ArcGIS Pro Functionality Levels (Geoprocessing Tool)

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ArcGIS Pro Tools Comparison by ArcGIS Pro Levels

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/main/arcgis-pro-tool-reference.htm

[SimonSchütte_ct]

Thank you, this is exactly what we were looking for 🎉

[MattWilkie1]

Thank you so much!

I've added  Google and Duck Duck Go columns the xls. Each takes uses the Tool name to search with. Google shows list of results for pro.arcgis.com domain. DDG opens the first result directly, which is usually but not guaranteed to be that specific tool's documentation page.

The google result formula is

=HYPERLINK(CONCAT("https://www.google.com/search?q=", [@Tool], "+site:pro.arcgis.com", "&udm=14"), "google")

duck duck go:

=HYPERLINK(CONCAT("https://duckduckgo.com/?q=!ducky+", [@Tool], "&site:pro.arcgis.com"), "ddg ")

Sources:

• https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/86132/url-for-im-feeling-lucky-within-specific-site
• https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

Postscript: I discovered this sheet thanks to using the Feedback button on the main website to complain about not enough info in ArcGIS Pro license levels. The response from @TimOrmsby of the ArcGIS Pro Documentation Team was exceptional. Tim clearly took the time to read, understand, and then thoughtfully compose a substantive response. This level of consideration in customer service is rare in my experience. Kudos to Tim and the team which gives him the leeway to do this.

PPS: Andrei of X-Tools Pro actually beat Tim to the punch, but as I was processing emails most recent first I missed it on initial read. He points out there is also the detailed ArcMap functionality matrix, with latest findable being a pdf for 10.7: https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/en-us/media/pdf/product/desktop/arcgis-10.7-desktop-arcma...

[MattWilkie1]

@EdwinRoaam I correct in assuming a blank in Basic or Standard columns means "No, not available" ?

[SimonSchütte_ct]

ArcGIS Pro Advanced will include additional Extensions with the new Professional Plus User Type:

• ArcGIS 3D Analyst 
• ArcGIS Data Reviewer 
• ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst 
• ArcGIS Image Analyst 
• ArcGIS LocateXT 
• ArcGIS Network Analyst 
• ArcGIS Publisher 
• ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 
• ArcGIS Workflow Manager
  
  2023 and 2024 ArcGIS User Type Comparison Matrix (esri.com)
  
  Not included in Professional Plus are business specific extensions and additional software such as:
• Data Interoperability​
• ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro
• ArcGIS Location Referencing (ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing or ArcGIS Roads and Highways)​
• ArcGIS Airports​
• ArcGIS Aviation Charting​
• Business Analyst
• ArcGIS Indoors Pro​
• ArcGIS Indoors Maps​​
• ArcGIS IPS​​
• Production Mapping​​​
• ArcGIS Maritime​​
• ArcGIS Bathymetry​​​
• Defense Mapping​

[RubenBenne]

@EdwinRoa Interested in a new run of the script for Pro 3.3!

[SimonSchütte_ct]

Starting with ArcGIS Pro 3.3 the following tools are included in ArcGIS Pro Basic:

Add Attachments (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Annotate Selected Features (Cartography)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Convert Spatial Statistics Popup Charts for Web Display (Spatial Statistics)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentat...

Create Relationship Class (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Disable Attachments (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Downgrade Attachments (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Enable Attachments (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Export XML Workspace Document (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Generate Attachment Match Table (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Import XML Workspace Document (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Migrate Relationship Class (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Remove Attachments (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Set Relationship Class Split Policy (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Table To Relationship Class (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Upgrade Attachments (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

GeoTagged Photos To Points (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

ArcGIS Pro 3.3 functionality that previously required Standard or was limited with Basic license:

Convert labels to annotation—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation
Match Photos To Rows By Time (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation
Tiled Labels To Annotation (Cartography)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation
Update Annotation Reference Scale (Cartography)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

[JoshuaClanton]

Thank you for building these sheets! They've been extremely helpful for the new license restructure

[HollyTorpey_LSA]

Thank you! This is incredibly helpful. It's so hard to find this information when budgeting for licenses without looking up every individual tool your team might need. It's even harder to have to go back to the executive management team to request additional budget when you find out that the Professional licenses you purchased for most of the team don't include Overlay Toolset staples like Erase, Update, and Identity 😫. I wish we had found this sooner!

Speaking of which, does anyone know why the Erase tool is only available with the Professional Plus license but Pairwise Erase is included at every level?

