Latest Contributions by SeanHlousek

Paul, My projects are evolving into a similar thing you have going on.  What I'm doing to work-through the different scales is over time I'm copying maps AND Layouts, renaming them to the size I want and then adjusting symbology as necessary.  This way my data all dynamically updates as I update my .gdb's and I have a map for every occasion so to speak.   ... View more

Great Thanks Kory, I found this thread yesterday because I returned to a project I hadn’t been in for many months and had to remember exactly what I did and why in order to fill a new request. Having a way to take notes or have Arc automatically take some notes for us would get a lot of use by me! -Sean ... View more

Great idea! I'd like to add that building this into each project means projects that are reopened would load faster since open panes (maps and Layouts) would not need to be drawn again.   At the very least allow us the ability to have this be the default behavior if it fits our work flows. ("Close all tabs and save project"). ... View more

This post looks a little older and I did read up on the Idea Notepad in ArcMap as suggested by @Kory Kramer in the suggestions. I'd like to comment that this functionality would work even better (and make more sense) in the ArcGIS PRO environment. I'd like not only a place to add notes as suggested above but I'd also like some sort of "Auto-Authoring" that records what I did within a project.  For example, if I create a new map to create a Power Point slide for a Board meeting I'd like the Note editor to automatically record that I created  a new Map (and likely a new Layout) on a certain day.  Then, I cold add a custom text to the log stating that it was for the Q2 board meeting or whatever the case might be.   Is there a way to re-post this idea for ArcGIS PRO?  Is there a way to "elevate" it's status so it is reviewed again now that we have a new platform? I think it's even more relevant now in PRO than before - and it was a good idea to begin with. ... View more

I was asked to re-post a message I had posted elsewhere here to help add to this discussion. I generally like the direction PRO is headed in but is anyone else experiencing terrible performance - just doing normal tasks locally? I'm attaching Two screenshots, one showing my system specs, and the other one showing my GPU specs.  My original post also had a third screenshot of my task manager at the time I was working. Unfortunately that shot was lost when moving this message to this thread.  The Task Manager image showed my CPU at about 65%, My RAM at about 50% and my GPU at roughly 80%. The screen shot of my task manager was taken while I have two instances of ArcGIS Pro running. In one instance I changed labeling properties for a layer. In the other instance I was zooming to a new extent.  This initiated  the spinning wheel indicating that PRO is working....   ArcGIS Pro has been in this state for over 5 minutes now with the task manager running this hard.    Granted - my maps ARE feature and graphics intensive, BUT I could perform this same operation with two instances of ArcMap on a slower machine in about 3-4 minutes.    PRO should be faster than ArcMap, not slower.     Is anyone else experiencing this? I don't want to have to send all of my data to ESRI and work with technical support to find out simply that they replicate the problem... I sincerely want ArcGIS PRO to perform like the next generation GIS platform.  As I mentioned above, I do like the general direction they are heading with respect to PRO but I am extremely frustrated with migration when not only was the transition somewhat less than intuitive, but now after migration of my workflows I'm finding myself LESS productive than I was on ESRI's old product on a less capable computer. ... View more

Kory, This is exactly what I want but when I rename in the TOC my tab on top does not automatically and dynamically update as yours does. My idea still stands in that I find it intuitive to right-click the tab on top and rename even though this achieves the same result. (Nothing wrong with a few ways to accomplish the same task). I’ll have to start another ticket with Tech support to figure out why when I rename in the TOC my tab doesn’t update. Its not a priority but what you show in you linked video is what I’d like to happen if I rename my map in the TOC. I have to rename in Catalog for my tab name to change. If I rename in the TOC and then close the tab and then reopen it, the name on the tab that opens will be correct. (Probably because the name in catalog is updated). At any rate there is a disconnect somewhere in my system – but I’ve got more pressing tech support issues revolving around performance that I need to addressed before this one. Thanks, Sean ... View more

Thanks Kory, I’ll do that when my workload lightens up a bit. Sean ... View more

Kory, As an addendum to my prior email about Office 365, specifically I’m noticing performance hits when trying to label complex feature classes. I have a feature class that has three label classes based on SQL expressions, and then three different labeling schema’s and that combination seems to slow my performance down considerably. I just don’t know if the performance I’m seeing is due in part to some sort of conflict with MS Office 365 or if Pro just takes longer than ArcMap labeling…. Sean ... View more

Yes Windows ten…. However, with regards to MS Office: We are working through MS Office 365. Do you have the ability to replicate that environment? In my experience there are considerable differences in the way windows (and the programs within it) work when in conjunction with MS Office 365. Thanks very much for the feedback. Does anyone there have the ability to test Pro with MS Office 365 generally regarding performance? I’m beginning to wonder if there’s a connection between general performance issues in Pro and MS Office 365. Thanks, Sean ... View more

Kory, Thanks for the reply and testing. How about when loading a new layout? Can you open a new layout and then type in Word while the layout is loading? Maybe I'll have to get on the horn with tech support again.... -Sean ... View more

Kory, Is there anyway to "resurrect" this Idea into ArcGIS PRO?  I know you mentioned that we are able to copy label class properties now in 2.1 but I really think we need the equivalent of a .LYRX file for labels.  An example I'm working with today is standardizing Township/Range/Section Labels for various sized templates.  I'd LOVE to be able to save a label just like a layer file and then import that into each template in order to assign the same properties to a feature in different templates.  As it is right now I have literally had to write down my label properties for each template and then re-create them for each layout.   ... View more