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Greetings-     I am working on a work-flow process that will automatically update the attributes of a specific feature class from a scheduled python script that will run overnight. Here is what I am trying to accomplish: Feature Class: Service Locations (Electric Meter Locations with account, meter and location data stored in our CIS system.)     I currently have a python script the pulled the data from our Oracle System and produces it into a Geodatabase table that sits in the same geodatabase as the Service Location feature class. What I need to do is to take the individual fields from the table and update the fields in the feature class. This is what I have done:     I made a data model through model builder to 1) Make a Feature Layer 2) Add Join 3) Calculate Field (Update the feature class field with the same field from the data table. Problem is - when I run the data model or the script - it takes a LONG time. The one script I build and tested only have 7 fields (so 7 Calculate Field processes) and it took about 4 hours to run. Is there an easier way to do this? Thanks in advanced ... View more

Greetings-   I have tried everything possible and what I am doing is not working. I am currently working with ArcMap 10.0 and a file geodatabase. What I am trying to fix/redo is a relationship class between (2) different feature classes. "SERVICE_LOCATION" feature class (Composed of electric meters) "XFMR_BANK" feature class (Composed of all Transformer Banks) Service Locations are connection via a secondary conductor to a Transformer Bank. There might be (1) meter connected to a transformer bank or there might be as many as (18) meters connected to a transformer bank. What I am trying to do is to construct a Relationship Class which will read in both directions. When you select a XFMR bank in the Attributes/Identify box - I want the ability to "Drill-Down" to see ALL of the Service Locations attached to it. SO-If there are (14) meters tied/linked to a specific transformer bank - ALL (14) meters will show up (From the "SERVICE_LOCATION" Feature class when you "Drill-Down" In Reverse - I want to be able to select a Service Location and "Drill-Down" to see what XFMR bank feeds that meter. Is it possible to create a single relationship class to do this in both directions or does it have to be (2) different relationship classes. How exactly do I program this relationship class. My fields:    "SERVICE_LOCATION" - XFMR Bank Join (Numeric field type)    "XFMR_BANK" - "XFMR Bank Join (Numeric field type) Thank you in advance ... View more

I am currently using ArcMap 10.0 with ArcPad 10 and starting to having issues. When I click on "Get Data for ArcPad" from the ArcPad Manager toolbar, the dialog box does not come up and ArcMap crashes right away. The tools in ArcToolbox also will not work. Any ideas? ... View more

I have been trying different things dealing with attributes from a table and bringing them into a feature class to make those attributes "native" to the feature class/objects. This is what I currently have:      I have a File Geodatabase (MEWCo_Water_Model.gdb) with a Feature Class called wMeters. Basically its minimal data that just shows the location of a meter. Other pieces of data is maintained and updated in our CIS system in a      completely different location. I have already developed a Python Script to import a table from the CIS system through an ODBC connection and make it a File Geodatabase Table. This happens every night.      Currently - I have a relationship class build btwn the wMeters Feature Class and the CIS Table. The only think that this is helpful is to link the two things together. I have also gone through and did a Table to FC Join. This is nice      because I can still change my symbols based on the attributes joined from the table.          HOWEVER: Since we use ArcReader for our Crews and Operations staff - the joins do not work....So I lose that Table Joined to FC feature, which does me no good. SO: This is what I want to be able to do:     On a nightly basis - I want to have a Python script Import the CIS Data into my File Geodatabase (Python is already done). From there - I want to be able to take specific attribute fields from that table and import them into the     Feature Class so they will become apart of the feature class. What I have tried:     I put together a Model (that would later be exported to a Python Script) to:         Add Join (which after it exported to a new feature class) it changed ALL the field name. Since ArcDesktop 10 does not give us the ability to Rename a field - I had to Add Field, Calculate Field, Delete Field so I could have it        set-up the way I wanted it.             PROBLEM: When I did the Copy Features (to make a new feature class) it screwed by ObjectID Field up - which in returns screws my Attachments feature. That ObjectID needs to remain unchanged. Need coffee yet?????? So, I know there is a much easier way to do this that I am just not seeing. If you understand what I am trying to accomplish - please help me out. Thanks ... View more

Greetings-     I have been having a lot of issues with producing .PMFs using ArcPublisher to have my maps used on ArcReader by my field crews. I have (2) different types of .PMFs that we use. The first one works fine - which is just a standard .PMF that I create by using the "Publish Map" tool. This .PMF sits on our internal network and able to be used by anyone connected to the network "In-House".     The other one I call is a "Stand-Alone .PMF". The way I understand is I am able to create a .PMF or a "Map Package" and have the ability to take the whole folder and copy/move it a portable device (such as a laptop computer) and open that .PMF on a laptop with ArcReader with No connection to the original Geodatabase. Here are some problems I am having with this:       1) I have a few geodatabase tables that are "Joined" to a feature class. When I open the "Stand-Alone" .PMF those tables are no longer joined. What I mean is when I select a feature class and open the attributes in the Identiy Dialog box, only attributes for that feature class are present but not from the tables. ALSO - the symbols I created based on a specific attribute field are gone.       2) On a few on my feature classes, I have the new Attachments feature enabled. In the "Network" .PMF all of those attachments are present. However, in the "Stand-Alone" .PMF - No Attachments. It still shows that something is attached but the actual file is not there to be opened. Any help or ideas on how to resolve these issues so I can properly load my data and maps onto a portable laptop? Thank you ... View more