minutes for it to complete. This is after doubling the computers RAM hoping this would solve this issue of slowness.

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

MichaelVolz — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:29:07 GMT

Have you tried the same process where the data is stored locally, if the data currently resides on a network share?

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

ChristopherBertrand — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:31:59 GMT

The data is all local on the processing machine at the moment.

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

MichaelVolz — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:36:18 GMT

Not sure if you are on the latest and greatest version of Pro, but have you tried to sign up for the Pro 2.5 Beta testing to see if latency such as this has been improved at 2.5 since a good number of Pro users complain about slowness of geoprocessing tasks compared to ArcMap (at least for the simpler tasks).

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

ChristopherBertrand — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:59:27 GMT

I have not signed up for Beta testing and ArcGIS Pro says it is running the most current version. (2.4.2)

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

ChristopherBertrand — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 23:58:17 GMT

I may have reached a conclusion of sorts.

I had cause to open and work on another Pro project briefly. During this Pro worked as normal. To test if the slow processing was tied to the ArcGIS Project file. I created a new ArcGIS Project and loaded in all the files used in my primary project file. All processing and tasks seem to be running as quickly as normal.

Is it possible that the ArcGIS Project file is corrupted and this is what is causing the completion of tasks to take so long?

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

MichaelVolz — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:15:35 GMT

This testing would be longer term, but I would see if Pro files in general slow down over time to the point where you would need to periodically recreate them. Hopefully this is not the case, but something to keep an eye on. You might check if something like a geoprocessing history is building up in the aprx that would need to be cleaned up. Maybe this can be setup to be cleaned up at some defined interval (e.g. weekly, monthly, etc.).

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

KoryKramer — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:11:42 GMT

Christopher, is it only the Task in that single project that runs slowly, or any geoprocessing tool? Would it be possible to send us a project package of the "problem" aprx? If that is a possibility, please contact me at kkramer@esri.com and we can set up a secure transfer site.

Thank you.

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

South_JordanCity_of — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:04:01 GMT

I ended up following your solution and created a new project and imported everything fro the previous one. The task does indeed run much faster. However, it still takes about 30-40 seconds to copy and paste 3 attributes, so I'm not sure if that will actually speed up my workflow. Manually doing the same thing is still faster..

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

JoeBorgione — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 01:10:17 GMT

Is using a task your only option? Can a python script be deployed instead?

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

South_JordanCity_of — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:36:42 GMT

Joe,

that would be my next attempt and will most likely be the route to go.

Too bad, I really think that tasks have a lot of potential, but not when they take longer than the manual process they're supposed to replace.

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

JoeBorgione — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:14:02 GMT

Agreed. I've used a few, and find that I'd rather do my own thing....

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

South_JordanCity_of — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:26:50 GMT

Joe,

not sure if you can help me out with this, but I created a python script/tool that copies 3 attributes from a (selected) address point and pastes them into a (selected) sidewalk section through an UpdateCursor. The tool runs without errors and does what it is supposed to do.

However, the changes won't show up in ArcPro unless I either refresh the database (SDE), which is greyed out for the most part, or unless I create any other feature and hit the save button. I then have to clear the selection and re-select the sidewalk segment for the changes made by the tool to appear.

I read on different posts that the layer edited by the tool has to be set in the tool parameters as an derived output in order to tell the system that datasets were modified by the script.

So I tried that with these output parameters in the tool and this line in my script:

arcpy.SetParameter(0, "SidewalkSections")   # "SidewalkSections" refers to the layer in the current map that is being edited

The tool runs fine, but the output behavior doesn't change. What am I missing here?

Thanks for your help!

Marc

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

JoeBorgione — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:28:07 GMT

That's a great question and I'm not sure of an answer. May I suggest you start a new thread in the python space and describe the situation. My first guess is it's related to how ArcGIS Pro 'holds' the data in memory and that memory space needs to get cleared so new data can fill it...

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

South_JordanCity_of — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:47:35 GMT

Joe, in case you're interested, I posted the question here:

https://community.esri.com/message/892788-arcpro-python-tool-update-table-to-show-edited-attributes

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

fionag11 — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:59:49 GMT

@MichaelVolz wrote:
You might check if something like a geoprocessing history is building up in the aprx that would need to be cleaned up.

Seriously, this is a thing? Geoprocessing history slows down your processing???? How on earth would a user know this?

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

ClaireCG — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 13:45:33 GMT

Good afternoon!

I am encountering the same issue, working with a task composed of a dozen of steps, which each take a long time to open and then run.

@KoryKramerwas there a solution identified?

I cleaned my geoprocessing history but it did not really solve the issue. I unfortunately cannot work only on data stored locally.

Many thanks!

Re: ArcPro task takes very long time to run

JohnAlexCorrea — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:54:49 GMT

Hello everyone!

It is now 3/12/2024 and I'm still running into the exact same issues described by OP.

Normal tasks that took two seconds (Create Feature Class) now take like 20 minutes! All of my data is stored locally and upon completion it state it only took a few seconds to complete said task.

I'm working on a project that'll take a lot of steps and I'm not quite sure how to speed this up!

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