Latest Contributions by ThomasColson

I think I got past that. Deleted everything and started over...and seems to be working now on 1st and subsequent syncs. The problem now is, when I run the tool from Arc Catalog a SECOND time, I get an in-memory workspace error. Looking at the py code, it appears that temporary data written to  in-memory is not cleaned up.  arcpy messages: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000725: Output Table: Dataset in_memory\stat_EVENTS_GRSM_SASQUATCH_SRV already exists. Failed to execute (Statistics).‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ If I close and restart Arc Catalog, I can then run the tool again. Wondering if the py should be modified to add an in-memory cleaner, or add datetime stamp to the dataset name in memory? Testing the proposed solution...adding arcpy.Delete_management("in_memory") at the end of the script now allows it to be run multiple times during one ArcCatalog session.  ... View more

It's important to note, that even with a project template, you cannot connect to the root of a drive letter, whether it's a network share, hard drive, or portable storage media. Not sure what the reasoning behind that restriction is.  ... View more

I manage many terabytes of data, two dozen SDE instances, 8 GIS servers, and the average time I get to spend on any one "project" is 7 minutes in support of a very large campus. Being limited to a "project view" snapshot  of some of that data is not very productive. I just had a very interesting conversation with one my staff, whom I asked to try Pro out this week. I don't believe he knows Geonet exists...his feedback on the usability and functionality of Pro was like re-reading the numerous Geonet posts on the topic. 30,000 foot-view....my interpretation of Pro is that most of the core features in desktop will not be in Pro unless end users exhaust significant time in asking for them and "voting" on ideas. There is so much lacking in Pro right now that I'm kind of skeptical that anything released later this year (2 months left) will even come close to anything resembling Arc Map functionality.  ... View more

Still not working at 1.3.0. Frustrating.  ... View more

" To my knowledge, there is no plan for a Pro "ArcCatalog" as Pro is the fusion of ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcScene, ArcGlobe, and City Engine Runtime." That's a head-scratcher. What's the business logic for not including a critical component of data management? ... View more

Playing with the Project Template Option...wondering if there's more organization-specific customization available with this...like...a default Tool Box that has some of our common, use every project, tools and scripts?  ... View more

Yeah, I see that. I'm looking at this from the point of view of administering 50+ users....we've had some real problems with the "default" arc map stuff going to users "My Documents", which is on a network share. Asking them to remember to redirect their default folder and GDB each time they start a new project is pretty unrealistic. Different users in different buildings, and we just don't have the resources to direct login scripts to take care of that. I'm thinking some sort of python/Arc Tool box thing "Before you start work hit this button" kind of deal.  ... View more

Further testing is narrowing this down: Start a new project; Add http://nps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c4d5a0e0f2464441a642748edf7d4a45  to the default, new map; Change map coordinate system to WGS 84 OR WGS 84 Web Mercator: Problem appears ... View more

This appears to be intermittent (and thus not-reproducible) which makes it more frustrating. On 2 out of 5 "imports", it happens. On a new project it never happens. On the imports that fail, changing coordinate system doesn't improve things. This is on a system with dual ATI video cards (quad monitors), and I'm pretty OCD about keeping the drivers up to date. Could this be a directx/openGL issue? ... View more