Latest Contributions by ZacharyHart

In your 'field to be updated' parameter, are you also specifying %Field Name% ? ... View more

I dont think you have 'pagename' defined anywhere. I think you want to getPageIDFromName http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00s300000030000000 I do something that's probably unconventional. I have an element in my MXD which is a dynamic text from DDP (the Page name), and then i define that element as a parameter in my model. I can then reference that parameter later when I go to name and export the PDF. Also, in the future, you may have better luck in the Map Automation forum. ... View more

Hi Zachary, Hi Dale, Thanks for answering. I did what both of you suggested, problem is that what I want is a more complex case. I mean that when I put in the expression a single field without manipulations, it works good ( such as the case in what dale did, and example 3 in the help). But when I put in the expression a field with manipulations (such as str or zfill), the "simple user" running the model from the toolbox can change the full expression but not (as I would have wanted it) the field name only. If only there would be a modelbuilder tool that would let me take apart the expression, maybe I could have feeded the fieldname as a parameter for the expression. I've looked at your example, you need to be exposing the variable as a parameter, not the whole expression. Can you please try to create a variable as I suggested? Insert the variable and call it (rename it) 'Field Name'; and expose it as a model parameter.   Then in your expression, reference that as %Field Name%.   Since you would presumably have a limited number of fields to choose from, we could then create a list so the user get's the name right every time. To reiterate: if you expose your entire expression as a parameter, the user will be able to mess with it when the model is run. [ATTACH=CONFIG]23232[/ATTACH] [Note: if there will always be the same input to your model; you don't need to expose that as a parameter either, just hardwire it in] EDIT: Ok looked at this once again. I forgot that with the calculate field tool you can create a variable from the field name itself. I'm pretty sure that this will work right here: [ATTACH=CONFIG]23251[/ATTACH] Ignore the thumbnail below. ... View more

I think I understand what you're looking to do, and if I do understand correctly I think you want to use inline variable substitution. So you want the model to allow a user defined input which is an attribute from the field  "city_code_int". In this example let's say we have a landowner dataset and we want to create a model which simply updates a field called 'County'; the user only has to input the county name as a string value. In MB create a variable: Insert>Create Variable  and choose string as the type. Rename the variable 'County Name' and expose it as a model parameter. In the calculate field tool, reference the variable using inline substitution: '%County Name%' (note that I've included single quotes to satisfy the field calculation. Here's a quick example: [ATTACH=CONFIG]23197[/ATTACH] When the model is executed, all the user has to input is the string value of the county name. I hope that answers your question, and if not sorry if I missed the point. ... View more

Curt, I just wanted to circle back to this and provide a thanks. I got really busy after I posted this and just didn't get a chance to reply. I feel pretty dumb for not knowing exactly what the Boolean parameter does. My biggest challenge was incorporating this into my model I'm comfortable with the if/else within python, but building that into my model wasn't working for me, so I ended up attempting to convert the model all into python. the problem then is that the model essentially has linear pathways and the derived/intermediate data need to all be defined uniquely within python and that's where I ran into problems. I'm not exactly sure where this leaves me, but you did answer my question at least! ... View more

We are working on fix for this issue in the ArcGIS Explorer desktop 10.2 release. Mark I'm glad to hear it since I think it will be over a year now since we've been able to use AGX (given the previous bug with web adaptor at 10.1.0). AGX Online doesn't support secured services either (never has) so that's not a viable option. ... View more

Thanks for the responses. I'm kind of leaning towards the arcpy solution, but it seems every example uses an arcpy.function. Can anyone provide an example of just testing whether a parameter exists? I'm getting better with arcpy, but I'm still in need of examples to jump start the process. ... View more

Ok, what happens if you secure the folder with the same roles/credentials as the services? And before that, what happens if you supply the REST endpoint for one of the secured services in the browser? ... View more

Noel, How many points are we talking about here? We had a similar change-over in our state years back with many lingering NAD27 reference points out there (necessary for basic digitizing). This may have simply been a function of our state plane coordinate system, but we were able to use some simple math to adjust the coordinates datum when needed. It all depends on how many points and how cumbersome its going to be to input them in a table, or if that's even needed...because if its not its likely going to be simpler to attack it from a different angle. ... View more

Lisa, sorry if I missed it, but are the secured services contained within a folder, or at root? If at root, I suspect trouble there. If at folder, someone will ask you to check the roles at that level (I know I know...). So, the summary questions: Secured Items at root or folder? when you say services location: are you referring to navigating to rest via browser or via the add layers within the flex builder? If navigating via browser, try clearing browser cache; if flex try logging out and back in again. last, you could always try to restart the services...shouldn't have to at 10.1 but worth a try! Get back to us, we'll get ya fixed up. ... View more

In choosing the data storage type for our enterprise deployment, ESRI assured us that each type would support any stated functionality (FWIW). What I will say next is just an item that you may want to look into more. I'm not sure why the 'default' type is SQL Geometry (sort of counter intuitive to me), but we initially configured our (2012) DB with that type and had very poor performance. We tried updating the spatial indexes to no avail...our express instance was faster. So ESRI tech support informed us that this was a known issue for MS SQL 2012 and we shifted our storage type to SDE Binary and things were much (much!) faster. I am failing to recollect whether or not the following patch had been applied before or after http://support.esri.com/en/downloads/patches-servicepacks/view/productid/67/metaid/1954 but you may have already. I have read anecdotal evidence that the patch had not helped people until they shifted storage type, so I'd be curios to know what your current performance is like. I'm not 100% sure if you will find the above information beneficial, but I figured it should at least be passed along. ... View more

Well, i feel bad attaching this to the original post/thread now as the solution appears to be unrelated. For my situation: in my model, I had one of the derived outputs as 'model parameter'. So, after the GP service ran, it populated the map contents with that new layer. I removed it as a model parameter, and now I can edit values immediately after running the GP service. The only thing I can take a guess at is that SL was getting confused with the newly added layer somehow. ... View more