topic Re: save mxd, pathes not saved in Standards and Interoperability Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302506#M155 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>can't watch video, relative paths means</P><UL><LI>that your data are in the same folder as the the mxd or&nbsp; ie c:\your_path\your.mxd</LI><LI>in a folder within that folder... ie c:\your_path\yourdata\my.gdb</LI><LI>If your data are elsewhere, then the paths are not relative ie c:\yourdata\my.gdb</LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:12:18 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2018-01-29T12:12:18Z save mxd, pathes not saved https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302505#M154 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>try to save mxd, relative pathes are set. When i reopen mxd the pathes are not saved (look at video)</P><P></P><P>What is the reason? Can I change preferences? is it a Bug?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:54:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302505#M154 ThorstenBrune1 2018-01-29T11:54:51Z Re: save mxd, pathes not saved https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302506#M155 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>can't watch video, relative paths means</P><UL><LI>that your data are in the same folder as the the mxd or&nbsp; ie c:\your_path\your.mxd</LI><LI>in a folder within that folder... ie c:\your_path\yourdata\my.gdb</LI><LI>If your data are elsewhere, then the paths are not relative ie c:\yourdata\my.gdb</LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:12:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302506#M155 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-01-29T12:12:18Z Re: save mxd, pathes not saved https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302507#M156 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><div class="lia-vid-container video-embed-center"><div id="lia-vid-6162666786001w320h240r224" class="lia-video-brightcove-player-container"><video-js data-video-id="6162666786001" data-account="6161463677001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" class="vjs-fluid" controls="" data-application-id="" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"></video-js></div><script src="https://players.brightcove.net/6161463677001/default_default/index.min.js"></script><script>(function() { var wrapper = document.getElementById('lia-vid-6162666786001w320h240r224'); var videoEl = wrapper ? wrapper.querySelector('video-js') : null; if (videoEl) { if (window.videojs) { window.videojs(videoEl).ready(function() { this.on('loadedmetadata', function() { this.el().querySelectorAll('.vjs-load-progress div[data-start]').forEach(function(bar) { bar.setAttribute('role', 'presentation'); bar.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true'); }); }); }); } }})();</script><a class="video-embed-link" href="https://community.esri.com/t5/video/gallerypage/video-id/6162666786001">(view in My Videos)</a></div></P><P></P><P>I have load the video as mp3 data.Can you see it?</P><P></P><P>I know the meaning of relative pathes, but problem is, that the data source is not here even if I save the mxd. Pathes are the same.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:37:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302507#M156 ThorstenBrune1 2018-01-29T12:37:36Z Re: save mxd, pathes not saved https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302508#M157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Apparently it is 'encoding'</P><P>perhaps, you could write down the paths in a similar fashion to my example to expedite matters.</P><P>And to confirm... saving with relative paths, does nothing with the data if just the mxd is moved... everything has to be moved at the same time.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:41:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302508#M157 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-01-29T12:41:08Z Re: save mxd, pathes not saved https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302509#M158 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are you storing the MXD on the same drive as where the data resided?</P><P></P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P><EM>Only paths on the same disk are converted</EM><BR /><EM>Relative paths cannot span disk drives. That is, if the root directory is on drive D, you cannot use relative paths to navigate to a directory on drive E. When you store your map document using relative paths, only those paths that are on the same drive are converted and stored.</EM></P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>See:&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/supplement/pathnames-explained-absolute-relative-unc-and-url.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/supplement/pathnames-explained-absolute-relative-unc-and-url.htm">Paths explained: Absolute, relative, UNC, and URL—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:04:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302509#M158 XanderBakker 2018-01-29T13:04:15Z Re: save mxd, pathes not saved https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302510#M159 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>path is easy. mxd is in GIS-FOLDER. Geo Database is in the same folder. Drive is the same, nothing changes in folders for nearly a year. We dont copy mxd or geodatabase.</P><P><IMG __jive_id="395145" alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/395145_save_mxd_path1.JPG" style="width: 620px; height: 385px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:39:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/save-mxd-pathes-not-saved/m-p/302510#M159 ThorstenBrune1 2018-01-29T13:39:45Z