Latest Contributions by MarkVolz

Hello, Per https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/geodatabases/overview/an-overview-of-attribute-rules.htm once attribute rules are added to a Geodatabase in ArcGIS Pro then that Geodatabase can no longer be opened in older software including ArcMap, and earlier versions of ArcGIS Pro.   In order to make it easier to share Geodatabases with users that either dont, or cannot have the newest version of ArcGIS Pro please consider one of the following: Find a way to at least allow older software versions to open newer Geodatabases that have attribute rules enabled.  This is important because certain 3rd party software lags behind the newest version of ArcGIS Pro.  In addition data publishers cannot ensure that data users have a particular version of ArcGIS Pro. Allow older software to edit Geodatabases with attribute rules with the following caveats: Allow the older software to edit data while ignoring attribute rules.  This is okay since ArcMap does not understand Aracade.  The person with ArcGIS Pro can run attribute rules at a later time. When adding attribute rules give the user the option to "Allow any software to edit the Geodatabase" or "Only allow edits on software that understands attribute rules"  (The former being more open, the later being strict when data integrity is important) Implement the attribute rules at the map level. Allow users the ability to remove attribute rules in a Geodatabase.  Hopefully ESRI will consider a patch for ArcMap users.  (This is the lease desirable option) Thanks! ... View more

It would be useful if we had the option to completely turn off any tools that consume credits.  This could be useful so that our users don't accidentally consume credits.  To be fair ESRI has added icons to specify credit consuming tools and they also have a small warning at the top of the geoprocessing tool however, I just want to remove those tools completly from ArcGIS Pro. ... View more

Hello, I had a lot of trouble trying to identify property in an ArcGIS Web Application.  The issue that I had is that: 1) The identify tool is on by default, however there is no icon that gives user feedback that clicking on the map will identify data on the map. 2) The Icon on the website opens up the "About Web Map" popup.  This icon is too similar to the identify tool icon in ArcMap. Requested resolution: 1) Consider having an Icon that explicitly states that the identify tool is active. 2) Reconsider the about web map icon as it is too similar to the identify icon in ArcMap Thank You Reference:  ArcGIS Web Application  ... View more

Hello, I had a lot of trouble trying to identify property in an ArcGIS Web Application.  The issue that I had is that: 1) The identify tool is on by default, however there is no icon that gives user feedback that clicking on the map will identify data on the map. 2) The Icon on the website opens up the "About Web Map" popup.  This icon is too similar to the identify tool icon in ArcMap. Requested resolution: 1) Consider having an Icon that explicitly states that the identify tool is active. 2) Reconsider the about web map icon as it is too similar to the identify icon in ArcMap Thank You Reference:  ArcGIS Web Application  ... View more

When using a negative distance on a buffer it is possible that the buffer might collapse if the buffer is larger than the size of the feature.  This effect may be desirable in some situations, but not others.  Please consider adding a "minimum result size" parameter to the buffer function. Consider the following for a buffer using the following inputs Here is an example of how this could work assuming that the Buffer Size =  "-20", and the new Minimum Result Width = "10"   Original Feature Size Result Size Notes 100 60  (100-(20*2)) Standard Buffer.  Note the size of 60 is obtained by a negative buffer on both sides 15 10 Normally this would result in an empty geometry, however since the the minimum result size is set the feature will not collapse. 5 5 or 10? If a feature is smaller than the minimum result width then I do not know if we should force the shape to get larger, or leave the shape alone.... ... View more

Hello, I created a multiple disk buffer of a lake.  In Theory I should see a 100 foot disk on top of a 500 foot disk.  However, I did not as it appears the 500 foot disk is displaying on top of the 100 foot disk.  This creates a problem since ArcGIS Online does not allow users to control symbology order within a layer.  To work around this issue users could load the layer twice and apply separate filters, however that seems to take several unnecessary steps.   It might be easier for users if ESRI would take one of the following steps. Allow symbol levels (at least to a basic degree so features draw in order of what appears in the table of contents) change how the multiple ring buffer geoprocessing tool works so that output is in an order that naturally displays the 100 foot buffer on top of the 500 foot buffer.  This might involve first creating a 500 foot buffer first then creating a 100 foot buffer within the geoprocessing tool. Figure 1.  The 100 foot disk buffer is missing in the multiple distance output because it is covered by the 500 foot buffer. ... View more

Hello, I created a multiple disk buffer of a lake.  In Theory I should see a 100 foot disk on top of a 500 foot disk.  However, I did not as it appears the 500 foot disk is displaying on top of the 100 foot disk.  This creates a problem since ArcGIS Online does not allow users to control symbology order within a layer.  To work around this issue users could load the layer twice and apply separate filters, however that seems to take several unnecessary steps.   It might be easier for users if ESRI would take one of the following steps. Allow symbol levels (at least to a basic degree so features draw in order of what appears in the table of contents) change how the multiple ring buffer geoprocessing tool works so that output is in an order that naturally displays the 100 foot buffer on top of the 500 foot buffer.  This might involve first creating a 500 foot buffer first then creating a 100 foot buffer within the geoprocessing tool. Figure 1.  The 100 foot disk buffer is missing in the multiple distance output because it is covered by the 500 foot buffer. ... View more

Hello, When buffering a polygon with a single distance users can choose to include or exclude the original input area.  This currently is not possible when creating a multiple ring buffer.   Please add this feature. Figure 1 and 2.  Buffer options when using single values (left) vs multiple values (right).  Note how the single value allows inclusion or exclusion of the original input polygon, while the multiple distance buffer does not. ... View more

Hello, Please add "new feature dataset" in geoprocessing tools that require a target feature dataset.  In some tools I noticed that we can add a new folder and a new file geodatabase, but we cannot add a new feature dataset. Thank You! ... View more

ArcGIS Online understandably has a limited subset of renderer settings compared to ArcGIS Pro.  When loading a map from ArcGIS Pro any advanced symbology settings are downgraded for use in ArcGIS Online.  Currently if the AGOL layer were to subsequently be loaded onto another ArcGIS Pro client that client will only see the downgraded AGOL symbology, even though ArcGIS Pro can handle the full symbology set.   I would like to see if it is possible to retain the full symbology settings so that ArcGIS Pro clients can see the map as originally intended. For Example: A map is authored in ArcGIS Pro with the complete set of symbology settings. That map is shared to ArcGIS Online. ArcGIS Online displays only the subset of symbology settings. A user loads the ArcGIS Online map into ArcGIS Pro. When loading the layer into ArcGIS Pro, users can see the full set of symbology settings as it was set up in the original map.   This is different from the current behavior where ArcGIS Pro users can only see the ArcGIS Online subset of symbology settings. Issues: Some users may not want this behavior (at least not on all of their maps) as this may require loading fonts into ArcGIS Online.  Therefore this should be an optional setting. Some symbology settings do not translate that well into ArcGIS Online.  For example, a line symbol that contains a green line and a black casing might just turn into black line in AGOL.  Users need to author the map in ArcGIS Pro specifically to account for these caveats in the  ArcGIS Online renderer.  This effectively removed the full symbology features on the ArcGIS Pro map, thus eliminating the need for this feature.  ESRI would need to figure out a way for the map author to control what the map would look like in ArcGIS Pro as well as ArcGIS Online.  This may be too complicated. ... View more