Latest Contributions by TomBole

‎09-19-2019

Annina, There is no difference between ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro. Map rotation is a property of the map and not a property of selected Data Driven Pages (DDP) or Map Series pages. If you set a rotation value of 90 (like in the ArcMap Data Frame properties above) it will apply to ALL the pages in the DDP unless you change this value interactively or you set a rotation field in the DDP properties. The same applies to ArcGIS Pro. You state that when you set a rotation in ArcMap that it is being applied to the selected page only. I assume that this means when you go to the next page, or to the previous page, the map rotation changes. If this is occurring and you are not changing the rotation value manually or change it by using a field defined in the DDP properties - this would be a bug. This is not something that I can reproduce, or have run across in the past. Do you have steps to reproduce? Thanks, Tom

‎09-18-2019

Hi Annina, Thanks for the feedback. I believe you have run into an equivalency bug. ArcGIS Pro should work as ArcMap does in regards to applying map rotation. In both applications you can specify a field value in which to apply a map rotation. In the screenshot below the Map Series dialog are on the right and the Data Driven Pages dialog on the left. The bug I believe you are running into is that when ArcMap (DDP) runs into an index feature whose rotation value is null (<Null>) ArcMap applies a map rotation of 0 to the page. However, ArcGIS Pro does not. It keeps the rotation value of the previous page and applies it to the current, null value, page. Here is a screenshot showing ArcGIS Pro result on the left and the ArcMap result on the right. In Pro, the "Alaska" page has a 45 degree rotation while in ArcMap it does not. 45 degrees is the ration value for the previous page - "Alabama". The workaround to this bug is to replace the nulls with 0. You can do this in the Table View using the Calculate Field tool. Select the index records that have null values, right-click the field and select Calculate Field. Enter 0 and run. For more info please see: Common table and attribute tasks—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop Select records in a table interactively—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop Calculate Field Python examples—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop Hope this helps, Tom

‎09-17-2019

Hi Emma, The index layer does not have to be at the top of the drawing order. I can be anywhere in the drawing order. We could have picked the bottom most polygon layer for the default as easily as the top most. Since the drawing order affects the output of your map I would still consider this a bug. One in which I have not been able to reproduce. Was an issue logged with technical support? Thanks, Tom

‎09-16-2019

Hi, I've run into similar issues where deleting the cache solved the problem. This may or may not solve your problem but may be worth trying. From Set display options—Properties of maps | ArcGIS Desktop The visualization cache improves rendering performance. The cache is stored at [install drive]:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ESRI\Local Caches by default, but you can specify a different local path or UNC path to store the cache. As you work, the cache can get quite large, so choose a path that is always accessible and can accommodate a large amount of data. If the location is invalid or inaccessible, no cache will be created, and draw performance will likely suffer. To troubleshoot rendering issues, or otherwise free up disk space, you can delete the entire cache by checking Clear cache. The cache will be deleted once you click OK to close the Options dialog box, and the project will close and reopen. You can remove the visualization cache for a specific layer using the layer's cache properties; the existing cache for other layers will not be removed. You can request a redraw of the view by pressing the F5 key. This will draw from the cache and not invalidate it. You can also request a full refresh of the drawing cache (invalidating it rather than deleting it) by pressing Ctrl+F5. If this does not work 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

‎09-13-2019

Hi Brian, Unfortunately there is no "out-of-the-box" solution for this. As you state above you will need different 2 layouts. You will then need to use python code to "stitch" the pages together in the PDF. Tom

‎09-13-2019

Hi Robert, The count in the Legend only applies to features visible in the map extent associated Map Frame. From the help topic - Work with a legend item—Layouts | ArcGIS Desktop If the Only show features visible in the map extent is checked, a legend item class will only appear in the legend if a feature from that class is in the current extent. If no features from that legend item are in the current extent, the entire item will be removed from the legend. You can also add feature counts to your legend by checking Show feature count. The number of features from the legend item class that are in the current extent will appear after that class' label. If a legend item does not have labels, the count will appear after the patch. You can set the text that will appear before and after the feature count by typing in the text boxes. You also have the option to display a thousands separator by checking Show thousands separator. Does the count in your legend correspond to the number of features visible in the current map extent? If you want a full count of the features in the layer irregardless of whether they are visible in the map extent you can use Table dynamic text (see Add dynamic text—Layouts | ArcGIS Desktop) item "Count". In this example I'm getting the count of all rows for the layer "capital" (US state capitals). Here is the same map extent with a dynamic legend showing the feature count. I've highlighted the count in the legend and the control in the Element pane window. Please not that the particular item (layer) that I want to work with is selected in the Contents pane. If I do not want to show the count I can uncheck the Show feature counts option. If the count displayed in the legend does not match the count of features visible in the map extent... this is probably a bug, in which case you may need to contact technical support to properly troubleshoot the issue. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Hope this help, Tom

