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JoshuaBixby
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My Ideas
(19 Idea Submissions)Latest Contributions by JoshuaBixby
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Thorough response, nice. (Assuming generative AI didn't do it for you, but then maybe I should be impressed if it did)
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12-06-2024
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@MarkZollinger, I made changes to the idea to focus on adding the information directly to the tool page itself like licensing information. Please change the status of this idea since it isn't offered as now proposed.
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12-05-2024
10:57 AM
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This question is primarily for Esri staff. I am interested in understanding why the ArcPy ArcGIS Online/Portal functions are so limited compared to the ArcGISPortal and ArcGISPortalManager classes in the ArcGIS Pro SDK. I assume both ArcPy and ArcGIS Pro SDK are hooking into the same underlying compiled code, so I know more can be done with ArcPy since I can do it with Pro SDK in Python using GitHub - pythonnet/pythonnet: Python for .NET . One specific issue is how SignInToPortal—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation either doesn't work or doesn't work correctly with SAML logins. It is not uncommon in my organization to have users with lots of Portals registered in ArcGIS Pro, many of which are SAML-based logins. When using Pro SDK with GitHub - pythonnet/pythonnet: Python for .NET , a script, script tool, or notebook can simply loop through the Portals and make sure the user is signed into each portal. If the user isn't signed in, a window pops up for them to finish the SAML login process for a given site. import pythonnet
pythonnet.load("coreclr")
import clr
clr.AddReference("ArcGIS.Desktop.Core")
from ArcGIS.Desktop.Core import ArcGISPortalManager
portal_manager = ArcGISPortalManager.Current
for portal in portal_manager.GetPortals():
portal.SignIn() That's it, 3 lines of functional code and some import statement. The native ArcPy equivalent is impossible because SignInToPortal—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation chokes on handling the sign in for SAML logins. Even if the function worked, it forces a change to the active portal, which isn't always desirable, so then you have to go back and reset the active portal.
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12-04-2024
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The ArcPy Geometry constructors do not support true curves of any kind. You will need to use AsShape—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation and feed it an Esri JSON definition based on the syntax from the 'Curve objects' section of Geometry objects | ArcGIS REST APIs | ArcGIS Developers
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12-04-2024
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Although Esri supports "*" for fields with ArcPy DA cursors, they did so reluctantly, and it is a bad practice. You should always explicitly list the fields in a cursor, then you always know the order regardless of the order of the fields in the table.
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12-04-2024
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While ArcGIS Desktop/ArcMap was licensed at the machine level, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM), ArcGIS Pro is licensed at the user level, HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU). The ArcGIS Pro license for a user can inherit from a machine-level setting if configured correctly before the user ever launches ArcGIS Pro, but it gets a little trickier once a user has launched ArcGIS Pro at least once, which is the case here. I have mentioned "user" multiple times, that is because what is important isn't what settings you have for Pro when logged into the IIS server but what settings the credentials running IIS or IIS application pools have for ArcGIS Pro. Since you have not provided any details about your IIS and application configuration, I can't offer any specifics. Your issue is in the registry.
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12-03-2024
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For clarification after looking at your video, the layer isn't failing to draw, it is failing to load. A layer has to load before it can draw, and nothing shows up in your TOC so it isn't loading. You state the provider shifted from ArcGIS Server to GeoServer, but every HTTP call I see in the logs is for an ArcGIS product, so I don't even see any attempts to connect to a GeoServer service. Your question makes it seem like there are multiple basemaps that aren't loading, can you provide the URLs for some that do and some that don't?
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11-26-2024
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Often times when running a script with a service account, the licensing information for ArcGIS Pro is not configured correctly. Whereas ArcGIS Desktop/ArcMap was licensed at the machine level, ArcGIS Pro is licensed at the user level.
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11-25-2024
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Mark, the link you provided was to the tool's page, which doesn't have the historical information. I did find the toolbox history page, which does address the issue. Although toolboxes also have a licensing overview page, the licensing information is still documented with the tool as well, so why is Esri handling licensing information and version history information differently? Why not add history information to the tool as well licensing licensing information?
