Show which Geoprocessing Tools are Deprecated or New in Toolboxes

[LindsayRaabe_FPCWA]

IDEA: In ArcGIS Pro, it would be handy if when browsing a system Toolbox, tools had a marker indicating they are Deprecated or are New in the version you are running. 

For example, the below screenshot shows tools in the "To Geodatabase" toolset in the standard "Conversion Tools" toolbox. You can already see markers to show locked tools based on your licensing. "Table to Table" and "Feature Class to Feature Class" are deprecated tools, replaced by the "Export Table" and "Export Features" tools. Instead of opening each tool to then see it has been deprecated, a marker could indicate this at a glance for all tools, and the Tool Tip you see when hovering could also include the replacement tool. 

[DanPatterson]

But for those that don't want to scroll in arctoolbox, but elsewhere, or can't wait until this is implemented...

"C:\ ... install folder ...\Resources\ArcToolBox\toolboxes\deprecated.list"

C:\ ... install folder ...\Resources\ArcToolBox\toolboxes\elevate.list

What's new in ArcGIS Pro 3.2—New and enhanced tools

[LindsayRaabe_FPCWA]

@DanPatterson Did you intend to post a separate reply previous to your "But..."? 

Thanks for the links though. Good to know where those resources are, but we all love a shortcut! Hopefully this idea if implemented can improve user awareness of deprecation and new feature roll-out. 

[AllenDailey1]

This is a great idea!  For a year or two, I didn't understand that the Pairwise tools are simply more efficient versions of older tools, until I heard an explanation of it at the Dev Summit.  I think it would be super helpful to have a clear indication in Pro of which tools are new or deprecated.

[JacobTrimmer1]

This is a great idea.

[JacobTrimmer1]

Also to piggy back on this idea print a warning in the python module saying it is deprecated. (If using the python version of the geoprocessing tools) 

[LyonMNGIS]

Adding to this idea as well:

• Can we color code models in a toolbox with deprecated tools?
• Can ESRI provide a way to automatically upgrade the deprecated tools?

Thanks!

[LindsayRaabe_FPCWA]

@LyonMNGIS Great suggestions - especially marking the deprecated tools used in a model (little exclamation mark on a corner of the tools icon in the model flow instead of colour). Some way of bulk replacing deprecated tools with their newer counterparts would be very welcome!