Latest Contributions by CherylTrine

‎06-06-2019

Thanks for taking the time to provide this detailed outline your workflow! You probably feel like you are writing the same thing over and over, but after reading many of your posts, which have been very helpful, this one, for me ties it all together. Fortunately, I am master of my computer for the most part. I look forward to the next ArcGIS Pro update,so I will try it without cloning. Concerning the --dry-run command, what am I looking for that will tell me whether or not the update/install isn't a good idea?

‎06-05-2019

Couple of questions: Following your suggestion, I used a simpler install path and cloned the arcgispro-py3, with addresses as follows: C:\Arc_Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3 C:\Arc_Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcpro233 I did all updates and installation of Spyder using Conda and everything went fine. A few days later, I went into ArcGis Pro Python Package Manager, to see how things worked from there. Both environments show up, but both of them are locked down; I cannot install or update packages in my clone (arcpro233) in ArcGIS Pro, the update and install buttons are grayed out. Do you manage the environment solely from Conda, or is there something wrong with my install and I should be able to use the Python Package Manager? I cloned arcpro233 and let Esri choose the location in AppData to see if I could update that in the Python Package Manager. It said it had 39 updates (why, I don't know because I had just updated arcpro233 in Conda). I clicked Update All, when done, it still claimed to have 39 updates. I then went to Conda and did "conda update --all". It said "All requested packages already installed." So, does the Python Package Manager show updates for all packages in that environment, whether or not the updated package can be used in that environment? So when I try to update, it doesn't install the updated packages because they would mess up the environment?

‎02-10-2019

The append tool may accomplish what the Load Objects command did, but it is much more cumbersome. It takes four clicks to change the source for one field, whereas in Load Objects it took only one! When you have many fields to map, time really adds up. I would be happy if the append tool were modified so field mapping is done like in the Load Objects command.

‎02-10-2019

The append tool may accomplish what the Load Objects command did, but it is much more cumbersome. It takes four clicks to change the source for one field, whereas in Load Objects it took only one! When you have many fields to map, time really adds up. I would be happy if the append tool were modified so field mapping is done like in the Load Objects command.

‎01-27-2019

I recently started a project in which I am needing to print out floorplans for all of our buildings. I decided to try AGP since it has the ability to do multiple layouts. I was surprised to find that, although I can have multiple layouts where I can put different text items on the different layouts, I cannot create layouts that have different layers visible. For example, if I have separate layouts for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors, I cannot make Layout 1 always and only show me 1st floor, and Layout 2 to always and only show me 2nd floor, etc. As I switch between layouts, I have to go into the map frame and manually change which layers are visible--if I forget, I end up printing erroneous data! This really is a problem and I hope Esri will change it, or if not, give an explanation as to why it would not be a good idea. Cheryl

‎11-11-2018

So, I was all excited about the fact that ArcGIS Pro can read Revit models and upgraded ArcGIS Pro and my Server to test it out! One of my jobs is space inventory, so in the past I have had to get my rooms/spaces for GIS from CAD drawings created by Revit... and keeping them updated has been a nightmare. We figured that with the ability to read .rvt directly, the room/space data could be stored in Revit (our Revit guru thought this would be best) and we could simply reference it from GIS. Just so you know, we are currently doing 2D, not 3D GIS. Of course, nothing is a simple as it seems it should be, and I am no longer sure this is even going to be possible. I've run into two problems right of the bat. 1. When I bring a .rvt model into Pro, there does not appear to be any layer/feature class that corresponds to or contains rooms/spaces, even though the Revit model has an area plan created. Are rooms/spaces not supported in ArcPro? 2. Within a discipline, such as Architectural, the feature classes are drawn in alphabetical order and I cannot seem to be able to change this order. Thus, doors are drawn on top of floors which are drawn on top of walls, so I can see the doors, but I can't see the walls without turning floors off. I am guessing it is my lack of knowledge about Pro (I'm still quite new to it), but how do you change the layer order. If I bring other layers in I can move them up and down in the Drawing Order pain by drag-and-drop, but these don't seem to budge. Thanks, Cheryl

‎09-25-2018

This looks interesting. I'll have to check into it. I have not worked with views, yet, so . . . something more to learn!