‎09-11-2019

Hi Emma, I'm unaware of any general clipped map / map series export issue. A quick test similar to the screenshots provided exported as expected. 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

‎09-09-2019

Martie, I don't know of any reasons why a dynamic text would ignore number formatting. In my quick test everything looked fine. Could be something specific with your data/layer/map/layout. You might try using the Value dynamic text element found under Table Attribute and see if that works. If you can't get this to work I would treat this issue as a bug and take it to technical support. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Tom

‎09-09-2019

Martie, Once you save the changes in the Fields View the changes should automatically be picked up by the attribute table, table frame (on the layout) or dynamic text. If things are not working as expected then it is quite possible you have run into a bug. Currently, I'm not aware of any issue where number formatting is applied (saved) to a layer and this change is not reflected in the attribute table, table frame (on the layout) or with dynamic text. 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

‎09-09-2019

Yes, Dynamic Text will also honor the number formatting for the field.

‎09-09-2019

Hi Martie, You can set the comma separator by formatting the number for your field in the Fields View for the layer/table. See An overview of fields—Geodatabases | ArcGIS Desktop. The Table Frame will respect any number formatting you set. In the example below I've formatted the field "POP1990" to show the separators. 1. In the Contents pane right-click the layer or table you want to change 2. From the context hover over "Design" and click "Fields" from the pull-right menu to pen the Fields View As you can see the Table Frame display the commas. I've also set the values in the table to be right-aligned. 1. In the Contents pane expand the Table Frame item 2. Right-click the field you want to change and click Properties to open the Format Table Frame Fields pane 3. In the Format Table Frame Fields pane click "Text Symbol" 4. Expand "Position" and click third Horizontal alignment option from the left Hope this helps, Tom

‎09-09-2019

Hi Zachery, If you want tick to display along the interior of the map frame specify a negative offset (with the absolute value being the same as the length of the tick). For example: Hope this helps, Tom

‎09-04-2019

Brandon, I'm unaware of any issue regarding "disappearing" table rows after applying labels to the layer. I just did a quick test and did not see any issue. We need reproducible steps in order to investigate and engineer a solution. Without knowing more I cannot even offer a suggestion. Tom

‎09-04-2019

Brandon, 1. If the table frame is not showing values for features currently displayed in the map this is likely a bug. To determine that is is a table frame issue, check to see that the link to the table frame's data source, layer or standalone table, is not broken and that you view the fields and values in a Table View. If the layer is broken, or you cannot view fields and values in a Table View, then there is either a problem with the data source (might have been moved, renamed...) or an issue with Pro's ability to stay connected to the data source. Either way, this sounds like an issue that needs to be investigated. 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. If you table source is Excel spreadsheets you might be interested in the following links: https://community.esri.com/thread/226227-having-trouble-importing-excel-tables-into-arcgis-pro https://community.esri.com/groups/esri-training/blog/2017/05/26/working-with-excel-data-in-arcgis-pro Excel To Table—Conversion toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop Work with Microsoft Excel files in ArcGIS Pro—Excel | ArcGIS Desktop 2. By default table frames display the first 10 fields. You can remove or add fields as you want after inserting the table frame. Here is a link to the help topic that covers this topic - Add and modify table frames—Layouts | ArcGIS Desktop . Here is the pertinent section: Hope this helps, Tom

‎08-29-2019

Hi Mark, Your expectations are valid and you should be able to group layout text element for ease of use. Currently, I'm unaware of any known issues concerning the grouping/ungrouping of text elements in a Layout View. From the screenshot you provided I don't see any element that is turned on in the Contents pane, yet I see text displaying on the Layout View (page). These text elements don't seem to correspond to any item in the Contents pane. They seem to be in a bad state - one in which I doubt you'll be able to recover the text much less edit. I'd be very interested in how the text elements got into this state, but as Thomas stated above, we need steps/data to reproduce the problem. 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. In the meantime, try copy/pasting the layout in the same project, or saving the project out as a new project. This MIGHT reset the layout and either remove the bad element. Also, I'm assuming that the text is labeling features/areas of your map. Is there any reason that you are not using labeling or annotation? Here are some links to annotation and labeling help topics: Annotation—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop Create annotation feature classes—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop Labeling basics—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop Hope this helps, Tom

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Re: How to get tick marks on the inner edge of a map frame?

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