Latest Contributions by MarkBinder

I'm trying to create a Python toolbox that will let the user select an enterprise geodatabase, select layers from that geodatabase, and copy them to a local geodatabase.  I would like to have three parameters; the first is the enterprise geodatabase, the second is a multi-value list of the feature classes to be copied, and the third is the target geodatabase.  How do I get the second parameter to take the database from the first parameter so the user can only get feature classes from that geodatabase?  Thanks,  Mark ... View more

I may have found a mistake in the exportToPDF documentation for a Layout. The documentation on this page: Layout—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation  includes 'embed_color_profile' but I get en error in Python that I have too many arguments when I include a value for that. The exportToPDF function in Map Series both includes that argument and it works.  ... View more

I'm using a map series in my ArcGIS Pro project to create a series of pdf maps. I have a Python script to create the pdf maps. When I try to use pageRow to get the name of the map from the index layer I keep getting an error: ValueError: Type names and field names must be valid identifiers: 'SWS_Pages.OBJECTID'.  My script worked just fine on a different project; the only difference I can see is that on this current project my index layer has a join so the field names have a period between them. Does pageRow see the period as an invalid character and then throw an error?  Is there another way to do this? I tried using the getattr() function but with the same result.  Thanks. ... View more

Is there any way to lock the swatch size for a feature class in the legend? Currently if I use an offset on a feature then the swatch expands or contracts accordingly. I would like to have the swatch size stay the same even if there is an offset. ... View more

I'm having problems changing layer symbology in ArcGIS Pro using Python. I have a feature class where the symbology has changed because the data in the fields used to define the symbolgy has changed. I'm trying to use Python to create a list of layers that need to be changed and then updating the symbology using the ApplySymbologyFromLayer function. However; in Pro I am unable to make any changes using an IDE. If I try to use the Python window in Pro then it only updates the first target layer; but it updates that first layer for as many times as the number of items in the layer list. The only way I can update the symbology correctly is to use the Python window in Pro and rename all the target layers so they have different names.  Conversely, in Desktop I am able to create a list of layers and use the ApplySymbologyFromLayer with no problems; whether I use an IDE or the Python window.  Does Pro treat layer objects differently for some reason? I've noticed that using the geoprocessing method for importing symbology layers with the same name have a number appended to the end.  How can I make changing the layer symbology in Pro with Python work?  ... View more

I have a feature layer that I am joining a table to. The table has multiple records that match some of the features in the feature layer; so when I perform the join there are duplicate features that have different attributes from the joined table.  When I use a definition query (on a field in the joined table) to get a subset of the feature class it doesn't always take the matching table attribute data; it sometimes uses the attribute data for a records that does not fit the definition query.  Here is my example: The definition query is for all features where Field 6 equals 6006; but for some of the features with multiple records in the table it is not taking the record that fits the query.  I have tried duplicating this in ArcMap and do not have this same problem. All features match the definition query.  Is there a fix for this? ... View more

I noticed that ArcGIS Pro now has an "Output as Image" option for exporting to PDF and that is a welcome sight. Is there any way to access this setting using arcpy? Thanks, ... View more