Latest Contributions by LindsayRaabe_FPCWA

‎06-28-2021

Thanks for the pointers and suggestions. It would still be good to get an answer on why such basic stuff is being downgraded, but will still look into the links you've provided. At present, the Vector Tile Packages are mainly for use to enable efficient offline downloads in Field Maps and to mimic a service provided by another platform that many of our staff love but isn't compatible with Field Maps.

‎06-27-2021

I have a Vector Tile Package created from ArcGIS Pro. The first time I created this package (Christmas 2020), the below labels came out as expected. When a ran an update 6 months later (June 2021), the labels for the 2 layers shown below have been getting downgraded/modified for no apparent reason. I have not changed the style of these labels at all, except for the purple labels which was to change the scale at which the labels would appear. Yet after trying multiple changes to the text styles, the continue to come out black instead of purple. They are simple formats (no complex symbology or halos, etc) so don't know what I'm missing (I've read the documentation on the limitations of Vector Tile Packages and label symbology/positioning). In ArcGIS Pro; In the Vector Tile Package; The purple features labelling symbology/positioning; The black cirlces label symbology/positions;

‎06-21-2021

Thanks @DavidPike and @jcarlson for your answers. All 3 were helpful and will be of use in the future. I hadn't seen the AGO Assistant before and my python is probably just beyond entry level so can read and rearrange but not really any good at writing from scratch. Cheers! A couple of quick notes though - I've just test the ArcGIS Online Assistant to try the find/replace function and whilst the URL was indeed replaced, the layer information wasn't. When you look at it in the map, the name is the old name and the page opened when you click on the item properties is the old items page. It really is just a replacement of the underlying URL but nothing else. Also, I tried the find and print python script and whilst it sort of works, it only printed off about half a dozen maps and their layers - not the few dozen that I would expect to see. The maps printed were from an assortment of users in the org (including the admin account used to run the process) but defintely fell short of what I expected to see - and I can't see why. Haven't tried script 3 as I'm not confident (yet) that I want to try that option until I understand it a little better.

‎06-20-2021

So I've googled and searched and thought I'd just ask. Is there any way to search through all the maps in an organisation to find which ones contain a particular layer? I ask as I want to replace a layer with a completely new one (not overwritten) and that means updating all the maps that contained the old one - but I have to open them all individually. Surely there's an easier way?

‎06-16-2021

Nope. Looks like it's working now. Only difference between now and then are; A) I have a new PC B) I'm running version 2.8 (I think it was 2.7.#)

‎06-16-2021

Hi @WendyHarrison . Nope. No bug number for me.

‎06-14-2021

We have been using ArcGIS Online for a number of years now (since Collector Classic was new) with the offline capabilities being a core function of our workflows. We have many webmaps, feature services, hosted view layers and WebApp Builder Apps. Recently, I've started running into problems with webmaps not downloading in Field Maps that always have in the past. After lots of in-house troubleshooting and checking, I believe the problem is to do with differing spatial references amongst layers and webmaps. From here; Note: You must use the same spatial reference for the map and all cached services in the map, including the basemap and hosted tile layers. Can someone please clarify for me if this is a new requirement since Field Maps was launched? Also, does this apply to all layers within a webmap (not sure what is included in the "all cached services" part), or a subset of layers (we really only use hosted feature services and hosted views of those services)? What if a side loaded .vtpk was created with a different spatial reference? I've got layers with differing spatial reference layers that seem to have worked fine for a long time, but now I'm having trouble loading new layers into maps and their continued offline capabilities. I suspect things have changed which has made using layers with differing spatial references less functional when an offline enabled map is essential.

‎06-01-2021

I was just about to suggest the free Bulk Rename Utility as a work around but I saw on my post you've already pointed it out as your current practice. We too use it to get around naming conventions that Pro can't deal with.

‎05-31-2021

Thanks for the additional context. I've added my kudo to the post.

‎05-31-2021

When exporting a Model Builder model to a python file, I've found that it includes all tool parameters in the export even if I haven't defined them in the tool. For example (and where I had problems arise), I have used the Alter Field tool in a model to alter the Field Name and sometimes Field Alias. All other options were ignored (they're optional or didn't apply - mainly the Clear Alias option). Data_Requests_7_ = arcpy.management.AlterField(in_table=Data_Requests_6_, field="OwnerSname", new_field_name="OwnerS", new_field_alias="", field_type="", field_length=8000, field_is_nullable="NON_NULLABLE", clear_field_alias="DO_NOT_CLEAR")[0] Data_Requests_10_ = arcpy.management.AlterField(in_table=Data_Requests_9_, field="Actual_Start", new_field_name="OpStart", new_field_alias="OpStart", field_type="", field_length=8, field_is_nullable="NON_NULLABLE", clear_field_alias="DO_NOT_CLEAR")[0] When I first ran the python script, I found an error occurred because it failed to set the field_is_nullable parameter. Once I deleted the parameters after the new_field_alias option out and ran the model again, it worked fine. Proposal: When exporting a model to python, only include tool parameters that have been purposefully defined, and not just assumed with a default value (above code would appear like the below example). Data_Requests_7_ = arcpy.management.AlterField(in_table=Data_Requests_6_, field="OwnerSname", new_field_name="OwnerS")[0] Data_Requests_10_ = arcpy.management.AlterField(in_table=Data_Requests_9_, field="Actual_Start", new_field_name="OpStart", new_field_alias="OpStart")[0]

