Urban February 2024 - Depreciate Exporting Into GDB

[AhmedTarekAlhusainy]

Hello There, 

In ArcGIS Urban release notes for urban February 2024. there is a feature that has been removed.

"The Export Urban database functionality in which the urban database is exported to a file geodatabase is removed. Use the urban model copy workflow instead."

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/urban/latest/get-started/get-started-release-notes.htm 

They did mention using copy workflow instead, while the copying option doesn't allow copying outside to another AGOL or even export this urban model in GDB to be imported as it has previously existed.

I am wondering about the reason behind the depreciation of these features and what the are alternative options?

BTW using AGOL Assistant doesn't show the urban model as one allowable item to be modified "View JSON" or even copied neither.

[Till_Schmid · Accepted solution]

Hi @AhmedTarekAlhusainy 

You are correct, the export Urban database functionality has been removed and replaced with the copy Urban model functionality in the last release. This is change is explained in more detail in this blog post: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/urban/data-management/simplify-urban-model-management-with...

I am not sure what you mean by "copying an Urban model to another AGOL". If you mean copying an Urban model to another organization on ArcGIS Online, the workflow can be described as follows: 1. Share the Urban model with a user from the Organization you want to copy the Urban model to. 2. Log-in with that user and perform the copy Urban model action. This is also described in more detail in the blog post.

If you mean copying an Urban model from ArcGIS Online to ArcGIS Enterprise, than this is currently not easily possible.

Can you give me more information about what exactly you are trying to achieve? This allows me to better assist you.

Thanks,

Till

[AhmedTarekAlhusainy]

I appreciate your prompt response. I'd like to add I was about to enable sharing and collaboration to allow other ArcGIS Online Organizations Members to contribute & interact.

Finally, Thank you @Till_Schmid