Latest Contributions by TomBole

Hi Tyler, Unfortunately, there is no easy tool, or couple of tools, to make this a quick and clean process. You will need to take a number of steps and use a variety of geoprocessing tools. I'd like to add to the information that Robert provided above. The reference grid is a quick way to a "bingo grid" (ABC...123...) to a layout. If your data is relatively simple - that is figuring out which cells features belong to is easy and you don't mind entering the cell values by hand for a table index a reference grid would be fine. However, this workflow may be unacceptable for more complex data sets. Also, it is important to keep in mind that the reference grid is part of the map frame and is "unaware" of any relationship with the features in the map. In other words, you may find it difficult to exactly match features to the corresponding grid cell. Of course this depends on the complexity of the map. If you have a relatively complex map I would recommend using a custom grid. This grid would be based on the actual grid features in your map that you are using to segment it. Using a custom grid will provide a much better degree of accuracy, especially if you are provided a table index of features and the cells they are visible in than the reference grid. The blog Creating street name indexes that Robert points to mentions the use of the FISHNET geoprocessing tool. You could also use the grid index features tool. If you are considering building a map book I would also recommend looking over the other Map series geoprocessing tools. You may find these handy. Though the UI screenshots (and possibly some details) provided in "Creating street name indexes" is outdated, the geoprocessing and data preparation steps outlined in the post needed to get the cell information into the feature attribute table should be still valid today. Finally, you may be able to use a Table Frame to display the feature index. The Table Frame does have limitations and it the table is to be on more than a single page you will need to find creative ways to workaround this. Instead, I would recommend using python, in particular ArcPy.mp to automate the table creation. Here is a link to an introduction on ArcPy.mp. There is a list of ArcPy.mp samples available. The sample closest to your workflow is GenerateMapBookWithIndexPages_10_v2. Though this sample is written for ArcPy.mapping (ArcMap) I believe the principals in this sample can be applied to ArcPy.mp (ArcGIS Pro) as well. It should at least give you an idea on what needs to be done. Here are some additional ArcPy.mp help topic links to get you started: Layout Class Map Series Class Hope this helps, Tom ... View more

Hi Arthur,  Map Series should be able to accommodate a join to the index layer. The Map Series may need to be refreshed after adding/deleting the join - see Refresh a map series. It may be possible that refreshing the map series does not automatically refresh all the dynamic elements - such as dynamic text.  In these cases you may need to reset the field pathing for the element. If these don't work there may be something specific in the data (referenced by the index layer and by the join table).  Or, this could be a simple bug.  Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Steve,  I'm assuming that by "display filter" you are talking about the visibility of the layer. Whether it is on or off. Visible or not. And you're not talking about visibility based on scale or filtering features within the layer based on queries. If I'm correct in my assumptions then I believe you can do this using the visible property on the Layer class. You might also find an example of this in the Thematic Map Series sample. Here is a link for all the ArcPy samples: https://esriurl.com/8899. Hope this helps,  Tom   ... View more

HI Hailey,  Here are some links to help you get started. Help topics: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/mapping/introduction-to-arcpy-mp.htm https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/mapseries-class.htm https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/layout-class.htm List of ArcPy.mp samples - https://esriurl.com/8899 Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Jan,  It is not the same bug. I suspect that you may be running into an issue where the export is not recognizing the border "feature" in the map view for some reason. My guess is that the export code sees this border as being outside the bounds of the map extent/projection and doesn't draw it. It could be related to the layer that you are using to clip the map frame as well. Since this is probably a bug can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. As to a work-around - I haven't run across this so I don't have any good suggestions other than to increase the width of the border or to use the clip features themselves as the border by excluding the clip layer from being clipped.  You may have to play around with this, but it may work. Thanks, Tom PS: I can confirm that the clip border does get dropped from the export no matter how thick the line is.  This is a bug.  The workaround with using the clip feature as a border does work. You just need to include it as an excluded layer (from the clip) in order for the line width to be consistent. ... View more

Ming,  Thanks for the clarification. And thanks for your contribution to the forum. I'm sure your experience will help someone else. Tom ... View more

Hi Ming,  Thanks for the information, however, I'm not familiar with Oracle database locking. I wouldn't even know where to begin troubleshooting this.  Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Hi Marie-Joëlle,  Have you looked at Table Dynamic Text?  You should be able to use the Custom query option to define the category and subset for each text item. You can access a number of table statistics from the Dynamic Text gallery. Once you've clicked the statistic that you want you will get a dialog where you can choose the query type. Choosing Custom query will give you a button "New expression".  Click "New expression" and you should see the expression builder. Use this to build your expression.  Using Custom query will a set a "static" query and will not adjust a result based on what features are in the map view - that is, "summarize the visible features in my map for these subgroups within this category".  In order to have a custom query and a spatial query active on the text element you would need to write some code using ArcPy.mp (python).  Here are some samples you find interesting. The Thematic Map Series sample may provide some helpful - even though you may not be interested in a map series, the sample may provide ideas on how to use ArcPy.mp to set temporary queries on layers. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Mladen,  Have you looked at the ArcPy samples? In particular, the sample titled "ThematicMapSeries_Pro25"? The answer may be within the sample. Tom ... View more

HI Sarah,  Sorry you're running into this problem. We have not been able to reproduce this issue. Can you contact support? They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Hi Carlos,  It could be that you are running into a variation of the bug that has yet to be identified. Can you contact support? They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

HI Adam,  I'm unaware of any issue where the table frame is being dropped from the export. I do not think this problem is due to any export settings.  It might be due to the table frame and its source data.  Are you experiencing this with only this table frame? If you create a new table frame (using a different data source) does this table frame show up in the export?  If you copy the "problem" layout does the table frame draw in the copied layout?  If so, does it show up in the export? Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks,  Tom ... View more