idea View logs when testing attribute rules in Attribute Rules Ideas

View logs when testing attribute rules

Bud — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:33:44 GMT

Idea: (edited using input from @jcarlson)

The diagnostic logs in ArcMon are great, but it seems like an unnecessarily complicated way to view something that, in other contexts, is simply another window or tab in the expression builder.

A simple window would be awesome. And maybe not just an "Arcade Console" window, but a tabbed "Logs" window.

The different categories of logs appear as tabs as needed. Maybe we could get a logs tab that captures Arcade Console() messages as well as messages from Python and GeoProcessing. As it stands, if I'm looking for feedback on the things I'm doing in Pro, there are a number of disparate tabs / panels / popup windows to look for to see these.

Old idea:

When developing and testing attribute rules:

Would it be possible to view log info when the rule gets executed?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/KmGZP.png

Re: View logs when testing attribute rules

KoryKramer — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 23:28:08 GMT

Have you tried using the Diagnostic logging capability as described here https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000023675 ?

Re: View logs when testing attribute rules

Bud — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 08:02:05 GMT

@KoryKramer Thanks! I didn't know about ArcGIS Pro’s ArcMon tool. That will be useful.

I wonder if what we need is the Console Messages window...but visible right in ArcGIS Pro as a side-pane window. Or something like that. So we could see the console() messages as we test.

Reasons:

Console() messages don't seem to show up in the ArcMon tool. Even with the Debug checkbox enabled.
Would be convenient to see a simple window -- specifically showing console() messages.

But I'm a novice, so I'm open to input. Others might have better ideas?
@KimberlyGarbade @jcarlson @JohannesLindner

Re: View logs when testing attribute rules

jcarlson — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 20:50:22 GMT

The diagnostic logs are great, but feel like an unnecessarily complicated way to view something that, in other contexts, is simply another window or tab in the expression builder.

A simple window would be awesome. And maybe not just an "Arcade Console" window, but a tabbed "Logs" window. Full disclosure, I'm thinking of what QGIS has:

Re: View logs when testing attribute rules

Bud — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 21:18:47 GMT

@jcarlson

Agreed. Well said.

Re: View logs when testing attribute rules

KoryKramer — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:39:41 GMT

@Bud and @jcarlson I think you'll both want to add your support to https://community.esri.com/t5/attribute-rules-ideas/improve-attribute-rule-debugging/idi-p/927913 by giving it kudos. I think this idea is probably a duplicate of that existing one.

Re: View logs when testing attribute rules

Bud — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:34:26 GMT

@KoryKramer

Sounds good. Feel free to close this idea.