Latest Contributions by ModernElectric

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

Greetings-     I am having some issues with a select number of domains in a specific feature class. I have a file geodatabase build for my Water Infrastructure system. I have multiple "Domains" built for different fields in different feature classes so editing the attributes is easier. Problem: In my wLaterLine feature class - none of my Domains work. I can go into the feature class in ArcCatalog and reset the domains - open the .MXD the geodatabase is in and still not have any drop downs. I don't have any issues with any other feature classes, just this one. How can I fix this? Thanks ... View more

Greetings-     I have spent the past (2) years using ESRI ArcMap to completely redo our electric infrastructure from AutoCAD to GIS. Basically it was a long process of manually going through AutoCAD drawings, notebooks, old hand-drawn As-built drawings to manually digitize our infrastructure in ArcMap. Now that the system is completely in GIS (being used by our operations, CSR and field crews) for research and decision making - I want to be able to move to the next step of using GIS. That next step is - How can I use GIS to run analysis on my current infrastructure. What I am wanting to see is what other companies have done with their GIS system to run analysis in order to help their company change/improve things. Any ideas I might be able to use that I could present to my management team would be awesome. Thanks ... View more

I have a problem that has just started, and have not had this issue before. I have used the "Spatial Join" tool dozens of times with the same feature class(s). However, this time something is preventing me from doing it. I am trying to put a Point Feature Class in the "Join Features" to join to the Target Feature Class (Polygon). I can add the polygon feature class into the target feature but no matter what route I take - it will not allow me to select the specific point feature class I need. Whats going on and how do I fix this? Im trying to get it to say all these points that are within the polygon region - show in the output feature class. Like I've said - i have used this tool dozens of times before with the same feature classes. ... View more

Greetings-    I am still really new to working with a writing python script. What I have done is built a Data Model using Model Builder to export data out of an Oracle Database and bring it into a file geodatabase. I saved this model into a custom toolbox. What I am trying to do is to write a python script that will run the custom toolbox. Later - I plan on using Microsoft Task Scheduler to run this python script every night. I am not sure how to write this simple script to run my toolbox. Custom Toolbox: CIS GIS Integration Tools.tbx     Model: Water.CIS_Account_Data     Model: Water.CIS_Service_Meters Once I can get a script built that will run these models and/or the custom toolbox, I can do the rest on my own. Thanks ... View more

What I would like to see is the ability to set different zoom levels based on the symbols set in a given feature class. When you are working on symbols - go into the Layer Properties - and set the symbols based on the unique values - it would be nice to set unique zoom levels based on the value for each symbol that is set. ... View more

Greetings-    I am trying some new things in ArcMap that I am not sure how to do yet. I have a feature class from a File Geodatabase in a .MXD file called SERVICE_LOCATIONS. Within that feature class, I have a few subtypes (Meter_Pack, Single_Meter, Temp Meter and Primary_Meter). What I want to be able to do is have the symbols per subtype show up at different zoom levels. Example: I want to have the Single_Meter subtype show up at a zoom level of 1:2000 and as you zoom into around 1:750 - the meters with a subtype of Meter_Pack shows up/appears.   Anyone know how I can do this? Thank you ... View more