topic Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

HeatherScroggins — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:35:13 GMT

So in ArcMap (10.5.1) when connecting to a folder I have the option to choose my OneDrive folder.....

Since this is available in ArcMap I assumed that it was available in Pro, but when I looked I couldn't find anything. Am I missing something? Or is connecting to a OneDrive folder not available in Pro yet?

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

George_Thompson — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:42:38 GMT

I do not see my OneDrive folder either.

I would recommend reaching out to technical support to see if there is a request to have this available in Pro.

Here is another post regarding this: https://community.esri.com/message/770371-onedrive-arcpro No solution just another idea

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

MichaelVolz — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:44:54 GMT

Take a look at this thread:

https://community.esri.com/message/786690-re-arcgis-pro-fails-to-access-folder?commentID=786690#comment-786690

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

HeatherScroggins — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:52:09 GMT

So reading through that entire thread it looks like dragging and dropping the OneDrive folder in Windows Explorer into the Catalog pane of Pro is the way to get a folder connection to OneDrive.

Thanks for linking that article. I would never have thought to drag and drop a folder like that to make a connection.

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

MichaelVolz — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:56:06 GMT

I would also thank the person from the original article that discovered this trick.

Did you try to connect and save a One Drive data source in ArcMap and then import that mxd into Pro to see if the data source would be maintained in that process?

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:07:08 GMT

The link picture is reproduced here, from my ...because I forget... collection

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

RandyKreuziger — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:05:00 GMT

What type of performance are you seeing between the local installs of ArcGIS and files on One Drive?

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

EllenNodwell_IntegraShare — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:39:31 GMT

Now with the newest version of ArcGIS Pro, the OneDrive folder link has disappeared. Will be turning in a request for investigation to Support.

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

DanPatterson_Retired — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:49:00 GMT

still works for me with the latest. Drag from File Explorer and make sure you hit the 'Folders'

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

EllenNodwell_IntegraShare — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:28:24 GMT

Hi Dan - Yes, once inside a project - in Catalog - this is true but in the initial interface when opening ArcGIS Pro, it is not - cannot drag the folder into that folder list view.

Am documenting this today to send over to support.

Thanks for your quick response!

Ellen West Nodwell, GISP

CEO

IntegraShare Dimensions, Inc

M +1 832 298 6892

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

DanPatterson_Retired — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:57:18 GMT

Ellen, so you actually want to load the project from One Drive... just an FYI, that has worked sometimes in the past with my students, but often, things don't go well. We only use any cloudy drives as storage of backups or to move projects (and their folder contents) to other machines

Re: Connecting to OneDrive in ArcGIS Pro

EllenNodwell_IntegraShare — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:37:10 GMT

Dan, we did solve the issue in another post thread you are tagged - We poked around and found that one user's OneDrive WAS showing up. We found on the user machine having difficulty that OneDrive was hidden (learned this by opening the Properties of the OneDrive folder - it showed it was hidden). We unchecked the box - waited for it to go through it's un-hiding paces, then closed the properties. We opened ArcGIS Pro and sure enough - on the user's machine who could not see OneDrive before - after it was un-hidden it is now listed in their folder list. Thanks for your inspiration for us to dig deeper!

BTW, we typically do not have issues with OneDrive - we have been using it for a long time, and steadily, it has improved over time - now a standard in Microsoft's Office 365, which also helps our mobile users to be able to work anywhere.