Latest Contributions by mpboyle

Cameron McCormick​, Take a look at the screenshot below.  This is what I have found works in ArcGIS Pro.  I moved all the bottom line markers into a new group, placed that at the bottom, and organized the symbols in the drawing order.  I then organized the top line markers (original groups) in the drawing order I desired.  This resulted in joined/merged lines. There could be a better solution within ArcGIS Pro, but after looking at layers from a mxd I imported, this seemed to be what was done with those layers that were drawn already joined/merged from the imported mxd. Hope this helps! ... View more

I'd rather not produce another layer I have to manage.  Is this not possible with ArcGIS Pro...?  I would have thought this would be something rather simple... ... View more

Aravind Sivasailam​, That would be awesome if updating the vector tile package and then publishing it would create the same URL.  I'm sure that would save a lot of people a lot of time.  Let me know what you find out, and thanks for testing this out! ... View more

Aravind Sivasailam​, Thanks for the reply!  One other quick question I had that I forgot to mention above... Are vector tiles similar to hosted tile layers on ArcGIS Online where a tile package is unpacked and a tile layer is created from that package, which produces a unique URL to the service hosted on AGOL?  If so, suppose I wanted to update a vector tile layer and I go through the same process of uploading the tile package and unpacking it only to have a new URL created.  Would I have to update any web maps / apps in order to use the newly updated vector tile layer? This issue is the main reason we, as an organization, haven't used hosted tile layers, in that there doesn't seem to be a way to update an existing layer, only create a new one and thus have to update any web map using the previous tile layer.  There doesn't seem to be a way to overwrite an existing layer in order to keep a contiguous URL. Do you happen to know if the workflow for vector tile layers is the same as hosted tile layers in this regard?...upload package, unpack package, new URL is generated. ... View more

Jake Skinner​, The difference you have in your sequence is you sync changes after doing a reconcile and post.  Does this flush out the sync versions in sde?  To me, that seems to be the issue, or hang-up on my end.  I have sync receive and sync send versions in the sde_versions table with the 'edit' version as the parent.  Therefore, I'm unable to delete the 'edit' version because there are child versions. ... View more

Jake Skinner​, Why is it after I sync changes between the 2 gdbs, and then run a reconcile and post to the DEFAULT version, the edits are not being pushed to the DEFAULT version?  The edits do show in the edit version.  Also, a compress is not pushing edits to the base table. Does it matter in a 2-way replication which gdb is gdb1 and which is gdb2?...which is a sender and which is a receiver? I'm trying to automate the process using python.  Below are the sequence of steps I'm taking: 1) Block connections to my sde gdb 2) Compare schemas 3) Sync changes (between sde gdb and geodata service) 4) Reconcile and post edits to default version 5) Analyze datasets 6) Compress gdb 7) Rebuild indexes 😎 Analyze datasets 9) Accept connections to sde gdb One other quick question...does the version automatically get pulled across when creating a replica?...i.e. if your connection file is connected to a version, will that version get created in the gdb receiving the replica? ... View more

Jake Skinner​, I'm re-visiting this thread in order to find out what you think is the best workflow for 2-way replication in terms of versioning.  What I mean by this is, in your opinion, if we were to setup a 2-way replication process using a geodata service as one of the gdbs, would you recommend syncing the replicas to a common version, or different versions? Let me try to provide an example: Scenario 1 GdbA and GdbB both have an 'Editing' version.  The replicas are based on the Editing versions, so when syncing is done each replica is syncing to the Editing version. Scenario 2 GdbA and GdbB both have a 'CityEdit' and 'CountyEdit' version.  The County would edit within the 'CountyEdit' version and the City would edit within the 'CityEdit' version.  The County would have a geodata service reading the 'CityEdit' version and the City would have a geodata service reading the 'CountyEdit' version.  This way when edits are synced the would be put within separate versions and then reconciled-and-posted. I'm wondering if you think it's worth having 2 separate editing versions?...or if it's just as well to have 1 common version that edits would get synced between before being reconciled and posted to the default version? Perhaps there's a scenario I'm not thinking of that would be a better workflow, and if so, I'd appreciate any insight. ... View more

Brad Averbeck​, You can view this thread I started that deals with gdb replication. ... View more

Jacob Boyle​ When I right-click on the child gdb, go to Distributed Geodatabase, and Import Schema Changes...I am presented with a wizard that gives the option to confirm the deletion of 'Field2'.  It is unchecked by default, which is what I'm guessing is being done through scripting...the field not being confirmed for deletion.  I only get this wizard when doing the workflow I describe.  If I use python or even the tools from the toolbox, I'm not presented with this. This seems very annoying when trying to automate a process that would be run during off hours when users are not connected to a gdb and have locks established.  I'm wondering why adding a field doesn't get the same result; it is added through scripting, while deleting a field is not removed through scripting. ... View more

Nope...field (Field2) still exists. Child gdb is on left, editing gdb is on right. ... View more

Jacob Boyle​, I'm using the .xml file produced after comparing the schemas.  I just added a field in my editing gdb and it is added to the child gdb after running my script.  Below is a skeleton of the python code I'm using... import arcpy import datetime import os def compare_replica_schemas(gdb_1, gdb_2, replica_name, output_file_folder):     # gdb 1 is editing gdb     # gdb 2 is child gdb     run_time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')  # used for creating unique file name     schema_file_parent = os.path.join(output_file_folder, run_time + '_schemaParent.xml')     schema_file_compare = os.path.join(output_file_folder, run_time + '_schemaCompare.xml')     # export schema from editing gdb     arcpy.ExportReplicaSchema_management(gdb_1, schema_file_parent, replica_name)     # compare replica schemas     arcpy.CompareReplicaSchema_management(gdb_2, schema_file_parent, schema_file_compare)     # import replica schema to child gdb     arcpy.ImportReplicaSchema_management(gdb_2, schema_file_compare) ... View more

Jacob Boyle​, I have a testing environment with an editing sde gdb and a child file gdb.  The process seems pretty straight-forward for syncing changes, and updating schemas.  However, I removed a field from a feature class in my editing gdb and the field still remains in the child gdb after running the export->compare->import schema tools. I also added a domain and assigned the domain in the production gdb.  The domain schema change is reflected in the child gdb.  I'm wondering why the field that was removed in the editing fc still remains in the child fc?  Does removing a field have to be done manually? ... View more