[SimonSchütte_ct]

ArcGIS Pro 3.4 has 38 new toolsets (hope I did not miss any):

ToolBox	Toolset	Tool	Basic (Creator User Type)	Standard (Professional User Type)	Advanced (Professional Plus User Type)
Data management	Layers and Table Views toolset	Generate Definition Query From Selection	Yes	Yes	Yes
3D Analyst	Extraction toolset	Extract Rails From Point Cloud	Requires 3D Analyst	Requires 3D Analyst	Requires 3D Analyst
AllSource	Conversion toolset	Military Raster To Mosaic Dataset		Yes	Yes
Business Analyst	Suitability Analysis toolset	Set Target Site	Requires Business Analyst	Requires Business Analyst	Requires Business Analyst
Cartography toolbox	Cartographic Refinement toolset	Calculate Color Theorem Field		Yes	Yes
Conversion	Point Cloud (prev. LAS toolset)	Mesh To LAS	Requires Spatial Analyst or 3D Analyst	Yes	Yes
Data management	Attribute Rules toolset	Generate ID Attribute Rule		Yes	Yes
Data management	Attribute Rules toolset	Generate Spatial Join Attribute Rule		Yes	Yes
Data management	Attribute Rules toolset	Generate Symbol Rotation Attribute Rule		Yes	Yes
Data management	Contingent Values toolset	Generate Contingent Values	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data management	Fields toolset	Alter Fields	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data management	General toolset	Delete Multiple	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data management	Layers and Table Views toolset	Generate Definition Query From Selection	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data management	Package/SceneLayer toolset	Generate Level Of Detail	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data management	Workspace toolset	Enable Editing Templates		Yes	Yes
Geoprocessing	Geostatistical Analyst/Spatial Statistics toolbox	Directional Trend	Yes	Yes	Yes
Geoprocessing	Image/Synthetic Aperture Radar toolset	Apply Coregistration	Requires Image Analyst	Requires Image Analyst	Requires Image Analyst
Geoprocessing	Image/Synthetic Aperture Radar toolset	Compute Coherence	Requires Image Analyst	Requires Image Analyst	Requires Image Analyst
Geoprocessing	Image Analyst/Deep Learning toolset	Detect Control Points	Requires Image Analyst or ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro	Requires Image Analyst or ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro	Requires Image Analyst or ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro
Indoors	Indoors toolbox	Generate Floor Plan From Point Cloud			Requires 3D Analyst and ArcGIS Indoors Pro or ArcGIS Indoors Maps. Also requires Spatial Analyst or Image Analyst
Indoors	Indoors Network toolset	Generate Indoor Network Features			Requires ArcGIS Indoors Pro or ArcGIS Indoors Maps
Indoors	Indoors Network toolset	Import Features To Indoor Dataset			Requires ArcGIS Indoors Pro or ArcGIS Indoors Maps
Geoprocessing	Location Referencing toolbox	Generate LRS Data Product	Requires ArcGIS Location Referencing (ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing or ArcGIS Roads and Highways)	Requires ArcGIS Location Referencing (ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing or ArcGIS Roads and Highways)	Requires ArcGIS Location Referencing (ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing or ArcGIS Roads and Highways)
Geoprocessing	Parcel toolbox	Find Adjacent Parcel Points		Yes	Yes
Geoprocessing	Parcel toolbox	Find Gaps And Overlaps		Yes	Yes
Geoprocessing	Reality Mapping toolbox	Detect Control Points	Requires Image Analyst or ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro	Requires Image Analyst or ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro	Requires Image Analyst or ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro
Spatial Analyst	Surface toolset	Feature Preserving Smoothing	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst
Spatial Analyst	Surface toolset	Multiscale Surface Difference	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst
Spatial Analyst	Surface toolset	Multiscale Surface Percentile	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst
Spatial Analyst	Zonal toolset	Zonal Characterization	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst	Requires Spatial Analyst
Spatial Statistics	Assessing Sensitivity toolset	Assess Sensitivity to Attribute Uncertainty	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spatial Statistics	Modeling Spatial Relationships toolset	Bivariate Spatial Association (Lee's L)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spatial Statistics	Spatial Component Utilities (Moran Eigenvectors)	Compare Neighborhood Conceptualizations	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spatial Statistics	Spatial Component Utilities (Moran Eigenvectors)	Create Spatial Component Explanatory Variables	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spatial Statistics	Spatial Component Utilities (Moran Eigenvectors)	Decompose Spatial Structure (Moran Eigenvectors)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spatial Statistics	Measuring Geographic Distributions toolset	Directional Trend	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spatial Statistics	Spatial Component Utilities (Moran Eigenvectors)	Filter Spatial Autocorrelation From Field	Yes	Yes	Yes
Topographic Production toolbox	Cartography/Features toolset	Generate Isogonic Lines		Requires Production Mapping and Spatial Analyst	Requires Production Mapping and Spatial Analyst

