Latest Contributions by TomBole

Hi Enrico,  Sorry that you are running into this issue.  I can reproduce the problem. I believe the presence of an Extent Indicator element in the Map Frame is interfering with subsequent property changes (ex: clicking the up/down arrow of the Offset control for a label component) made on a Grid element within the same Map Frame. If an Extent Indicator is not present I am able to make subsequent changes and see them reflected in the Layout view.  For a work around please try removing the Extent Indicator, making the changes you want to the Grid, and then when you are done with the Grid, add the Extent Indicator back to the Map Frame. Can you contact Esri Support and report this issue? Having an issue reported through support helps us prioritize our work. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks for posting this. Tom ... View more

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 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

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