Latest Contributions by LindsayRaabe_FPCWA

I've just tried packaging a project with the tool in it and opening on another machine and it's just confirmed that the whole thing needs to be started from scratch. I went about cleanup up all the different copies I've generated trying to figure this out and toolbox corrupted and I lost the lot (except what was packaged).  Starting from scratch now and looking at the silver linings where I can - at least now I can build in efficienies as I've done the workflow part previously, so I can go about getting from A to B to C in a more direct and cleaner manner than I had before.  ... View more

That would only work if there was one end of a line for it to extend to. As you see in later examples, this wouldn't work as it would extend out into the open with the other end of the line falling too short for it to intersect with.  ... View more

Handy tool! I've just customised to make a simpler version for my own use. Others may find handy.  # # GP Script tool - Message # for use in ModelBuilder import arcpy # Two text parameters: # 0) Message type: ERROR, WARNING, INFORMATIVE # 1) Message text msgType = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0).upper() msgText = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) # Return msgText and format based on msgType parameter if msgType.upper() == "ERROR": arcpy.AddError(msgText) elif msgType.upper() == "WARNING": arcpy.AddWarning(msgText) else: arcpy.AddMessage(msgText)   ... View more

Dropping this post here as a reference for others in the future looking for a work-around.  Message script tool for ModelBuilder - Esri Community ... View more

Please please please include this functionality! The ability to add a message that indicates an outcome beyond "The precondition is false" would be great! Being able to add a custom message to the output of the different logic steps would be good for when a tool doesn't run due to the user not doing something (i.e. No selection was made). Currently, they need to know that they need a selection before running a tool. If they don't, there's nothing telling them that thats where they went wrong (in many of my use cases anyway).  ... View more

@DanPatterson Did you intend to post a separate reply previous to your "But..."?  Thanks for the links though. Good to know where those resources are, but we all love a shortcut! Hopefully this idea if implemented can improve user awareness of deprecation and new feature roll-out.  ... View more

Hi Zach. I don't think Arcade will do what the OP is wanting (creating a new polygon feature based on a buffer from the created point feature). Arcade can calculate a buffer for searching/intersecting purposes, but won't actually create a feature. Also, to confirm, it does run at the time of feature creation/editing in Field Maps - not post creation. Although, once the feature is created, the Arcade function will also run if you edit the feature in the WebMap/WebApp later on (essentially refreshing the initial calculation).  ... View more

@AubriOtis Thanks for the suggestion. I've moved the "Layer" part of the idea into the other post as a comment, and updated this idea to reflect the Element component only. Hopefully that gives it a better chance at getting legs!  I agree - this is something that we could use relatively frequently. I try to use Dynamic Text and other dynamic elements as much as possible, but sometimes they just can't be filtered to the degree that is required (i.e. Visible Rows is not good enough - we only want a selection of data to be referenced but the surrounding features still visible, or a combination of query and visible rows, but at present it's one or the other). So we defer to static elements in these use cases and update those text boxes as needed (usually using an Excel Pivot Table to generate the summary after copying the Attribute Table out). If this idea (Provide Table Summary Options without graphical co... - Esri Community) got legs, that would help out heaps in this space too! ... View more

In addition to my previous comment on layer tags for non-display order grouping, I had posted an Idea here (Link Element & Layer Visibility to Bookmarks - Esri Community) which I've updated to be Element specific, and have moved the Layer portion to this comment to support this idea.  IDEA: Add function to link Map layer Visibility to Bookmarks.  I see this working by having a list of checkboxes on a new section of the Layer Properties window (or maybe in the Feature Layer ribbon instead) where you can enable Bookmark Linking and set which Bookmarks would make a layer visible when navigating to the Bookmark. Layers would be turned off when a non-checked Bookmark is selected. Manually moving/changing the map extent would have no effect further effect.  By extension, this could be connected to the Bookmark type of Map Series.  Bookmark Linking functionality summary: - If not enabled (not checked), the layers remain as per what you last set them in the Table of Contents (on or off) when you navigate to a Bookmark. - If enabled (checked), then the layers would turn on when a checked Bookmark is navigated to, and off when an un-checked Bookmark is navigated to. - If enabled and no Bookmarks are checked, then it would always turn off when navigating to any Bookmark. This could be a useful way of ensuring that "reference" layers don't display on final map products.  This idea is similar to the Page Query function where features are filtered by map series, but applies to a whole layer (or Group Layer as per my example below). I have a layout and am using a series of Bookmarks to focus on different views of a property - an Overview and then 3 Focus maps with more detail. I tried using Page Query with a Bookmark map series, but that didn't really work (I don't want to hide features - just labels. To achieve this I have exported labels for 2 layers to different sets of Annotation for each bookmark extent. I've then grouped them by Map Name so I can turn them on and off as I move through the Bookmarks.  This would tie in with the other Idea linked above regarding Elements to dynamically update layers and elements as you move from Bookmark to Boomark.  ... View more

Just added my thoughts to this post which suggests being able to Group layers outside of the traditional "Drawing Order" groups to make it easier to turn on and off related layers: Group layers without changing the layer order - Esri Community ... View more