topic Re: how to reconnect layers in ArcGIS Pro Questions

how to reconnect layers

AlexanderGray — Thu, 05 May 2016 12:46:12 GMT

If I leave ArcGIS Pro open over night, my oracle geodatabase connection time out and are broken the next day. I don't get an error (arcmap gives you the cannot draw popup.) The layers don't appear broken but the data is inaccessible. Trying to change the source doesn't work, the database connection does not open. Closing pro and reopening was the only fix.

Re: how to reconnect layers

AdrianWelsh — Thu, 05 May 2016 13:06:08 GMT

Alexander,

I seem to find that closing and re-opening Pro fixes a lot of problems, so this may be the only 'fix' until a new release. For me, this has solved joins, spatial joins, dealing with field names, publishing services, etc. Without closing and re-opening Pro, I would not have been able to fix this issues, unfortunately....

Re: how to reconnect layers

AlexanderGray — Mon, 09 May 2016 14:32:53 GMT

I think you are right. I suspect the disconnect is because of the database but I was hoping it could reconnect. ArcMap does the same thing but it throws an error, I pro it just reads from cache and after the cache attempts to refresh, it looks like the layer is empty. In this case a warning something is wrong is actually better.

Re: how to reconnect layers

AdrianWelsh — Thu, 12 May 2016 06:14:18 GMT

I agree that having a warning would be nice. Hopefully Pro 1.3 will have more and more bugs worked out!

Re: how to reconnect layers

AlexanderGray — Thu, 12 May 2016 13:20:52 GMT

Better yet, detect broken connection and reinitialize it...

Re: how to reconnect layers

JoshuaBixby — Thu, 12 May 2016 13:40:49 GMT

I agree the situation is less than ideal, and a fix would be great, but sometimes Esri uses a meat clever instead of a scalpel. A 'smart' reinitializing would be great, but I could see the outcome just being constant reinitializing regardless of broken connections. Time will tell... if they decide to fix it.