Latest Contributions by MarkVolz

I noticed that we can set feature weights, but not label weights using Mapplex.  This functionality appears to be available in the standard label engine, but not in Mapplex.  Having the ability to set the label weight is useful so that we can allow labels from one layer overlap a feature, but not labels from another class.  I would like to know is this feature missing in Maplex or is it set elsewhere? For example, consider the following:  We have 3 layers, a substation point layer, an address point layer, and a road layer.  The label for substation point may cover the road centerline.  However, the label for the address points must never cover the road centerlines.  In the standard label engine we can control if a label from a particular class may or may not cover a feature from another class by adjusting the label weight so that it is higher or lower than the feature class weight.  For example, I can set the label in feature weights so that the substation labels can cover roads, but the address point labels cannot cover the roads. Substations: feature weight low, label weight high Address Points: feature weight low, label weight low Roads: feature weight Medium, label weight medium. In Mapplex we can set a feature weight to discourage labels from being placed over a feature.  We can also set the feature weight to 1000 to stop any label from being placed over a label.  However, I am not sure if there is a way to allow labels from one feature class cover a feature while labels from another class not be allowed to cover a feature. Please let me know if there is a way to set Mapplex up so that I can allow labels from the substations cover the roads, while at the same time making sure that labels from the address points not cover the road centerlines. Thanks     ... View more

I would like to see non-federated portals more capable than the current setup.  At this time we cannot justify federating our portal.  When using a non federated portal I had noticed that there are some very important features that are missing: We cannot host vector tiles We cannot serve hosted feature layers. The local datahub will allow users to download data, but they cannot view the data in an interactive map. Why do I think these should be allowed We are already paying for big bucks for ArcGIS Enterprise. Keeping some of the data on our local server may make backups easier. ArcGIS Online understandably limits the amount of data that we can keep in the cloud.  Using our own server we can host more data. We can separate the security between a traditional ArcGIS Server (one without portal installed at all) and ArcGIS Portal.  That will allow our current applications to work without any changes. Note:  I don't even care if a non federated portal has any secured services as long as users can access secured services through the traditional ArcGIS Server. A non federated portal is not much better for the public to access our data than using a non GIS content management system (such as Wordpress or Joomla). Why cant I justify federating portal at this time: Very small municipalities are allowed to access some of our data.  Some of the municipalities only use the secured services a couple times a year.  Therefore it is not worth paying for licenses.  With a traditional ArcGIS Server we can have as many users as we want when using ArcGIS Server built in permissions. I don't want the complexity of federating Portal.  It sounds like when we federate portal that there are a lot of things that change under the hood. Thanks     ... View more

Hello, Is there a way to backup our AGOL content (maps, applications, data, hubsites) to a local drive and restore them at a later time? Currently the only way I know how to backup and restore data is by one of the following: Use delete protection. Use a 3rd party application which I cannot justify at this time. Manually backup items: Data can be downloaded and uploaded. If maps were originally created in ArcGIS Desktop then we can push them back up to AGOL. I do not know how to restore Hub sites. I do not know how to restore applications. Use ArcGIS portal.   Please let me know if there is a better way to download backups to our local machine and restore them at a later time. Thank You           ... View more

It would be useful to add a topology rule so that points must not be covered by lines.  This rule could verify that address points are not covered by a road, which should be invalid because the address point must be on one or the other side of the road. In addition, it might be useful to also add a rule so that lines may not be inside multiple polygons.  This could be useful to make sure a road that has a state name does not fall inside multiple states.  *Note I am not sure if the rule "must be inside"  applies to any polygon or just a single polygon. Thanks! ... View more

Hello, It took me a long time to figure out how to correctly edit a topology in ArcGIS Pro.  There are a few parts that made the experience more confusing that it should have been. First,  It took me a while to find the official documentation located at https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/introduction-to-editing-topology.htm  Even then the documentation weighted editing edges instead of vertices. Second,  When I did have a topology on I saw the modify edges tools,furthermore the tool as labeled "select and edge"  I did not want to select an edge, I wanted to select a vertex. Third, When I opened "select an edge" I noticed that the vertices were in purple so I figured I had the correct tool!  However, when I tried to move the purple vertex nothing happened which reinforced my confusion.  I was not able to  move the vertex in a topology until after I double clicked on the vertex.   Thoughts: For the tools that can interact with a topology please consider the following changes (This example is for the Edit Vertices tool): 1) Change the option to select "Features or Edges" to "Feature or Topology."  When not using topology this particular tool can only modify a single feature at a time so the heading should be singular.  When editing a topology I personally thing the heading should be "Topology" not "Edge".  This would clarify the functionality for myself and perhaps others, not to mention what happens if a user wants to edit stacked points that are in a topology as there are no edges. 2) Once the tool is opened with modify Edges (Topology) selected we are told to select an edge.  The tool opens up and we can select an edge.  However we can also select the vertices as well.  Similar to previous I do not know if "Select and edge" is appropriate.  Is there space to specify "Select and edge or vertex"? 3) When I hovered over a point I noticed it was highlighted.  I tried moving it but nothing happened.  It was not until later that I realized that I needed to double click on the highlighted purple point so that it would turn into a green box which could be moved around.  Is it necessary to have an additional step to switch from the highlighted purple circle to the green box? 4) Maybe it would be useful to add an example of how to edit a shared vertex within the documentation?   Thanks!                     ... View more

I would like to geographically limit the results of the ArcGIS World Geocoding Service which is used by default in the ArcGIS Pro Locate tool.  This will help the locator service provide quicker results as it would not suggest any candidates outside of our area of interest.     ... View more

I noticed that ArcGIS Pro Catalog does not reflect the correct file size for shapefiles.  It appears that the catalog view reflects the size of the .shp file, but not the other files such as the .dbf file.  I noticed this when I deleted many fields from a shapefile layer and the resulting file was still the same in the catalog view.     ... View more

Hello, I have a couple thoughts regarding managing topology rules for ArcGIS Pro. First, Allow users to enable or disable individual topology rules.  We can enable and disable individual feature layers as desired, but not individual topology errors. Second, Allow users to add comments to topology rules.  This may help serve as a reminder as to why the topology rule had been included in the first place.  Example:  "Rule requested for soils project" Third, Allow users the ability to reorder topology rules.      ... View more