Latest Contributions by JoshBeaton

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri this Wednesday June 17th, at 5pm (PST). Please see the below enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh   5.15 Release Items   General   My Esri reports have been improved where: The full width of the browser window is utilized. Columns can now be reordered by dragging them to new positions The header row is frozen The first column is frozen, and you can freeze additional columns by dragging them to the left of the frozen column   Improvements have been made to ensure a user who is entering My Esri for the first time or from a URL link (developer subscriptions, purchase emails) does not get stuck on the profile page when updating their language setting. After the language setting has been chosen, the update will then go to the correct destination in My Esri.   Licensing   To help with keeping track of ArcGIS Server authorization activity, a quantity in the history can be marked as 'Decommissioned'. This will be reflected in the authorizations activity report for better to ensure accuracy when auditing authorization counts.  Links on the output Portal license file email have been updated to reflect current installation information Support   For authorized callers, you can now use up to 30,000 characters (including HTML characters) to describe your Technical Support issue when you Request a Case.   ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri this Wednesday April 15th, at 5pm (PST). Please see the below enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh    5.12 My Esri Release Items   Support   For premium entitled organizations that have a block premium support calls , the request case option will now default to standard instead of premium.   Licensing   The Recover Lost Licenses tool has been updated to give users a better description when a license isn't eligible for return. Fixed an issue where when a user selects the 'Ungroup licenses by authorization number' option in the License Esri Products workflow and it does not return a list of entitled products. A limitation has been set for the number of authorizations that can be entered in the Convert ArcGIS Pro Named User Licenses workflow to ensure successful implementation. Additional explanatory text has been added to the License Esri Products workflow for the Portal for ArcGIS licenses at 10.7 and greater. Explanatory text has been added next to the 'Cloud Instance ID' field in the License Esri Products workflow.   ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri this Thursday March 12th, at 5pm (PST). Please see the below enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh My Esri Release Store Purchase Renewals   For those who have made purchases on the Esri Store, the renewal process from My Esri has been updated. The renewal tools have been put in one place, on a new page called Manage Store Purchases. Also, you can now turn on autorenewal for ArcGIS Personal Use and ArcGIS Student Use.   ArcGIS Online Information   Added filters for Activated and Not activated subscriptions to better manage subscriptions.   Licensing   Fixed an issue where the user had to select the 'Environment' link on term licenses prior to being able to add term dates.   Updated the License Files list to include a concatenated list of all license types in the file.   Manage Users   An authorized caller label has been added to the user easily identify authorized callers.   Profile   If a language is not set on your profile, you will be prompted to provide this information the next time you sign in with your Esri Account (ArcGIS Online Account). Before, My Esri defaulted to English for both the site and its emails if the language was not set.   Support   For support cases, the issue where part of the page was being clipped off when printing Case Details has been fixed.   ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with an exciting release of My Esri this evening Wednesday February 19th, at 5pm (PST). Please see the below enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh    My Esri Release Items   General   With the list of functionality on the licensing tab growing, the side navigation has been updated to better highlight the newer tools (tags, configuration, recover lost license), and emphasize the License Esri Products workflow.   Manage Users   When inviting a user to join an organization, the option to add then as an authorized caller is now available. When a user's access to My Esri is limited with a time range, they will now see a message 30 days before their access will end. The message lets them know who to contact if they want to extend their access. They can dismiss the message, but it will reappear after they sign in again in a new browser session. The issue where the User Permissions Grid could not be exported has been resolved.   Licensing   Added a button on the License Esri Products page to use a License File Configuration. Added a form to the Convert ArcGIS Pro Named User Licenses for users to request to convert back to named users. Fixed an issue where notes were being removed in Authorization Numbers Details. Grouped duplicate items in ArcGIS Pro license files so they do not show as duplicates when installing the file.   Transactions   Updated the Renew Maintenance Quotes page to exclude quotes where materials are marked as not eligible for online renewal.   ... View more

