Latest Contributions by DrewFlater

Thanks Dan, I think you are in camp A, and have never lost work by accidentally clicking Back realizing it leaves the tool   There are some vocal people in camp B that did this workflow, clicked Back because it has some gravity and might make sense to take them "back to parameters", and now all their work filling in parameters is lost. Even if you understand the metaphor of Parameters and Environments as tabs, and the Back button as something to leave both and take you back to the previous page, Back does seem to have special gravity that attracts people to click it. So we are considering having Back from Environments take you to Parameters. We feel it adds a level of protection to avoid losing work in the GP pane, without really impacting many people's workflow. ... View more

Dan Patterson‌ What I actually meant is the Back button while you're still on the Environments page. Should it go back to parameters, or back to the search results/toolboxes/favorites page/wherever you opened the tool. ... View more

Remember that when the processing is on the server, it means the data must also be on the server, so it will take some time to serialize and upload data from ArcGIS Pro to the server prior to the service actually running. These services are typically meant to run with smaller sized data sent from the client, but executing against larger datasets on the server. For example, if you have a Viewshed service, the server can store the DEM (the bigger dataset) and the client can sent simple points, and return the viewshed for those points. Services that would take both the DEM and the points as input from the client should be fine for smaller cases, but if the user is sending a big DEM up to the server the whole thing will be quite slow. If you have questions about how to design the geoprocessing service for best performance, take a look at the following topics: Performance tips for geoprocessing services—ArcMap | ArcGIS Desktop  Large dataset upload and download considerations—ArcMap | ArcGIS Desktop  This is one advantage that the Standard Feature Analysis tools also provide - they primarily use data that is already located on the server or in the enterprise as input (web feature layers, etc.), so the processing doesn't need to move data around.  ... View more

You can run a number of Standard Feature Analysis tools that are likely already available on your server, assuming you set up the spatial analysis capability and assign users in the enterprise the spatial analysis role. The tools are accessible in Pro as described here Portal tools—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  You can also share any tool from Pro to the enterprise as a web tool which starts a geoprocessing service on the federated server. This works for any custom tools as well as any Esri tools you might want to run as a service. What is a web tool?—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  In both cases the processing occurs on the server, so Pro can act as a light client to collect input parameters for a tool and visualize the output, with the server doing the heavy data processing.  ... View more

Yes ModelBuilder: migration to ArcGIS Pro  Although "migrate" isn't really the best word, as you shouldn't need to do anything to get your models to work in ArcGIS Pro. A few caveats are covered in the topic above: 1. Some tools are not supported in Pro, so if your model uses one of these tools you will need to fix the model or find an alternative in Pro: Tools that are not available in ArcGIS Pro  2. Some data types, namely personal geodatabases, are not supported in Pro, so if your model uses these data types the model will have to be updated. 3. One of the most common tools, Calculate Field, no longer supports VB calculations, so you will need to update your model to use Python or Arcade expressions instead. Make a backup of the toolbox your models are in before using them in Pro, since if you make changes and save the models, they will no longer be able to be used in ArcMap. ... View more

Gabriel Marcus‌ does this occur with any other windows, like the Contents pane or Catalog pane when undocked on the 3rd or 4th screen? ... View more

The bug was not reported and was never experienced with file geodatabase. I believe any Oracle enterprise geodatabase version would be impacted, thought all the known cases have been addressed in 2.2.1.  ... View more

There is no connect tool because with the default mouse click you can both select elements or draw connections. ModelBuilder: migration to ArcGIS Pro  Connect data and tools  ... View more

Does your script tool have a normal output parameter, or use a derived output parameter? ... View more

Dan Patterson, would you like to teach Python & Geoprocessing in Pro using Jupyter notebooks? This seems to be the preferred interface for Python education (and even coding) these days. Jupyter has been bundled with ArcGIS Pro for a few releases now: from the ArcGIS start menu folder in Windows open Jupyter Notebook, which launches the Jupyter home in your browser, where you can make a New notebook then start coding! We will be doing further integrations with Notebooks INSIDE of Pro at a future release, so that you can use map layers and the Pro environment for your coding. Can you also explain why the Pro Python window is sad, especially in comparison to ArcMap's Python window if you've used it?  It provides layer selection, intellisense, and syntax help just like the old window. Thanks for your feedback! ... View more

Can you navigate to %localappdata%\ESRI\ErrorReports, find the file that matches the time when you run the tool that crashes, and upload the dmp file here? This file won't contain any personal information, just a stack trace about the crash. ... View more

In case you are interested, you can build a toolbar with the buttons you are used to in ArcMap and minimize the ribbon to give Pro a slightly different look: You can download and use this customization: ArcGIS Pro: Ribbons, Toolbars, and UI Hacks  Or you can make a customized toolbar with any command or tool you choose: Quick Access Toolbar options—ArcGIS Pro  ... View more

Sorry I can only say that it will be 2.3 or after. ... View more

Apply Symbology is usually very fast - if you run the standard Apply Symbology From Layer tool in the Geoprocessing pane for just one of your layers, does it take 1 minute? Can you copy only the layers you want to apply symbology to into a new scene and try it again? If you're willing to share the data I'd be happy to do this investigation to see what's going on. Thanks ... View more