topic Re: Disperse Markers tool not working in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Disperse Markers tool not working

Brenda_Thompson — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:03:28 GMT

I am using ArcGIS Pro 2.4.0

Regardless of the environment and parameter settings I use, when I run the disperse markers tool on my point feature layer, the operation is "completed", and yet there is no change to the display of the points. Coordinate system used is the map's coordinate system. The reference scale used is the denominator of the scale in the bottom left hand corner of my map, for which I would like the points to be scaled to.

Am I missing something here?

Re: Disperse Markers tool not working

DanPatterson — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:52:36 GMT

Disperse Markers (Cartography)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

is that distance spacing appropriate for that scale? It looks like it should be higher or the scale lower. Measure 30 km on screen and the point spacing of a cluster of points to see if it is reasonable

Re: Disperse Markers tool not working

Robert_LeClair — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:10:55 GMT

Not related but ArcGIS Pro 2.4.x June 2019. It's a rather old release of ArcGIS Pro. The current release is 3.1 and has a lot of workflow improvements. Are you able to update to the current release?

Re: Disperse Markers tool not working

Brenda_Thompson — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:57:48 GMT

I have tried using dramatic numbers (like 500km) for the distance spacing and this also yields no displacement of the points.

Re: Disperse Markers tool not working

MetralAlexis — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:53:12 GMT

I there. I guess it's solved but for the futur ones, try to add just that layer in a new map and turn on the edit mode. It worked for me.

Re: Disperse Markers tool not working

Yoshua1 — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:24:31 GMT

Hi I tried this but didn't seem to work, could you go into a bit more detail? been stuck on this for hours now.

Re: Disperse Markers tool not working

MetralAlexis — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:39:11 GMT

I was facing the same issue in a map with a lot of various layers and other stuffs (ArcGIS Pro 3.2). I tried to simplify it by :

1 - Creating a new blank map, adding my layer and setting a graduated color symbology

2 - Turning the Edit mode On (I've set ArcGIS Pro to turn it on/off instead of being automatically on all the time) -> The tool edits the data so I guessed that was something to be done

3 - Running the tool where I set the coordinate system and the ref scale in Environment

And it worked.

Re: Disperse Markers tool not working

Jacob_Martinez — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:59:45 GMT

Using ArcGIS Pro 3.3.1

This happens occasionally to me, it works multiple times one day, then doesn't the next for no apparent reason (although I am sure there is a hidden/un-noticeable buggy reason.) Came here for answers today and randomly stumbled upon something that worked for me.

How I get it to work is to click on the Edit tab and then click on "discard edits" then retry. This might hurt if you have made other numerous edits prior, so you might want to instead "Save edits" and try again.

Hope this help.