‎05-31-2021

I'm experimenting with the export model to python function in Model Builder. I've found that when exported, line 10 in the python script shows arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = False Is there anyway in Model Builder to preset this to equal True instead? When I run the model in Model Builder, this doesn't seem to be an issue, but in the python script, if I leave it as False, the script fails to run due to what I beleive is Intermediate data that hasn't been cleared after a previous iteration.

‎05-30-2021

After reading this post (Export Multiple Single PDFs By Group From ArcGIS Pro Map Series), it prompted me to post about another enhancement I've been thinking about. In addition to being able to include the Map Series Group name in the file name, it would be handy if we could control the positioning of the page name in the final output file name. Instead of having the Page name added to the output file name as a suffix only, it would be good if this could be moved into it's own tool parameter (as check boxes) with the following additional options; Prefix Suffix At Character [##] (with input box for character number) The 3rd option would mean we have to do less bulk document renaming after exporting to suit our document naming conventions where we start with (or a filename contains midway through) a Plantation name, but ArcGIS Pro only lets us include that as a suffix. A demonstration scenario is shown below. Currently, exporting files and including the Page Name in this case which is repeated for different plantations results in the repeated numbers being overwritten by latter plantations. Including the Group name would fix this. Selecting the Map Series Groups (or pages within groups) And you could select from the following options;

‎05-30-2021

I think I understand what is being suggested here. Instead of selecting 'Single PDF' and getting one document with many pages and a file name as entered in the File path parameter, you want the document to pull the file name from the Map Series Group of the selected pages. I see this working in a way that instead of only having the 3 current options (Single PDF / Multiple PDFS - Page Name as suffix / Multiple PDFs - Page Number as suffix), you would have additional options available such as; 'Multiple PDFs - Group Name as suffix' (where it would export all pages in a selected Group to a single document with that groups name, and then repeat for any other selected groups) 'Multiple PDFs - Group and Page Name as suffix (where each page would come out individually as per current Multiple options but with both the Group Name and Page Name in the file name. These options I see being particularly handy for where your Grouping function is identifying separate document areas (in our use cases a plantation) and then there are pages listed for each plantation (i.e. compartments). We want to distribute the plantation level documents to staff and file individually and currently need to merge single PDFs together if run in bulk, or export a selection of pages one plantation (Group) at a time. Additionally, I believe we could be given a bit more control over then naming options (i.e. where the page name/number is positioned instead of just as a suffix (i.e. as a prefix or inserted at character # in File name) but I'll post this up in a separate post (Provide more options for naming files when exporting a Map Series ).

‎05-27-2021

Turns out it was layer issues. No matter how many records I tried to delete, or how I tried to delete them, it wouldn't let me. Have deleted the layer in ArcOnline and published a complete new one and now the tool works (although yet to try on 20,000+ records).

‎05-26-2021

I'm using Model Builder to modify data that exists locally on our server plus also in ArcOnline. I'm at the pointy end now and nearly finished, but have hit the below snag when trying to delete rows from a hosted feature layer. I've definitely got Edit permission and I've looked up the ERROR 160203 link (which was pretty much useless). Can anyone think of a cause/solution for this? I'm really wanting to utilise the improved Append function of V2.8 to update our AGO datasets which we currently update manually due to the old append timing being extremely slow (and sometimes timing out). Some additional context: It looks like it might be related to the volume of data being deleted (approx. 23,000 rows) it appears to work ok on ArcOnline hosted feature layers with 588 rows in them without issue (still a bit slow at 3 min 22 secs compared to 9.61 seconds to Append the same amount of data). Whatever was done to the Append tool to make that work better needs to be applied here too!

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Latest Contributions by LindsayRaabe_FPCWA

Re: Help with Labels downgrading in Vector Tile Package

Help with Labels downgrading in Vector Tile Package

Re: Search/Find maps that contain layer

Search/Find maps that contain layer

Re: Issue with Labels and Annotation Layers Blend

Re: Issue with Labels and Annotation Layers Blend

Clarification regarding webmap and feature service spatial references for offline use

Re: Export Multiple Single PDFs By Group From ArcGIS Pro Map Series

Re: Setting ModelBuilder to export arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True in python

Only export defined tool paramenters from ModelBuilder to python file

Setting ModelBuilder to export arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True in python

Provide more options for naming files when exporting a Map Series

Re: Export Multiple Single PDFs By Group From ArcGIS Pro Map Series

Re: What's causing Error 160203 when trying to delete rows from ArcOnline layer in Model Builder

What's causing Error 160203 when trying to delete rows from ArcOnline layer in Model Builder

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