Latest Contributions by Jay_Gregory

I've been asked to add a "failover" in our JS apps in case we lose access to the public internet or Esri's CDN goes offline.  So we're hosting a copy of the API locally, but we don't have the infrastructure to speedily deliver it to our geographically dispersed customers.  What I was thinking was to run a quick check on app load that tests access to Esri's CDN, and only point to our locally hosted version if that request fails.   Is there a JS API "health check" endpoint so to speak?  If not that, what is the smallest possible resource I could test from js.arcgis.com to ensure connectivity? Thanks! ... View more

I have a layout in ArcGISPro with three map frames (CONUS, AK, and HI) all pointing to the same map and data sources.  However, the scale in the AK map frame is much smaller (1:5 mil) than the other two (1:3 mil) so I can fit all of AK on my layout.  Unfortunately, my point symbols appear smaller on my AK data frame than on the others.  How to I force a renderer to display the same size for every point regardless of scale (say 8 pixles no matter the scale).  Strangely, point symbol template in the Layers tab, toggling "Respect frame" and "Scale proportionally" doesn't seem to make a difference.  Is this possible / anyone know how to achieve this?  In the attached image, the two points with the red line drawn between them should be the same size, but due to the scale difference in the map frames, the one on AK is smaller.   Thanks! ... View more

In the never ending journey to convince people to move from Google Earth to a different platform: If folks load a KML file into Google Earth, in the table of contents, there is the ability to toggle every placemark in a folder (see image below) However, if the same KML is loaded into AGOL, we lose the ability to see the individual place marks (and therefore toggle the individual place marks) in the table of contents. Any idea if this is a feature that can be added to AGOL and Enterprise’s KML utility service? Trust me, I don’t like KML as much as anyone, but I’m having a hard time convincing users to change platforms and KML supports is very important to some.   ... View more

I have a CSV Layer that is represented by 3d points in a SceneView, and am wondering what the best way is to plot lines from these points to the ground.   I was curious if its possible using the callout lines feature of layers (LineCallout3D | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.12 ) or if that's really just for when points are obscured by other 3d features. I haven't quite figured out how to get these callout lines to get all the way to ground no matter the camera angle.    Other options are: can I use the geometry engine to do this?  Or do I just need to create additional layers to plot the lines? Thanks! ... View more

I recently upgraded ArcGIS Pro from 2.3.1 to 2.4.  In addition to the default arcgispro-py3 environment, I had also created two additional environments by cloning the original arcgispro-py3 environment in Pro 2.3.1 .  After the upgrade, in the Manage Environments window, the other two environments are unable to be activated, with the error "Broken Environment: cannot be activated." However, using the command prompt, I am able to active these two environments using conda activate, but UNABLE to import arcpy once activated and running python within them.  The error when trying to import arcpy is "importError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found." Is this behavior intended?  It seems to defeat the purpose of having isolated environments with package versions if these environments break after a Pro upgrade. Or does this have to do specifically with the licensed arcpy library, and any environments created you want to persist after an upgrade cannot be clones of the original arcgispro-py3 environment? Thanks! ... View more

I have deployed a couple surveys to our ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1.  When filling out the survey through the web, the url is something like: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/f9f0421e26ec4006a247dc53085a998f?portalUrl=https://myarcgisenterprise When looking at Chrome developer tools, it seems like the survey123.arcgis.com website is just for the JS and CSS parsing of the form tables, but data submitted through the survey does not go through survey123.arcgis.com, just all through the applyEdits endpoint of the feature service.  Is that correct?  Is there any documentation regarding Survey123 for the security minded folks in our organization, because having the survey123.arcgis.com website in the URL raises some eyebrows.  Is there any way around having to use a public url to submit the form?  Is the only way using one of the native mobile apps or Survey123 connect?  We don't work in an entirely disconnected env., but any documentation that speaks to limiting the amount of external traffic when viewing and submitting forms will go a long way with our security folks. The main issue is, even though data might NOT get passed through survery123.arcgis.com when submitting to ArcGIS Enterprise, we have no control over that, and at some point Esri _could_ decide to capture this data, because we're accessing the form through survey123.arcgis.com.   Thanks! Jay ... View more

I'm curious how I can associate a single choice question with a location?  Say a user fills out a work order survey in the app, and they need to choose one of 5 locations with which the work order will be associated.  I don't need the user to use a map to pinpoint the location, I'd rather them just use a single choice option, but have that option relate to a separate feature class with the location information.   Then, on a dashboard or other application, one can see how many work orders are associated with a given location on a map. Thanks! ... View more

At least when using the sketch widget, upon drawing a circle, the object's geometry no longer has a radius property.  This was not the case in 4.11 version of the API, where you did have access to the radius property after drawing a circle.  Don't know if this is the case with all circle objects in the API.... Reproducible @ https://codepen.io/crackernutter/pen/LKrmQb Change codepen API to 4.11 to see the changes.... ... View more

If I upload a local KML file to my portal (10.6.1) and then load it in the MapViewer, all placemarks whose icons cannot be found (for instance if the source KML file references local drive icons for placemarks) are given a default placemark a la  https://myportalurl/gis/sharing/kml?cache=kml/randomstringofcharacters.  It looks like the attached image. This default image must be from somewhere, and I'm curious how I can change it.  I tried finding it in the arcgisportal folder on my server to no avail.  Does anyone know how I can change this default png so KML layers with unreachable placemark icons can be changed to something other than a big red x? Thanks! ... View more