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Unfortunately.....this is the risk of using deprecated software. At the bottom of the page of the URL I posted, there is a workaround for Chrome/Edge that will only work until Chrome version 135 is released, which will last about nine months from when they deprecated this functionality back in July. Alternatively, you might be able to download an old version of Chrome, then have your IT department disable Chrome from updating. But.....you're putting your organization at risk for using deprecated software (both Esri and Chrome). Keep in mind that by using deprecated software, you won't be getting new security patches that will protect your organization. So, you'll need to talk to your management and/or IT and decide what's best.  ... View more

You cannot fix this issue for 11.0 because Esri is no longer supporting 11.0. Esri will not be releasing a patch to fix this for 11.0. The only true "fix" is to upgrade to a higher version. Alternative "fix" is to use a non-Chrome browser like Firefox.    See this for more information. https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/impact-of-google-chrome-and-microsoft-edge-127-updates--000032813 ... View more

Can you install those components on the same machine and should you install those components on the same machine are two different questions which I will cover below. First of all, for both Geoevent Server and Image Server, ArcGIS Server is required to be installed on the same machine. You can't have Geoevent/Image Server without ArcGIS Server installed on the same machine. However, it is typically recommended the ArcGIS Server machines with Geoevent/Image Server be on their own dedicated VMs. Meaning you should have one (or multiple) VMs with ArcGIS Server installed that will host your feature services. Then, you will have dedicated VMs that host your Geoevent/Image Server sites (with ArcGIS Server installed on them, but not joined to your standalone ArcGIS Server site). Now, yes, you can install everything on the same VM, but that's not going to be recommended because it will require a lot of server resources and you're going to have ArcGIS Server, Geoevent Server, and Image server all competing for the same resources. It's best to have separate VMs for each component. Regarding your Monitor question, you can install Monitor on your Portal machine, but it's not necessarily recommended for the same reasons I stated above. Monitor will compete for the same server resources as Portal. It's best they be installed on separate machines. Here is a good help document regarding best practices for Geovent system architecture. Best practices for system architecture—ArcGIS GeoEvent Server Help | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise Another good help document about server roles, including Geoevent Server. ArcGIS Enterprise server roles—ArcGIS Enterprise | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise ... View more

It's always tough to help answer these questions because there isn't a "one size fits all" solution. It ultimately depends on what you are wanting. The first thing that I will say is that a master's degree needs to be something that YOU want. You need to have a desire to get it. Otherwise, you will get burnt out. Next, you never said what your bachelor's degree is in. If it is GIS (or GIS concentration), then I would say a master's degree isn't as necessary (that is a very broad statement and exceptions apply). But if you have a degree where you didn't have much coursework in GIS, then a master's degree might be better for you.  Next, it depends on what your career goals are. If you're looking to go more into a research role, then a master's degree will probably be very helpful. But if you're looking to do more "standard" GIS work, then I'd say a bachelor's is probably good enough. Again, that is a broad statement, but that's how I think about it. Also, one thing to keep in mind is that as more time goes by, the less a master's degree is necessary. Essentially, you'll get diminishing returns as time goes on. A master's degree might unlock more opportunities faster, but as you gain more GIS experience as the years go by, you'll be able to unlock those opportunities through experience as opposed through education. Other options are getting a degree in something GIS "adjacent", like computer science, if you're wanting to be a GIS developer. With all that being said, I don't have a master's degree. I've considered getting a master's degree, but I just don't think it is worth the huge time and cost at this point. Everything I've said above is what I've thought about when considering going back to school. At this point, it's been 8 years since I received my bachelor's in GIS, and I've already unlocked what I want to do in my career just through work experience. One university that I've heard that is really good is John Hopkins University. That and Penn State are some of the best schools. Obviously I can't answer your last question, but I'd say you'd probably need to do part time coursework if you're going to stay at your current job full time. ... View more

Do you receive any error messages on your home computer? Or does it just not load? What about trying to view the network traffic through your browser dev tools? It might provide some useful information if they layer is having issues. ... View more

This might be what you're looking for, or at least point you in the right direction: Survey123 Tricks of the Trade: pulldata("@layer") - Esri Community If you go to the Advanced techniques with pulldata("@layer") section, you will see that Esri provides a sample called Query a Feature Layer. You can download this form in S123 Connect and it contains a lot of examples of querying feature layers. I'm not exactly sure what your end goal is, but this should allow you to be able to search through feature layers in S123. ... View more

I'm sure there are workarounds.....but it's outside of my area of knowledge. If you don't have access to that tool, then I think you'll have to use Python. Here are a couple of links that might be helpful. Both links include a Python script that avoids using that tool because they don't have an advanced license. I haven't tried using those scripts, but it might point you in the right direction. Split line at a point with ArcGIS 10.1 Basic level license? - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange arcpy - Standalone Python script to split a polyline with a point layer - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange   ... View more

