Latest Contributions by ChrisDonohue__GISP

Another option in Data Drive Pages (DDP) that may help is in controlling what information is displayed is a Page Definition Query.  Darren Wiens posted about this yesterday in this GeoNet thread: Select by Location Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Antother question for clarification - are the three items you mention (With_ROW, Without_ROW, and Waiver) attributes for features you want to draw in (and are in one feature class), or are they really each a separate feature class? Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Question - what is driving the need to have the attribute table permanently sorted?  I ask as the attribute table is typically sorted on a "as needed basis", as permanently sorting it can be a bit of work (and will likely get undone the moment one edits a feature class).   However, there are various "as needed" solutions depending upon why it needs to be sorted.  The best solution will depend on the reason why it needs to be sorted. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Labels can be a sticky area in ArcMap.  There's a plethora of reasons why things can go awry. For starters, I'd turn on Maplex if you have it and play with the settings.  That may quickly resolve things. ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) See if that helps.  If not, there are several other areas to look at (but it gets messy fast). Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Be sure to mark Tim Witts' post as the correct solution.  Both so he gets credit for it (he beat me to it) and so others who search on this topic see that an answer was found. Thanks, Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Thanks, Vince, for the info.  I've done some quick editing to feature classes by Versioning, but those only involved a handful of changes.  The current feature class I need to edit has dozens of edits, most of which can speedily be resolved with geoprocessing tools.  After that I have another feature class that looks to have hundreds of edits - same deal.  So I guess the ultimate question I have is how do I take a final updated result, which is in a File Geodatabase, and replace the existing parent feature class in DEFAULT?  What specific tool/method/process accomplishes that?  Based on what you and others have noted, it sounds like working against a Version is not the most effective way to go since there are so many changes.  Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

One route to accomplish this would be to use Map Book.  It provides a way to set up a map series for output.  You can find more information on this under the topics "Map Book" and "Data Driven Pages". ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

This may help in seeing how it is done: GIS Tutorial: How to perform a spatial join in ArcMap - YouTube Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

The Spatial Join works by joining information based on location, which is different than an attribute join (an attribute join is typically based on a common ID field).  So don't worry about not having a common ID. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Quick thought - a couple of processes come to mind that would probably work: 1.  Do a "Spatial Join": ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) 2.  Alternatively, run an Identity (Geoprocessing tool): ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Thanks Vince, I'll take a look at that.  What I'm trying to do is very easy in a File Geodatabase world; however, the organization I am currently with ultimately needs the final data put back into SDE, so I'm trying to get a handle on the SDE basics in order to determine the best way forward. From what you mention, if I go the "cascade of changed data" route, how would I get the data back into SDE?  Is that through a "Data Loading" process?  (Sorry, I'm still not up on the exact SDE terminology for this). Also, can anyone recommend training opportunities to learn more about editing and geoprocessing in SDE?  I've been watching the ESRI training presentation "Versioned Editing Workflows for the Multiuser Geodatabase", which seems like a good introduction, but I wondering what other training opportunities people have found to be useful. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

I mentioned it as from Chris' response I wasn't sure if he had evaluated that specific point.  And, as of a short while ago he was still looking for a solution..... Knowledge is power, use it well Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

What you may be running into is sometimes termed "Bit Depth Promotion": Esri's products contain all the designations of unknown values within their raster datasets. The unknown values are NoData. Internally, a real value must be used to store the NoData cells. Accordingly, when NoData is added to a raster that already has a full bit range (meaning that there is at least one cell in the raster extent occupying all the values in the bit range, for example, when 0 to 255 are all represented), it is promoted to the next higher bit depth. For example, a hillshade grid with cell values of 0 to 255 (which would otherwise fit within the 8 bit range), that also contains some NoData cells, is represented as unsigned 16 bit. Source: ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Suppose I want to run several geoprocessing operations on my Version to come up with a result.  If I pull the source feature class from SDE and run several geoprocessing operations with intermediate results in a File Geodatabase, and come up with a result, how would one get the final result that is in the FGDB back into SDE?  Can I convert the final result that is in the File Geodatabase to a new Version?  Would there be a "Data Loading" process for this?  Or is it a "Delete all rows in the existing Version and Copy Features the new result back in" type-process?  Or is there a more elegant tool/process? I hope I didn't butcher the terminology too much here - I'm still trying to wrap my head around how SDE works after being predominantly a File Geodatabase addict for several years.  Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Thanks for the reply, Jake.  If I register the new feature class as Versioned, do I need to delete the old Version? Also, I want to run the Erase for situations where only part of the polygon needs to be modified.  I'll look into the Delete Rows suggestion for where full polygons need to be removed. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more