[SimonSchütte_ct]

At ArcGIS Pro 3.4, LocateXT was licensed as an extension. At ArcGIS Pro 3.5, it is no longer an extension. The same LocateXT functionality is available directly in ArcGIS Pro with a Standard or Advanced license.
Release notes for ArcGIS Pro 3.5—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

[kll]

Hi @EdwinRoa This is so great, is there an ArcGIS Pro tool reference in version 3.5 as well? Thanks a lot 🙂

Cheers Linda

[VenkataKondepati]

This is a useful clarification having clearly defined functionality levels for geoprocessing tools helps set expectations for users and makes documentation easier to follow. It’s especially helpful when tools behave differently across ArcGIS Pro license levels or extensions. Thanks for summarizing this in one place it will save a lot of confusion for users trying to understand why certain tools are available in some environments but not others.

– Venkat

[SimonSchütte_ct]

ArcGIS Pro 3.7

License Changes:

• The ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro extension is no longer available with the Single Use license type. To license the ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro extension, you need the Named User license type with the Reality extension license.

• Concurrent Use licenses are no longer supported

• (If used) New Single Use licenses must be obtained. For more information, see Single Use License change for ArcGIS Products

License Changes to existing tools:

• Evaluate Rules—The tool is now available when using branch versioning for named users with an ArcGIS Pro Basic license (included with the Creator user type) and the ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension. This applies only to Named User licenses in an ArcGIS Enterprise organization.
• Validate Topology—The tool is now available when using branch versioning for named users with an ArcGIS Pro Basic license (included with the Creator user type) and the ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension. This applies only to Named User licenses in an ArcGIS Enterprise organization.

• When using branch versioning, the following tools are now available to named users with an ArcGIS Pro Basic license (included with the Creator user type). This applies only to Named User licenses in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise organizations.

  • Create Version

  • Change Version

  • Alter Version

  • Delete Version

• Reconcile Versions—The tool is now available when using branch versioning for named users with an ArcGIS Pro Basic license (included with the Creator user type) and the ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension. This applies only to Named User licenses in an ArcGIS Enterprise organization.

There are 50+ new tools available:

• Create Terrain From BIM—Creates a terrain surface in an ArcGIS terrain dataset from a TIN surface in an AutoCAD Civil 3D file, or a surface in an Industry Foundation Classes (.ifc) file.

• TIN To Multipatch—Converts a TIN dataset to a multipatch feature class.

• Generate Customer Demographic Profile Report—Creates a report summarizing customer demographics based on an input point dataset.

• Extract Scanned Lines—Generates polyline features from scanned images.

• Extract Scanned Polygons—Generates polygon features from scanned images.

• Convert Personal Geodatabase—Converts a legacy personal geodatabase (.mdb) or a Microsoft Access database (.mdb, .accdb) to a mobile geodatabase, file geodatabase, or XML workspace document.

• To Parquet is a new toolset.

  • Export To Parquet—Exports simple data (points, lines, polygons, and nonspatial tables) from a shapefile, file geodatabase, mobile geodatabase, enterprise geodatabase, or database to an Apache Parquet file
• Alter Coded Value Description—Updates the description value for an individual, existing coded value pair.
• Alter Geometry Index Preference—Allows the owner of a feature class in SAP HANA to alter the setting on the spatial column that controls what type of spatial index is used for most spatial queries.
• Export Layouts—Exports multiple layouts to a specified export format.
• Alter Subtype—Alters the subtype name of an existing subtype code.

• Extract Embedding To Fields—Extracts vector embeddings stored as binary large object (BLOB) fields into individual numeric fields in a new output feature class.

• Find Similar Features Using Embeddings—Performs large-scale similarity search on location and image data by comparing their embedding representations.

• Generate Embeddings Using AI Models—Generates semantic embeddings for geospatial data using foundation models.

• Merge Embeddings—Merges embeddings from an input embeddings feature class into target polygons based on the area of overlap.

• Predict Missing Values Using AI Model—Replaces missing values (nulls) with estimated feature values.

• Split Match Narrative Into Fields—Splits match narrative results into multiple fields and appends them to a geocoded feature class.