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11-22-2024
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Since ArcGIS Pro is an actively developed application with new tools being introduced with each release, it would be nice if Esri documented the version that a tool was first introduced in the Tool page itself. Esri already does this with Esri Developer REST APIs documentation, and it is extremely helpful for people that help manage large organizations. I realize version release information for tools exists at the toolbox level, along with licensing information, but I think it would be handy to include version information along with licensing information in the tool page itself.
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11-22-2024
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Start by going through this site: Esri Careers | Job Opportunities . There is no one job at Esri, there is a wide range of positions and that wide range has a wide range of degrees and backgrounds that are important. The bigger question is what do you want to do for a job, specifically.
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11-20-2024
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Start with Access ArcGIS token-secured web services—ArcGIS Server | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise
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11-20-2024
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@PhilipWeeks, @LanceKirby2 , @HaseebAnwar , @tigerwoulds , have any of you opened an Esri Support case? If so, what came of it? Also, providing more details about your environment is helpful, like version to start.
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11-18-2024
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Kory, thanks for the update. Limiting offline time for licenses is definitely a positive step, but lack of "license borrowing" equivalent functionality will definitely keep us using Concurrent Use licensing for the foreseeable future.
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11-14-2024
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Short answer, not documented, at least that I have ever seen publicly. However, simple to determine, just run the version.sh or version.bat file in AGSSERVER/framework/runtime/tomcat/bin folder.
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11-12-2024
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My kudoed posts
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| 1 | 06-11-2026 07:04 AM | |
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| 2 | 07-06-2026 12:29 PM | |
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Activity Feed
- Got a Kudo for Re: Regedit values to start up ArcGIS Pro as named user. Tuesday
- Kudoed Re: DA Search Cursor Ignoring sql_clause for RandyMcGregor_BMcD. a week ago
- Posted Re: Arcade Expression on ArcGIS Pro Questions. 2 weeks ago
- Posted Re: Arcade Expression on ArcGIS Pro Questions. 2 weeks ago
- Posted Re: Add IP Allowlist Control for ArcGIS Enterprise REST Directory Browsing on ArcGIS Enterprise Ideas. 2 weeks ago
- Kudoed Re: What is wrong with this code? for JoseSanchez. 2 weeks ago
- Kudoed Re: Azure Virtual Desktop and ArcGIS Pro performance for Robert_LeClair. 2 weeks ago
- Kudoed Re: How to read server statistic correctly for berniejconnors. 2 weeks ago
- Kudoed Re: How to read server statistic correctly for HenryLindemann. 2 weeks ago
- Posted Re: How to use arcpy environment settings with python multiprocessing in arcgis pro? on Python Questions. 2 weeks ago
- Kudoed Re: Roadmap to Get Started with ArcGIS Enterprise for George_Thompson. 2 weeks ago
- Kudoed Re: Roadmap to Get Started with ArcGIS Enterprise for ArchitSrivastava. 2 weeks ago
- Posted Re: Select by Location on Selected Records on ArcGIS Pro Ideas. 2 weeks ago
- Got a Kudo for Re: Search on objectid. 3 weeks ago
- Kudoed Optional Governance Mode for MarGIS. 3 weeks ago
- Got a Kudo for Re: azure, arcgis enterprise 11.5 and poor browser performance. a month ago
- Posted Re: azure, arcgis enterprise 11.5 and poor browser performance on ArcGIS Enterprise in the cloud Questions. a month ago
- Kudoed Why Still Require a Security Question After Installing the ArcGIS Security 2026 Patch 2? for RyanUthoff. 07-10-2026 10:18 AM
- Posted Re: A workaoround to merging holes in larger polygons if eliminate tool is not available in basic version on ArcGIS Pro Questions. 07-10-2026 06:10 AM
- Posted Re: How to bypass raise Error in if else statement on ArcGIS Pro Questions. 07-10-2026 05:28 AM
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