Latest Contributions by DrewFlater

Hi Daniel and all, Several people have mentioned that part of why they like Python Add-ins is to simply open a script tool form/dialog directly from a custom toolbar/menu/ribbon/etc. I'd like to show you that we have a new feature in the Pro 2.2 Beta that allows you to customize the ribbon and quick access toolbar with any geoprocessing tool (both Esri system tools and your custom script and model tools that have been added to the project). This provides another solution in addition to the customization of the Analysis gallery mentioned above. These ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar customizations are saved into a user file in your Local App Data folder (%localappdata%\ESRI\ArcGIS.Desktop.Config.daml), so they apply to any project you open as the same user (and can be shared within an organization if the customization makes sense for all staff to use). The daml file can be configured to change the icon, size, and many other properties of the ribbon buttons.  ... View more

Can you explain the type of GIS data that you would use with this chart in an ArcGIS Desktop application? The example of wikipedia (Gantt chart - Wikipedia ) does not look much like GIS data. ... View more

Thanks for the information and for creating the idea: https://community.esri.com/ideas/14452  We will keep track of this and prioritize our work as the idea gains support. ... View more

Hi Stephen, it isn't currently in the near or mid-term roadmap for Pro to have a charting API in the Pro .Net SDK. This could perhaps be in our long term plan if there is enough user demand. I would encourage you to add your thoughts to an ArcGIS Idea, which will allow others to see and comment and add fuel to the fire I would like to add that programmatic charting in ArcGIS Pro has already started, but through the Python/ArcPy library. Chart—ArcPy Classes | ArcGIS Desktop We started with ArcPy because the first request we heard was to make charts via geoprocessing script tools built with Python. Just out of curiosity can you explain your business case for creating charts using the .Net SDK? What kind of charts are you making, what interaction pattern do you want, etc. If we understand your use case it will help us design and understand why this work should be a priority. This would also be great info to add to the ArcGIS Idea if you can create one. Thanks, Pro Charts dev team ... View more

Hi Paul, can you share some code snippets of using the Python API to load data into your feature service? ... View more

You can sort the tools in the Favorites section by dragging and dropping the hammer icon next to the tool name.  ... View more

There is some info in the comments of this blog: ArcGIS Pro: Ribbons, Toolbars, and UI Hacks | ArcGIS Blog  ... View more

It should work just as described above. Interactive feature input—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Do you have a map open? What happens when you select "Polygons" from the pencil list? Can you see a "Polygon" feature class in your default project geodatabase?  ... View more

Hi Peter, I work at Esri and have done some testing with the TableToTable tool - I just tried a dataset with ~70k records, exported to a dbf. This took a little over one second. I believe there might be something specific to your data or the settings you are using with the tool that is causing this problem. Maybe your dataset has a lot of fields? My dataset only had about 20. Would it be possible for you to share the data with me, and the Python command you are running? I can set up a box folder to upload the data, just send me a message at dflater@esri.com.  ... View more

You might find this customization useful: ArcMap-style toolbar for ArcGIS Pro ... View more

While this doesn't fully accomplish the idea, it may help improve your experience: ArcMap-style toolbar for ArcGIS Pro ... View more

While it isn't a full "classic view" give this customized quick access toolbar for Pro a try: ArcMap-Style Toolbar for ArcGIS Pro  ... View more

Hi Rupert, thanks for your comment. I'd like to ask further questions and continue this discussion. I appreciate you sharing your experiences with ArcGIS Pro.  First, you stated  Rupert Gonzalez wrote: Pro is not multi-threaded.  At best it can run a single background geoprocessing thread without locking up the GUI.   This is actually one of the reasons that Pro IS multi-threaded: it's ability to run geoprocessing in a dedicated thread so that other work can be done in the app while a tool is running. While geoprocessing is running you can add and explore map data, set and change symbology or labeling, create map layouts, build a geoprocessing model, work with raster functions, publish content to ArcGIS Online or your Enterprise, and hundreds of other things.  I think what you're really discussing is that geoprocessing tools cannot run using parallel processing - using multiple cores or processes to break up a task into multiple smaller jobs. At the 2.0 release, ArcGIS Pro has more than 50 Desktop tools that leverage distributed processing to use multiple cores or spawn multiple processes to do parallel processing. The tools range from foundational vector proximity and overlay tools like Buffer, Clip, and Intersect, to raster analysis tools like Viewshed, Zonal Statistics, and Weighted Overlay, and even geostatistical interpolation tools like Empirical Bayesian Kriging. These tools, and many others, leverage the Parallel Processing Factor environment to control their distributed processing. Maybe the tools that you use most cannot be set to run in parallel, if you would describe your workflows it will help us on the development team to prioritize the tools that we rewrite as parallel. I would also like to point out that the new ArcGIS Enterprise GeoAnalytics capability is available in Pro. GeoAnalytics performs distributed space-time analysis against big data using a server cluster and Spark. This is an incredible new capability of the ArcGIS platform that is closely integrated in Pro, and it's as easy to run GeoAnalytics as another Desktop geoprocessing tool. Here is a demonstration of that. To summarize this point, more tools' algorithms are being rewritten each release to support parallel processing, so you will see this list continue to grow. The same can be said for leveraging GPU for processing, as has been done for specific Spatial Analyst tools.  Second, you stated There are new packages that can do in two or three seconds what Pro takes hours. If you have examples or some scenario that matches this description, I would be very interested to work with you so I can pass it on to our developers for improvement. Thanks again for sharing. ~Drew, Esri Geoprocessing development team ... View more

If anyone continues to have problems with crashes in Pro, please try this workaround. Workaround: installed package crashing Pro 1.4.1  Note that the issue described in this workaround, and the original problem with the system toolboxes not loading, have been resolved in Pro 2.0 which is coming out soon. Thanks, Drew ... View more

Please try the workaround described at https://community.esri.com/message/690550-workaround-installed-package-crashing-pro-141  ... View more