Latest Contributions by SteveCole

‎06-04-2025

Figured it out, and I don't believe this is documented (but I could be wrong). The layer I was using in my map was a MapServer service instead of a FeatureServer service. If I tried this with the FeatureServer service, I see the $ variables I would expect to find. I was using the MapServer option because of the desire to preserve some hatch symbology used on a layer with M values. The more you know...

‎06-04-2025

I'm clearly missing something here. Using Portal 11.3 and, for a map layer's popup content, I've added an Arcade Expression Block. When I attempt to access the $map profile variable inside that Arcade code block, Arcade barks and says that it's not defined. Through searching the forum, I did find a discussion about the variable profile context and that $map is only defined (available) in certain situations. I feel as though it should be accessible from where I'm trying to reference it. But clearly it's not. The only $ profile variables available to me are $feature, $graph, and $userInput Steve

‎06-04-2025

Thanks, Chris. I overlook that but it can't hurt to try it.

‎06-02-2025

I wanted to clarify two things regarding this function- 1.) If using the distanceAlong value, what should we assume is the unit of measurement for that value? I'm guessing it's meters since Web Mercator is the default projection? 2.) The documentation begins with this lengthy point: Feature geometries in the visualization and labeling profiles are generalized according to the view's scale resolution to improve drawing performance. Therefore, using a feature's geometry (i.e. $feature) as input to any geometry function in these contexts will return different results at each scale level. Other profiles, such as popup, provide the full resolution geometry. The last sentence is what I want clarification- if I'm using Arcade code in a popup expression, do I assume that $feature is returning the full resolution geometry? If not, what should I reference in order to obtain it? Thanks! Steve

‎05-29-2025

I know this has been asked before and I cannot find what the answer was and don't have it in my bookmarks. The situation is that you have a line layer with many features (too many to use unique values renderer) but you want to symbolize them so that no two features of the same color touch. From memory, a post suggested a tool in the Toolbox that does this analysis in order to add a field which you can then symbolize your layer on. This allows you to see the individual limits of each feature in the layer. You can also specify the number of options you want (4, 5, etc). I just can't seem to find this. Help a foggy brain out. Thank you! Steve

‎05-08-2025

A workaround is using the invert option under the effects settings for rasters loaded into your map. If you want it for a basemap, simply add the basemap as a layer and apply the invert effect and just have the layer turned off in the TOC. When it's needed, simply turn it on. Here's the World Topo Basemap inverted:

‎05-07-2025

Yes, I am not at all concerned with editing M values in a web map. I simply want to locate a specified milepost (or river mile etc) or click to learn what the M value is where I clicked. No editing whatsoever.

‎05-07-2025

Where are we at in Q2 2025 in terms of obtaining the M value (or finding a location at a specific M value) in the default Map Viewer and/or ESRI apps? I'm not talking about routing- I just want to find "milepost 3" along a route or click a location to have it tell me that it is Milepost 3. In desktop Arcmap, there's always been the Identify Route Location Tool and Pro finally incorporated this functionality into the standard identify function (Explore Tool). In more recent years, this task could only be accomplished if you were using the Roads & Highways Server Extension but I swear I had heard/read that this would be finally coming to the standard Map Viewer or Apps (possibly as widget functionality in Experience Builder) but I just can't find that. Steve

‎04-29-2025

It might be easiest to do this on the Excel end and then join the results back in Pro. In the Excel spreadsheet, create another column in the spreadsheet and use Excel functions like SUBSTITUTE to convert the dashes and dots to nothing, so something like this: =SUBSTITUTE(A2, "-", "") The example above uses Letter/Number cell reference format but I prefer Row/Column (RC, RC[-1], etc) which is more generic and you can quickly do an entire column of conversions after crafting the formula on the first row. You'd have to do it one more time to address the dot but then you would be left with a column that matches your GIS field. Excel gets finicky here so be sure to format the column as TEXT because if you have an entry with leading zeros in it, those will drop off when coming back into GIS (at least that's been my experience when dealing with field values of numbers that you need treated as text).

‎04-28-2025

I just tried that and it did it, thank you. While the snap chip dialog doesn't have an option to turn it off, I did overlook that option inside of the snapping dialog. Thanks.

‎04-28-2025

As the title suggests, is there a way to turn off the appearance of the snap chip? My experience has been that a.) I do not use it and b.) it *always* appears directly over the next vertex I am snapping to while creating a feature. AFAIK, it's position on screen cannot be dragged to a new location (the popup dialog that appears can but the snap chip's icon remains where the app places it).

‎04-25-2025

Is there any way, outside of using AGO Assistant, to change the label of an action? In my EB app, I have added a data action whereby a selected feature in the map is passed as the location source to the Near By widget (named Demographic Report in this screenshot below): What I would like to do is rename "Set location" to something else so that when a user clicks on a feature in the map and clicks the 4 circles for the available actions, it says something else like "Run Report with this" instead of what the default currently is which is "Set location".

‎04-23-2025

That's too bad. I will say that has also happened to me before where, despite saving back versions, the resulting DWG will open in Pro without any features. In those situations, what I have done is gone back into Civil 3D and used the MAPEXPORT command which allows the CAD user to export the features in the CAD file as a shapefile or file GeoDatabase.

‎04-23-2025

Autodesk tends to update its product software at a more aggressive rate compared with ESRI so sometimes it may be possible that the CAD file is saved in a newer Autodesk version than is supported inside of ESRI. By default, I tend to save CAD files back to and older Autodesk standard such as v2010 before I mess with it inside of ArcGIS. Ask your developer if they can save the CAD file back to an older Autodesk version and then try bringing it in again.

‎04-21-2025

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Latest Contributions by SteveCole

Re: Arcade- '$Map Not Defined' inside Popup expression

Arcade- '$Map Not Defined' inside Popup expression

Re: Arcade PointToCoordinate documentation clarifications

Arcade PointToCoordinate documentation clarifications

Symbolize lines so that no connected lines share same color

Re: Temporarily invert map colors

Re: Status of returning M values in Map Viewer?

Status of returning M values in Map Viewer?

Re: Join Function

Re: Can you turn off the Snap Chip?

Can you turn off the Snap Chip?

Change Action label?

Re: CAD/DWG Not Showing in ArcPro

Re: CAD/DWG Not Showing in ArcPro

Re: Arcade and email from Popup issues

Re: Viewpoint / lookout symbol?

Re: Copying from SHP to Existing GDB FC

Re: Remove Pop-Up Expand/Collapse Button

Re: Accessibility Issues: Ensure [role="img"] elem...

Re: Need help converting a csv with lat long to a ...