All, We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri on Tuesday December 17th at 5pm (PST). Please see the below key enhancements and fixes that will be included. Thanks,   Josh My Esri Release Items   General   My Esri is now available in Ukrainian.   Licensing   ArcGIS Online information has been added to the Licensing page. This includes subscription ID, total remaining credits, activation date, renewal date, total members, available members, members per user type and add-on licenses. For the License Esri Products workflow, the 'Ungroup Products by Authorization Number' has been updated to with an (optional) label to let users know they are not required to check the box. A Common Question has also been added explaining what the 'Ungroup Products by Authorization Number' means. The link in the License Esri Products workflow that says 'What are add-on user type extensions and extensions bundles?' has been updated to 'What are add-on user type extensions?' The License Esri Products workflow has been updated to make the Phone Number and State/Province fields required in the End User Information step.   Request Permissions   The request permission form has been updated to show a checkbox list of available My Esri permissions for a user to choose from. This helps the user select the correct permissions as well as the receiving administrator process the request as it will be pre-selected.     Developer   The issue has been resolved where a user connected to one developer subscription was getting a permissions error when trying to access License File details.   Support   For authorized callers, the ability to add notes to closed cases has been disabled. If there is additional information, the workflow is to contact the analyst via phone/email, or request a new case. ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri on Thursday November 21 st , at 5pm (PST). Please see the below key enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh     5.5 My Esri Release Items   General   Updated the Dashboard on My Esri to highlight videos, announcements, and GeoNet blogs. Updated the My Esri Welcome Landing Page to help users access and request permissions to their organization easier.   Licensing   Updated the License Esri Products workflow to handle errors in creation and cancellation of files better. Updated the License Esri Products workflow to limit the total for the address field to 100 characters. Added license file tags to the Authorizations Activity report. Updated license files for ArcGIS Server to include the generator version. Updated the Manage License Files page for Pro and Portal licenses to remove the extra label. Added a common question explaining the license levels for Desktop and Enterprise.   Support   Bugs and Enhancements are now separated on the overview page. The Bugs page has been renamed to 'Bugs and Enhancements' and better distinguishes between the two categories through the addition of filtering.     ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri on Wednesday October 23 rd at 5pm (PST). Please see the below key enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh     My Esri Release 5.3   General   General text updates have been added to accommodate 10.8 pre-release.   Downloads   The 10.8 version will be added to Downloads (pre-release). In the More Information section, new content was added to help users locate their authorization number. Version has been added to all download sections to make it easier for users to identify .   Manage Users   The email preview option for the bulk update tool has been fixed.   Developer   The issue where generated license files were displaying in the wrong place (Licensing Tab) has been resolved.   ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri on Wednesday October 2 nd at 5pm (PST). Please see the below key enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh     My Esri Release 5.2   Licensing   Added an 'Explain' link and made the License File tags in License Esri Products easier for users without Manage Tags permissions. Removed the license tags dropdown box to remove confusion for users  who do not have not have the permissions to add tags.   Profile   When a user is associated to only one organization, the interface  on the connected organizations section has been adjusted to show the user their list of My Esri permissions.   Developer   Updated the Developer licensing process to work better with Secure Site Operations.   Manage Users   The administrator onboarding documentation is now accessible through a link  in the "More Information" section on the Manage Users page.   Downloads   Information pertaining to Esri's Master Agreement for Products and Services has been added to the "More Information" sections on the Downloads pages   General   The "Ask a Question" option for users has been updated with resource text that is based on the frequent types of issues being submitted.     ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri on Wednesday September 18 th at 5pm (PST). Please see the below key enhancements and fixes that will be included.   Thanks,   Josh     My Esri Release 5.1   Licensing   A new licensing report for Pro and Portal license files has been added. The Manage License Files workflow has been updated to allow users to add tags to existing files. The License Esri Products page has been updated to not require the phone number, state, or postal code. The Additional Licensing Forms page has been rearranged so that Secure Site Operations is more visible.   Manage Users   A dropdown list of all connected users within the organization will be visible to choose from when adding an authorized caller. A similar dropdown list has been added on the Request Case Form when adding a contact in the On Behalf Of section, or the Additional Contact section.   Developer   The 'Back to License Files' button on the Developer tab has been fixed so it goes back to Manage License Files on the Developer tab instead of the Licensing tab.   ... View more

All,   We will be moving forward with a release of My Esri on Wednesday August 28th at 5pm (PST).   Key enhancements and fixes that will be included are listed below. Please let me know if you have any quesrtions.   Josh My Esri Release Items   Licensing   Fixed the issue where more than one new tag can't be added to a license file. Fixed the issue where license files created for a Developer subscription were showing in the Manage License Files Excel output under the Licensing tab. Changed the sort order for Pro and Portal license files to "created on date" versus "file id". Added the File ID number to the email subject for Portal license files. Updated the Cancel button on the Confirm Cancellation pop up in Manage License Files. Fixed the issue where pre-10.7 license files could not be cancelled. Fixed the issue where the 'Cancel' button was not working in the Recover Lost Licenses workflow. Added a note to the License Esri Products workflow for Singe use, Enterprise, and Server licenses letting the user know they are allocating 1 license per product on the file.   Reports   Added a column to the License Summary report to show if a license is term or maintenance.   General   Resolved the issue across the site where an action would not automatically put the user back to the top of the page. Removed the "Ask a Question" option from the footer of each My Esri page to reduce redundancy. On each page there is a floating "Ask a Question" that users can choose from. The Online Request panel from Support Overview Page was removed to reduce redundancy.   Profile   Updates have been made to the Profile Overview page to make it clearer for users to see their permissions (added a dropdown box to the bottom of the Organization information). Updated the default page message on the Profile Overview Page from "Make My Default Page" to "Clear Any Default Page". Revised the "Request Permission Workflow" under "Connect to Your Organization" to make it easier for users to submit their request. ... View more