What you should be able to do is use the Split Line at Point tool. Select your line layer and the point layer that you created where the lines intersect. This will split the lines at each point. Then, you can just do a select by attribute based on the length column and delete any lines 5m or less (this is assuming that you don't have any legitimate lines that are 5m or less that you need to keep). ... View more

This blog post was incredibly helpful for me when I migrated an Enterprise environment to a new machine. Migrate to a new machine in ArcGIS Enterprise using the WebGIS DR tool Basically, you will add a new entry into the hosts file. 10.0.0.2 newmachine.domain.local enterprise.domain.com 10.0.0.2 = target machine IP address newmachine.domain.local = target machine FQDN enterprise.domain.com = DNS alias of source machine (and also target machine) The purpose of the hosts entry is so that you can maintain your DNS alias without it affecting your source environment. You will still be able to access your DNS alias of your target machine (which might be required for installation/configuration), but only on machines where you modify the hosts file. Once everything is configured on your new machine, just update your DNS to resolve all requests to the new machine, and remove the hosts file entry. It's been a while since I've done this, but for your public URLs, I believe all you will need to put in your hosts file is https://maps.domain/ and that will take care of all of your contexts (like your Portal/Server web adaptor). I don't think you need an entry for each context/web adaptor. ... View more

Actually, this geonet post might be helpful for you. It sounds like they're trying to do what you are wanting to do. Solved: Survey 123 hyperlink to local file - Esri Community ... View more

I'm not sure of a way to do exactly what you are wanting, but here is a potential alternative. If you can make your Excel file downloadable over the internet, what you can do is add a note with the URL of the Excel file. That way, when they open the S123 form, they can immediately click that URL and download it on their device. It's not downloading it from the form itself, but maybe downloading it from the internet is the next best thing? The downside is that you'd either need to make the Excel form publicly accessible, or locked down and require credentials to access it.   ... View more

We've done it both ways, and functionally, it's the same. It just depends on your use case and what is more convenient for you. For example, if the GIS department solely manages the databases, it might be simpler for you to just use the Create Enterprise Geodatabase tool. However, if your DBA needs to be the person to create DBs, it might be easier for them to create it in SQL, and then you just use the Enable Geodatabase tool to convert it to an EGDB. But like I said, functionally, they are the same. It just depends on your use case. I don't necessarily think there is a "best" way of doing it. Now, if your DBA is also creating the tables for you too, then I will admit it's probably going to be easier for you to create the DB/tables yourself directly in Esri. Because otherwise, you will have to run the Register with Geodatabase tool for every table you need to interact within Esri. It's not hard, it just takes a little more time. But at the end of the day, functionally, it's all the same. ... View more

What common challenges might I face as an Enterprise Administrator? People asking for more permissions then should have. Not everyone needs to have admin permissions, and if they push back when you say no, ask them to justify why they need to be admins. Random questions and issues you do not know the answer to. Google and geonet is your friend. Don't be afraid to say that you don't know the answer, but that you'll research and get back to them. Not knowing if something that you want to do will negatively impact the server. This is when you NEED a dev server for testing. Always test anything that will potentially negatively impact the server in a dev environment first. Don't be that person that causes a server outage because you didn't test it first. Recommendations for setting up a virtual environment where I can practice and make mistakes without affecting live systems (preferably free resources) AWS has a free tier, but in my opinion, you really need to be asking your internal IT group for resources regarding this. This is their responsibility, not yours. Any advice or tips on approaching troubleshooting and problem-solving in this role? Server logs are your friend. I've solved countless issues watching the internet traffic either using my browser's dev tools or using a program like Fiddler. Above all, just be prepared to learn as you go. School and instructor-led courses will only teach you a fraction of the amount of information you need to know. No one knows everything, but that's why Esri's documentation exists. ... View more

After this initial phase, however, the server stalls. Even the system time on the bottom right remains frozen. This is concerning and would at least partially indicate this is a server resource problem and not an Esri problem. If applications outside of Esri, whether it be the system time, your entire RDP session, etc. are frozen when your server restarts, this would indicate there might not be enough server resources. The other thing that isn't necessarily helping is that you have all three ArcGIS Enterprise components installed on the same machine. Keep in mind that all three components (along with anything outside of Esri) are all competing for the same server resources. Perhaps one of the next things to check is when you restart your server, monitor your server resources (CPU/RAM) and see if they are maxing out within the first 15 minutes after a server restart. If they are constantly maxed out, then I think a server resource issue could be partially to blame. Restarting a server is a pretty resource intensive process and I wouldn't be surprised if you're just maxing out resources.  ... View more