What's New in ArcGIS Pro 3.2: Live Training Seminar Recap
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The latest live training seminar on Esri Academy covered some of the new functionality in the 3.2 release of ArcGIS Pro. It covered the themes of the release, demonstrations of many of the updates within the major functional areas (for example, data management, mapping and visualization, and analysis), as well as productivity enhancements. If you missed the live seminar, the recording is now available for viewing.
During the two offerings of the seminar, attendees asked a lot of great questions. Below are answers to some of the most up-voted questions.
For a comprehensive overview of the release, see What’s new in ArcGIS Pro 3.2.
Feature Questions
What is the Generate Schema Report tool, and can you use the output from it to make edits and import changes to a new geodatabase?
The schema of a geodatabase is made up of its datasets and their properties, relationships, and rules. The schema includes feature classes, tables, fields, domains, contingent values, attribute rules, and other geodatabase behavior. It can be thought of as your data model.
You can generate a schema report of your geodatabase in Excel, JSON, HTML, or PDF format. Hyperlinks allow you to browse to and explore the elements of your schema, such as tables and feature classes, as well as their fields, properties, and behavior. The schema report comprehensively documents your data model and can serve many purposes. You can use it to plan and collaborate on schema updates, gather stakeholder support for the data model, assist in data migration workflows, keep historical records, and serve as a data dictionary.
While you cannot currently use the output of the tool as input into creating a new geodatabase using your data model, or editing existing ones, there are plans to incorporate this capability and other capabilities in future releases.
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/generate-schema-report.htm
Does “discard for non-versioned editing” automatically introduce a required save to store non-versioned edits?
Yes; in ArcGIS Pro 3.2, there is a new single workspace edit session experience. You can set edit session options to require editing to be enabled manually and either let ArcGIS Pro manage workspace edit sessions or specify that a workspace be selected manually. Explicitly starting editing is also available as a system administrator setting.
If you choose the option to use single workspace edit sessions, when you start editing in a non-versioned enterprise geodatabase workspace, you can manually save and discard edits on the Edit tab of the ribbon.
What types of things can you do with radio group layers? Are they compatible with ArcGIS Online?
A group layer is an assortment of layers and tables organized as a group in the Contents pane for maps or scenes. Layers within a group layer are called sublayers and can be of the same type or many types. In maps with hundreds of layers representing different types of data, grouping layers makes data sensible and easy to use, especially when sharing maps and projects. Group layers can be nested within one another, affect the legend when creating layouts, and are not honored or reflected when exporting to PDF with layers enabled.
New at ArcGIS Pro 3.2, you can set the behavior of group layers to draw one sublayer at a time (radio type) or with traditional individually controlled sublayer visibility (check box type).
Radio group layers allow for the creation of thematic map series. In contrast to other map series types, in a thematic map series, the map frame on each page keeps the same extent, and the map data updates instead. Each page of the map series shows a different layer or group of layers in the map. Only one layer from the radio group is visible for each page; the other layers in the group are not visible. Layers outside the radio group are visible on each page in the map series.
Radio group layers are not supported for web feature layers at this time.
How does the Auto Apply symbol edits functionality work?
The Format Symbol pane includes a toggle button to apply symbol edits as you make them. This capability extends to other panes with ArcGIS Pro (for example, the Label Class pane) but may not work or account for each and every change of other panes. Users still maintain the ability to undo the auto applied actions and like other options, the enablement of Auto Apply applies to all layers and will persist across other projects when closed and reopened.
What are contextual keyboard shortcuts?
A customizable environment for working with keyboard shortcuts is available through the new Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. You can search for default shortcuts, modify existing shortcuts, and add new ones. You can display all shortcuts or just those that work in the current application state—for example, when a map view is active. Warnings are given if the same shortcut is assigned to commands that potentially conflict with each other. There are several ways to access the dialog box, including pressing F12 anywhere in the application. The shortcuts will apply to all projects and persist through minor ArcGIS Pro updates. While you cannot currently print the shortcuts or import/export them for sharing, these are great ideas for posting as ArcGIS Pro Ideas in Esri Community. Note that it is possible to export and import all your customizations together, but keyboard shortcuts cannot be exported separately.
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/manage-keyboard-shortcuts.htm
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/idb-p/arcgis-pro-ideas
Compatibility questions:
What is the companion ArcGIS Enterprise version for ArcGIS Pro 3.2?
The companion version for ArcGIS Pro 3.2 is ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. ArcGIS is a system that can be extended with multiple products to fit many needs. Two products that are frequently used together are ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise. Major and minor versions of these two products are developed together and released within months of each other so that shared functionality can be introduced and improved.
Although earlier and later versions of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise work together for most functionality, pairing companion versions is recommended. When that is not possible, staying within a range of two companion versions is recommended.
When specific minimum software version combinations are required for a piece of functionality, that will be stated in the documentation for that functionality.
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/update-arcgis-pro.htm
Can an ArcGIS Pro 3.x project be opened by ArcGIS Pro 2.x versions?
ArcGIS Pro 3.0 was a major version release and introduced breaking changes in the project storage format. Go to ArcGIS Pro Help: Releases and patches for an explanation of how ArcGIS Pro uses the semantic versioning specification of major.minor.patch scheme.
ArcGIS Pro 3.x projects can be shared as a project package to users with ArcGIS Pro 2.x. Go to Migration from ArcGIS Pro 2.x to 3.x for full details.
What is the latest dedicated release of the utility network?
The latest dedicated release of the utility network version 6 according to the Network Management Release Plan is ArcGIS Pro 3.1 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1. As geodatabases and client software are designed to work together, it is recommended that you keep these versions in sync when possible. As a general rule for working with mixed releases, ArcGIS client applications (such as ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise) are backward compatible when working with the utility network:
- Later versions of ArcGIS Enterprise can share earlier versions of the utility network.
- Later versions of ArcGIS Pro can be used to view and edit earlier versions of the utility network.
What are the latest compatibility versions for parcel fabric?
The latest compatibility versions for parcel fabric version 5 are ArcGIS Pro 3.2 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. If you are working with an existing parcel fabric, upgrading the parcel fabric to the latest version is necessary to keep it current with the latest released functionality.
Use the Upgrade Dataset geoprocessing tool to upgrade a parcel fabric. The upgrade applies schema changes to the parcel fabric dataset, parcel feature classes, and other related geodatabase objects.
An upgrade of the parcel fabric dataset is typically needed when there are schema changes in the information model. The release number of the ArcGIS Pro client determines whether an upgrade is needed for the parcel fabric dataset. The upgrade process increments the parcel fabric version number.
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/parcel-editing/parcelfabricversions.htm
ArcMap retirement and related licensing questions:
When will ArcMap be officially retired?
ArcMap will be moving to mature support in March 2024 until its retirement in March 2026. With mature support, users of ArcMap can create a case for technical issues, contact Esri through phone and chat, and access online support resources. There are no software updates or patches nor new environment certifications. At retirement, users will have access to online support resources only.
For more information, go to ArcMap Continued Support and the ArcMap Product Life Cycle
Explore guides, documentation, and tutorials to help you Migrate from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro.
Named User is the recommended and default license type. There will continue to be a combination of valid license types made available to support users and their unique situations or requirements.
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/licensing-arcgis-pro.htm