Latest Contributions by TomBole

Cole,  Sorry to hear that you are still experiencing issues with authoring a layout.  Are you having problems with just a global scene, or is the problem applicable to any element (2D map frame, text, graphics, etc...) that can be inserted onto a layout? I'm unaware of a scenario in which the inability to insert an element into layout continues after deleting the invalid layout. 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 Marcel,  Sounds like you just need to refresh the map series after making the change to your query.  There is a button next to the Map Series button on the ribbon (Layout tab, Page Setup group). For information on refreshing a map series please see https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/layouts/refresh-map-series.htm. Hope this helps, Tom ... View more

Hi Timo,  If you are using ArcMap/DDP you will need to write code using arcpy.mapping to author a dynamic table that updates for each DDP page change. Here is a link to a download, mini tutorial, that covers this - https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3a525b986b774a3f9cbbd8daf2435852. Or, you can import your .mxd (with DDP) into ArcGIS Pro. The DDP is converted into a Map Series. You can then insert a Table Frame to capture your list of points. Table Frames are dynamic and work very well with Map Series. Here is an example showing a map series for US States. There are 2 Table Frames showing a list of capital cities. The top Table Frame is set to show only the capital city features that are within the map series row (current index feature driving the map extent). The bottom Table Frame shows all the capitals that are visible. For more information see: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/layouts/add-and-modify-table-frames.htm https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/layouts/work-with-a-table-frame.htm You might also find table dynamic text something of use as well. Table dynamic text is different from other dynamic text because table data can be filtered. You can choose to display the property for all the data in a table, only the data visible on the layout, or only a custom subset of the data. Since table data can be filtered, there are additional parameters for table dynamic text. To see how to work with table dynamic text see https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/layouts/add-and-modify-dynamic-text.htm. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Blaine,  In ArcGIS Pro the Map Series is defined for the Layout. A Map Series cannot be "linked" to a map view.  If you are simply using the index layer to move about the Map View (as opposed to doing the same thing in the Layout View) you can open a Table View of the index layer, dock it next to the Map View, right click the index layer feature you want to zoom to, right-click and choose "Zoom To". Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Chad,  If you are inserting a "Relative Scale" text element from the Dynamic Text gallery on the ribbon you don't have to change anything to make it dynamic. It is by default. If you want to format the result you will need to adjust the text item. For example, below I have a simple map layout with a Relative Scale text element in it's default state. I want to change the scale text to be 1 inch = X feet. The first thing to do is ton open the properties of the text element. The text underlined in red is static text. You can type anything you want here. This includes international characters. The tag "scale" is the dynamic part of the element. Clicking this opens a window in which you can view the dynamic elements. It is here where you will specify the map units and decimal places. Once this is done you can change the static text as you wish. The scale value should update as you change the scale of the map. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Jennifer,  Thanks for the video.  It looks like you are working with Map Views and not with Layout views. This can determined by the state of the ribbon at the top of the app and by the icon present in each view's tab. I've circled these in the screenshot below. I was able to reproduce the issue you describe using version 2.3.2. However, I could not reproduce with version 2.4 (currently under development). I believe this issue has been addressed. Hope this help,  Tom ... View more

Hi Dan,  We are currently unaware of any issues accessing the Format Legend pane. This includes the scenario of importing an MXD. My first inclination would be that this issue is specific - that is accessing the Format Legend pane is not uniformly broken. Are you seeing this behavior with all your layouts?  Or just with this particular layout? Or just with any layout that you've imported this particular MXD? In this layout are you able to open the format pane for other map surrounds such as the scale bar or the north arrow? Have you contacted 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. Tom ... View more

Hi Jakub,  I believe the issue is moving subgroups. For example, when I convert a legend into a set of graphics I get a "parent" group element that holds all the legend graphics and a subgroup for each layer. The actual graphical elements, such as legend patch and text, are within each subgroup. In this example, there is a parent group called "Legend" with a number of subgroups. There are 846 individual elements within 104 subgroups in this test layout. My goal was to move all the elements to the right side of the layout page. With no groups involved, Pro took about 14 seconds to select all the elements and about 6 seconds to move. When I selected and moved the parent group "Legend" the results were about 5 seconds to select and 8 seconds to move. Not lightning fast, but not horrible. However, if I move selected subgroups ArcGIS Pro's performance is indeed poor. In my example I selected each of the 104 subgroups (which took about 5 seconds). OK, so far. But when I moved them - it took more than 5 minutes for Pro to finish the move! Ugh!  This is a bad bug. I'll get this into the queue for immediate investigation. Thank you for helping us identify the issue.  Tom ... View more

Hi Jakub,  Thanks for the feedback.  I'll investigate the selecting/drawing issue with text and graphics in the Layout. Hopefully, this is something we can address with 2.4. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Hi Jakub,  Thanks again for the screenshots. I can reproduce with Calibri. This definitely needs to be investigated and should be considered as a BUG. I think there is enough time to get this resolved for 2.4.  If this is something you want to track would you be able to submit an issue to Technical Support? Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Hi Jakub,  Thanks for the screenshots.  I don't think this is an issue with the size of the offset.  I think this is an issue with the bounding box of the chosen font and how it works with the offset. Below I've set a similar grid to yours where the label offset is 0.03 in.  The labels are positioned correctly. Here are labels, with the same 0.03 in offset, using Georgia Bold Italic. I've converted the labels to graphics and selected them to show the bonding box. I've also added a text graphic (same font) with all the numbers to show how the position of the numbers can be different as to their relative position to the top & bottom of the bounding box.  As you can see this results in an inconsistent placement relative to the map frame. What are the symbol settings for your labels?  What font are you using?  Are there any other settings like call outs?   If you use a different font for your labels, like Arial (I think this is the default font when you add a grid), do you still see the offset placement difference? Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Ian & Harvey,  I agree that having to refocus the application can be irritating. We are working to correct erroneous focus shifting when working in the Layout View for the 2.4 release. In the meantime, if the shifting focus becomes intolerable, you may want to consider working within an activated Map View when making changes to layers. To do this right-click the map frame on the Layout View you want to work with and click Open. This opens a Map View of the map (contained by the Map Frame). You can dock the Map View Next to Layout View to see both. Make the Map View the active view when you make changes to your layer(s). The layout will update automatically with these changes. Please note that the extents of the Map Frame and the Map View are NOT linked. If you wish to apply an extent that you have in a Map View you can create a bookmark. You can then use the bookmark in the Layout View. The bookmark will be applied to the current default Map Frame. If you have multiple Map Frames the current default will be the one in bold the Contents pane. To change the current default select the Map Frame you want, then apply the bookmark. Here are some help topics you might find useful. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/layouts/work-with-a-map-on-a-layout.htm https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/mapping/navigation/bookmarks.htm Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more