topic Re: Map Package - General Function Failure in Data Management Questions

Map Package - General Function Failure

MikeBly — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:28:11 GMT

Hi All,

I am attempting to create an mpk in 10.3.1. I have done several of these, however the current one is just giving me a general function error. Data is SDE base, FGDB, and SHP (folder based). I have removed all raster datasets, shortened the file name of the mxd and output, analyze gives me no returns, ensured that all group layers have no spaces are restricted characters, put in layer descriptions for all.

Cannot get it to package... Any thoughts as to why? Gotta be something simple that I am missing. I have even tried on older version of Desktop, 10.0 and 10.1, same result.

Thanks,.

Mike

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:45:50 GMT

Assuming you saw the warning on the main page regarding SDE data

Creating a map package—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Without further details, reviewing the steps would be prudent.

ADDENDUM

I am assuming you saw the "More like this" posts to the right of your post? for example

Re: General function failure when trying to create layer package

It becomes somewhat self-referencing and some of the comments are about layer packages but your descriptions of things you tried to exclude that produced errors seems to mirror your.

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

forestknutsen1 — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:49:09 GMT

Well I am not sure why the mpk is failing. Would it be possible to use Consolidate Map instead?

Consolidate Map—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

MikeBly — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:09:54 GMT

HI Dan,

Thanks for this, yes I followed the steps outline in the link you sent. I am using SDE data, and checked the box to include the data, not reference. I am using more than just SDE, some FGDB and some folder based shp. Have had no issues with this in the past.

I did read through the "More LIke This" but have not noticed or found anything in there that has got me any closer. I started removing items and adding description, just to try and troubleshoot. When I run the analyze I get no errors, so I am kind of blind as to what the issue may be.

Mike

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

MikeBly — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:27:48 GMT

HI Forest,

Thanks for that suggestion - I was not aware of the Consolidate Map option.

I have tried the three options that I know of, Share as Map Package, Package Map (Database Management Tools) and then the consolidate map as you mentioned, all of which fail.

Still stumped. The first give me the "General Function Error" the other two give the wonderful ERROR 999999, which is essentially the same thing.

Cheers,

mike

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

forestknutsen1 — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 00:49:52 GMT

Got to love the helpful error messages.

I would try saving the mxd as a copy to help rule it out or create a new one and move the layers over. Then after that I would remove data from each source (SDE, FGDB, SHP) in turn to see if it is a data source problem. But I am just guessing....

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

KalaKnapp — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:38:48 GMT

I had this problem earlier and just fixed it,

1-Transfer over ALL layers into a new clean GBD.

2-Check geometry and repair where necessary.

3- Change any funny names layers with symbols # / .. etc..

These steps fixed it for me.

Using the File>Share as>Map package.

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

George_ChandeepCorea — Tue, 14 May 2019 03:07:34 GMT

In 10.5 I had to remove the imagery from the mxd and then the mpk processed.

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

Barbara_Araujo — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:03:21 GMT

Although this has been posted in 2016, it may interest people to know I had the same problem in March 2022 and this solution worked for me (ArcGIS Pro version 2.9.32379).

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

AlderMaps — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:11:58 GMT

For me this thread is the top Google result for "ERROR 000260: General function failure", so chiming in here for posterity.

Received this error (log: consolidation / staging failures) while trying to publish a hosted feature layer from Pro 3.0.2 to Enterprise 10.8.1. Dumping everything in a fresh GDB via Export Features fixed my issue.

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

ColleenSullivan1 — Thu, 25 May 2023 21:34:40 GMT

This was the hint I needed - thank you! All I had to do was remove a set of parenthesis from one of the layers in the data frame, and it now works.

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

sbilben — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 03:41:05 GMT

I got this error recently. For me the problem was some QGIS geopackages I had loaded in ArcMap. I removed these files (reloaded them as a shp).

Re: Map Package - General Function Failure

EricaNova — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:50:23 GMT

Chiming in here as I was only having this process work about 15% of the time.

EDIT - I just spoke with ESRI support and we identified the issue. I use a vector tile topographic basemap for my offline maps and I was using the "Map" tab --> "Download map" button to download the vector tile imagery to a local .vtpk to prepare it for offline use. However, it was also converting ALL my online-only content to local geodatabase files! For example, after downloading the map, I would expect to see the source pointing to my hosted view layer in AGOL, but I'd see something like this instead:

C:\Users\MyName\OneDrive - Government\Documents\LargeMammal\My_feature_view_7F6EHD74JDG7J8TDTJD1A1.geodatabase

Once I deleted those local files and dragged in the appropriate view layers from AGOL, the process worked properly. I was selecting "reference online content" so that viewers would see updates to hosted feature classes in their maps.

I had luck doing the following:

Close and re-open ArcGIS Pro.
Create a new project with a new default .gdb
Download the offline areas from my map as a .vtpk using the "Download map" button BEFORE adding any other layers to the map
If you have any local layers that need to be included in the offline map, export those layers to the default geodatabase that’s created with your new project. Make sure they are all in WGS 84 auxilliary sphere, or the same as the map tile package (I'm using them in Quick Capture)
Now add any hosted view layers you want included.
Now create your mobile map package using the share tab.

I suppose if you wanted to do this again you could download the basemap .vtpk from another map tab and then add the downloaded file to the map with all your local and online layers.