‎09-25-2018

In the back of my mind I had been thinking about a map service. Hadn't played around with whether or not that was possible, just assumed it was. Of course, I hadn't thought AGP wouldn't be able to connect to the MySQL data in the first place. By the time I get around to the map service, the geospatial data will be in our RDBMS instead of a file gdb. A file gdb is just what we are using right now.

‎09-25-2018

Exactly! My geospatial data is in a SQL Server RDBMS and I have no problems making connections to it. The non-spatial data that I'm trying to bring in comes from a MySQL database over which I have no jurisdiction.

‎09-25-2018

The ArcGIS Pro documentation says, "Before you can create a query layer, you must first make a connection to the database." And there's the rub. I expect the same is true for a database view. My SQL RDBMS experience is limited and I have not worked at all with MySQL; Is there a way to create a query layer or view from the MySQL database that Pro can use that works more or less in real-time?

‎09-24-2018

That is very disappointing! Why was that done? I knew people were upset about something to do with MS Access databases and I had always assumed it had to do with Esri dropping support for personal geodatabases; because I don't use personal geodatabases I hadn't paid much attention. I had not realized that OLE DB for ODBC connections were dropped in Pro! The MySQL data is used in real-time joins, so transforming and importing is not practical. I only have one table that I have been using this way in GIS currently, but we were planning more. I can see how other organizations could have many connections to such data and this could be quite a hardship. Guess I'll have to stay with ArcMap until I find a solution, or this functionality is brought to Pro. But I can't stay with ArcMap, because I need the Utility Network . . . That thread is referring specifically to Microsoft Access (accdb) support. If that were solved, would it solve my issue with MySQL? If so, I'll add my use case, but I don't want to be off-topic. Cheryl

‎09-24-2018

I am using ArcGIS Pro 2.2.1. I have a non-spatial table in a MySQL database that I need to be able to join to a table from a file geodatabase. In ArcCatalog this was done using a separate command (Add OLE DB Connection) and filling in the MySQL database info. I've had it set up for years and it works fine (I don't edit the data, just read it). How do I do it in ArcGIS Pro? Cheryl

‎09-24-2018

I was using the the Share>Project Template from the ribbon, so now, after seeing there is a Consolidate Project tool, I tried that. I made sure "Package As Template" was checked, but the problem is the same. I think it has to do with the connection somehow NOT saving as UNC--even in my original project, the source for the database is shown as local path, with drive letter, rather than UNC. I finally figured it out! In the window for Select Existing Geodatabase, type/paste the complete UNC from Windows Explorer into the Name field. Don't do anything with the browsing field at the top of the form; when you browse to the file geodatabase, even though it initially looks like a UNC path, if you click in the field you will see it replace the host name/sharename with the drive letter, and that is where the problem lies. Where is this documented--how to get a UNC path for a file geodatabase connection into Pro? Am I the only one who can't find it, and spent a lot of time trying multiple different methods of trying to use a UNC path before finally hitting on the right one?

‎09-23-2018

I am using Arc Pro 2.2.1 and trying to create a custom project template that has my database connections all set up for my personal use on one computer (i.e., not for use on multiple computers or shared with others), and a map that uses some data from those databases. The databases are on a networked drive. I do not want the data copied into the project template, I need to be able to access the original database data for editing. Consequently, after trial and error and Professor Google, I learned I need to use the full UNC path in setting up the database connection. Apparently, I don't know how to do that, because when I fill in the form, "Select Existing Geodatabase" as follows: and then create a template, being sure to check the box "save template to file", and not checking "Share outside of organization", it still packages up the database to the project folder, because when I open the newly created project template, go to properties and look at the source for the Fiber_edit.gdb, it points to the project folder C:\...\ArcGIS\Projects\fibertest\fibertest.gdb, instead of my network drive. If I have a map with data from the database, it points to the project fibertest.gdb instead of the network .gdb. (The system works fine for my enterprise SQL database, but not for file geodatabases.) What am I doing wrong?

‎07-18-2018

Guess I hadn't used the right search terms before; I found the answer inhttps://community.esri.com/ideas/13841 . Thanks Kory! 2018 is supported, and 2019 is partially supported. Cheryl

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