Latest Contributions by HelenCooper

‎09-19-2019

Hi all, I'm transitioning from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro - no experience of Python but would like to learn. I'm trying to run a very simple string function to remove four digits at the end of text field. In ArcMap VB Script I would do the following: Left([FieldName],Len([FieldName])-4) I can't see how to do the same in Python. There seem to be relatively few examples here: Calculate Field examples—Help | ArcGIS Desktop and the link to the build in functions of Python returns a 404 error. Is there a good resource that sets out the functions and arguments for Python in ArcGIS? I have googled but can't find what I'm looking for! Thanks in advance for any help, Helen

‎07-18-2019

Thanks Jimmy, the maps look good, and it's great to know that they're completely automated. I'd be happy to invest some training time in ArcPro if at the end of the day I'm more productive and am still happy with my mapped outputs! (So far I've tried it on one major project and it took sooo long to make basic changes to the maps the computer nearly ended up out the window). Onwards and upwards - hopefully the time and ££ investment will pay off! Thanks for all your help, Helen

‎07-16-2019

Aha!

‎07-16-2019

Thanks Jimmy (and thanks Tom for writing the article!) That's very helpful. I'm back to actually wondering whether ArcGIS Pro is really, actually fit for purpose for anything other than some basic map production! I'd be really interested to know what proportion of GIS professionals have fully moved to ArcGIS Pro.

‎07-16-2019

This is a good point, and my computer has been perfectly adequate for most things I need to do in ArcGIS Desktop (sometimes a bit slow if I need to process a lot of lidar data or similar). The current config is: Intel (R) Core(TM) i7-4600m CPU @ 2.90GHz 16GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M graphics card the system drive is an SSD which isn't massive but should be adequate (250GB with 46GB free) but ArcGIS Pro is painfully slow (and I mean unworkably so, it can sometimes take a minute or so to just change something basic in the symbology panel). Any suggestions to optimise it? Is there anything different I could be doing with swapfile sizes, etc.? Thank you to everyone for the suggestions. Helen

‎07-15-2019

Also, does anyone have any recommendations for Intel Core i7 or i9 vs. Intel Xeon or Intel Core Xeon?

‎07-15-2019

Thanks Jimmy, that's very helpful. Pro just took > 40 seconds to open here, without even thinking about doing anything useful with it, so that's a useful comparison!

‎07-15-2019

Thanks Thomas, that's really helpful. I definitely fall into the 'You have ADHD and run 4-5 Pro projects at once...' category!

‎07-15-2019

My trusty Lenovo ThinkPad has always been great for ArcGIS desktop, but just doesn't cut the mustard when running ArcGIS Pro. Any suggestions for the best PC (not laptop) recommendations to run both ArcGIS desktop and ArcPro? I've been looking through the recommended and optimal system requirements, here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/get-started/arcgis-pro-system-requirements.htm is it feasible to get a system that works blisteringly fast with ArcPro for under £3,000? If so, any specific recommendations? Many thanks, Helen

‎07-09-2019

Hi Owen, Thanks for getting back to me. I didn't change anything on the map and the issue seemed to resolve itself. Annoyingly I had rebuilt another version of the story map by this point anyway! All the best, Helen

‎07-04-2019

Hi all, I've just been editing some story map content (for a story that has, up until this point, been publicly accessible). Not much has changed, a couple of layers were added (and shared), and suddenly the story map is requesting login credentials to view it. I've been through the support article below, and can't see anything that is relevant to this: https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000012364 The story map I'm working on is here: https://arcg.is/zTHm0 (work in progress). I can create a new story map from the same underlying web map, and I don't have the same issue. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Helen

‎01-25-2019

Hi Melissa, I eventually got a workaround by changing the properties of the legend to switch it to the wrong data frame, and then switching it back again. Not exactly elegant, but it might help a bit? Helen

‎01-18-2019

Hi all (and hi Joseph Nunn‌!) I keep getting the same issue - it's highly annoying! I'm using ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 and the workaround described above doesn't seem to work for me. Is there no way of adding layers back into a legend, to avoid having to set up the style again?

‎07-04-2017

Agree - this would be super helpful.

‎06-26-2017

Perfect, that's exactly what I needed - thank you!

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Re: ArcGIS Pro Legend Bug - Items disappear when second data frame is added.

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