• Convert Video Metadata—Prepares a video metadata file for further processing in geospatial video workflows by field matching and converting unit types.

• Extract Ocean Winds—Estimates wind direction and magnitude on the ocean surface.

• Extract Spectra From Image—Extracts spectral signatures from input feature data using imagery to create an Esri Spectral Library (.esl) file.

• Generate Video Metadata (Stationary)—Creates a geospatially enabled video file from a pre-recorded video without metadata.

• Reduce Spectral Bands—Reduces the number of spectral bands in multiband imagery using Minimum Noise Fraction and Principal Components Analysis analytical methods.

• Translate Pixels Using Deep Learning—Translates pixels in an image using deep learning model information. Examples of translations include increasing the pixel resolution and converting a grayscale image to a color image.

• Generate Beacon Placement Plan—Creates an optimized plan of IPS beacon features to provide indoor BLE coverage with the fewest required beacons.

• Create File Knowledge Graph—Creates a file knowledge graph in a folder and configures its parameters.

• Copy Knowledge Graph Types—Copies the data model and data from one knowledge graph to another.

• Export Knowledge Graph—Creates a service definition file of a knowledge graph.

• Configure Utility Network Feature Classes—Configures the ArcGIS Utility Network Pipeline Line, Pipeline Device, and Pipeline Junction feature classes for use with a linear referencing system (LRS).
• Export Voxel Isosurface—Exports one or more isosurfaces from a voxel layer, scene layer package, or netCDF file.

• Update Fleet Routing Assignments—Updates the route assignments of all stops on the collection edges for the current selection to the indicated route.

• Update Fleet Routing Results—Updates the route result metrics based on the current route name designations for stops. This operation can resequence stops within their route assignment.

• Export Network Travel Modes—Exports a network dataset's travel modes to a JSON file.

• Replace Network Travel Modes—Replaces a network dataset's travel modes with travel modes defined in a JSON file.

• Adjust Raster to Stream—Modifies the cell values of an input surface raster at specified locations.

• Generate Breach Lines—Creates a line that breaches the local impediment of water flow.

• Generate Weighted Voronoi—Creates spatial influence zones from point features by assigning locations to sites based on distance along or distance modified by the site-specific weights.

• Geodesic Flow Direction—Calculates geodesic flow direction from each cell to its downslope neighbors.

• Multicriteria Overlay—Combines multiple rasters using a chosen overlay method with applied weights.

• Raster to Weighted Points—Generates representative, value-proportional points from continuous surfaces, preserving spatial patterns and total magnitudes.

• Surface Area Ratio—Calculates a surface area to planar area ratio for each cell of a raster surface.

• Top Hat Transform—Detects spatial structures on a raster surface by calculating the top hat transforms.

• Validate Flow Direction—Finds cells or a group of cells that flow into each other, creating a loop in a flow direction raster.

• Evaluate Variable Influence for Predictions—Evaluates how variables influence predictions from a spatial statistics model file (.ssm).

• Add Color Scheme—Adds a color scheme definition for features in a utility network's telecom domain network to identify fiber strands, cables, and connectors in telecommunication systems.

• Add Color Set—Adds a color set to provide a standardized color library that can be consumed by color schemes in your network using the Add Color Scheme tool.

• Add Telecom Domain Network—Adds a telecom domain network to a utility network.

• Add Wavelength Scheme—Adds a wavelength scheme to a utility network's telecom domain network to support wavelength propagation.

• Delete Color Scheme—Deletes a color scheme from a telecom domain network. Each color scheme includes a hierarchical definition with multiple levels. Each level has its own labels, capacities, and delimiters.

• Export Circuits—Exports feature and connectivity information about the features and objects that compose circuits in a telecom domain network.

• Export Circuit Definitions—Exports the contents of the circuit management tables from a telecom domain network for the specified component type.

• Import Circuit Definitions—Imports circuit information from a series of .csv files into the circuit management tables of a telecom domain network.

• Set Circuit Properties—Sets the properties for circuits in a telecom domain network when they are imported, traced, or exported.

• Set Telecom Object Combine Policy—Sets the combine policy for grouped junction and edge objects in a telecom domain network to determine how attribute values will be handled during a combine operation.

• Set Telecom Object Divide Policy—Sets the divide policy for grouped junction and edge objects in a telecom domain network to determine how attribute values will be handled during a divide operation.

• Verify Circuits—Checks the validity of circuits in a telecom domain network after features associated with a circuit are modified.