Latest Contributions by SteveCole

‎02-28-2025

Our CAD files are in a known projection's coordinates so as long as the projection in the data frame is specified, we have no issue with them displaying, in the proper location, in their native format. I try as much as possible to not convert CAD files into GIS because it's duplicative & wasteful the vast majority of the time. I used to do this when Autodesk's product update cycle outpaced ESRI's but saving the CAD files in an older CAD version has alleviated that for me. @RTPL_AU I have added an idea as you suggested here.

‎02-28-2025

Prompted by the discussion in this thread, please add an option setting with respect to CAD layers that will dictate the default nature of how Pro treats CAD files. In Arcmap, adding a CAD file prompted the user to choose between the most basic of layers within the CAD file: But with Pro, you are presented with a much more diverse suite of offerings (at least with the CAD files I work with): I would like to see an application options toggle which dictates whether Pro presents the user with the simple structure of CAD files as found in Arcmap or the complex structure found currently in Pro. I prefer the more simplistic approach from Arcmap and I suspect less knowledgeable users would prefer that as well. These users may not realize that you can double click into a CAD file to select individual layers. If they just select the CAD file and click ok, Pro loads *all* available layers and it becomes a mess inside their map. This was something that prompted the thread I linked above.

‎02-27-2025

I believe I've read that Arcade is coming to Experience Builder so perhaps this is already in the works. If not.. While using the Near Me widget, the analysis results have a display field which is used for the record's title in the results. Unfortunately, the designer must chose from an existing list of attribute fields and one cannot select an expression field that exists in the layer in the web map of interest *or* create an expression field in this part of the Near Me Widget Analysis options for use as the display field. I work with census data and one of the attribute fields that stored the census tract or block group name is stored as text separated with semi-colons like this: "<Block Group>;<Census Tract>;<County Name>;<State>" and it would be very simple using Arcade to work with that string to parse out exactly how I want my label to be if I was able to use an Arcade expression rather than a physical field. Currently I'll have to add a new attribute field to my data in order to get the desired label for each record in the results. In summary please either add the ability to define an Arcade Attribution Expression for the Display Field in the Near Me Analysis Widget *or* make attribute expression found in the webmap accessible in the display field list.

‎02-27-2025

Yeah, I believe you're right. The other stuff really adds clutter and confuses the matter but I added the polyline in Arcmap & Pro side by side and don't see a difference. I just now need to instruct my co-workers to actually drill into the CAD file to select the polyline layer instead of just adding the CAD file (which brings in all the various layers in it).

‎02-27-2025

I tend to feel it most when editing because the contextual ribbon UI has to keep changing when you alternate between adding a feature & then modifying it. So many pregnant pauses..

‎02-27-2025

One of the annoying issues in Pro is how it treats CAD files. In Arcmap, when you navigated to add a layer from a CAD file, you had the basic point | line | Polygon | Annotation options: But Pro seeks to make this more complicated: Is there an option / setting to get Pro to treat CAD files in the same way that Arcmap did? My read on this is that I have to go through the extra step of using the processing toolbox to merge the various layers together into an entirely new layer in order to get "one" polyline feature class. This seems to be another example of MORE work to do the same thing in Arcmap. Am I wrong?

‎02-27-2025

So the print to PDF feature has rolled out and it's........extremely disappointing. It's basically a clipped output version of export to CSV. This is *not* what I was expecting. This really adds nothing beneficial compared to Export to CSV. What I had expected the PDF export functionality was to offer was that what the Near Me Widget returns as results: Essentially, the results posted on screen would be captured in a PDF. It's all HTML elements that EB has already generated so why is it so difficult to just dump that into a new browser HTML for the print to PDF? I've already done this in the 3.x JS API application I'm trying to get off of. Looks like I'm never going to be able to get off my JS API application..

‎02-26-2025

Isn't that a setting in the Near Me widget, though? Click analysis and then click on one of the layers you have chosen to include in the analysis. At the bottom is a checkbox for include distance (mine is disabled in this screenshot):

‎02-26-2025

Is this enterprise Experience Builder? I ask because the AGOL Experience Builder has the export icons in the Near Me results (I just made this screenshot this morning): Unfortunately, enterprise EB has a two quarter lag time for new functionality so something like the Export to PDF functionality that is going to be released with tonight's update of AGOL won't actually make it into Enterprise EB until the late fall portal update.

‎02-26-2025

Gotcha, thanks for clarifying that.

‎02-26-2025

@AzizaParveen1 The question still stands- how does one export the result to PDF. I do not see an option under the export command with the results:

‎02-26-2025

The following from your post is confusing: If you do not need customized layout, advanced reporting capabilities and/ or want better performance exporting to a .pdf file is the simplest way to generate report with Near Me result data. The file will include title, map, legend and Near Me analysis results. You will be able to add a custom template and choose print layout. This seems to imply that the use of a report template is not required however the help doc for the Near Me widget suggests otherwise. Can you print to pdf the results of the Near Me widget *without* the use of a report template? How is this then accomplished? I am fine with the popup template information that is returned in the Near Me results but just want to save it as a PDF. Going through the extra work of having to create a report template is excessive IMO. Steve

‎02-18-2025

I don't know if the entire thumbnail set is available for download as a separate bundle on an ESRI website but I would imagine that they are all installed someplace on your Portal's server installation so perhaps your GIS Admin could do some snooping around the server looking for them. Apart from that, you could use the workflow I outlined to grab other thumbnails of interest.

‎02-11-2025

See Filter features with definition queries

‎02-11-2025

First, add the tool to the ribbon. I hate the context switching UI of Pro so I tried to make a ribbon group where I placed all my common tools in it and that's where I put my add-in tool. Using my tool is pretty straightforward. First. set up the labelling properties for all the layers you want to manually label in your map & then point and click like you would have in Arcmap. It attempts to use hierarchy logic in labelling so labelling a point feature that's on top of a line & polygon would take precedence. Basically, highest point in the TOC > highest line in the TOC > highest polygon in the TOC. The labels are placed into a graphic layer. If one is not found, it creates one. It's not perfect but it's close enough for how I work.

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Latest Contributions by SteveCole

Re: CAD file treatment Arcmap vs Pro

Add toggle option for Simple / Complex CAD layer loading

Enable Arcade for Near Me Results Display Field

Re: CAD file treatment Arcmap vs Pro

Re: Is ArcPro just generally slower than ArcMap?

CAD file treatment Arcmap vs Pro

Re: What’s new is Near Me (February 2025)

Re: Exporting proximity data in the EXP Near Me too in v11.3

Re: Exporting proximity data in the EXP Near Me too in v11.3

Re: What’s new is Near Me (February 2025)

Re: What’s new is Near Me (February 2025)

Re: What’s new is Near Me (February 2025)

Re: Are the default thumbnails for ArcGIS Dashboard available for download?

Re: Displaying Selected Data only on a Map

Re: Add-in Template for labeling

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

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

Re: Input Data Validation involving Note

Re: Near Me Widget / Experience Builder

Re: Cannot Get Labels behind Polygon