Latest Contributions by Robert_LeClair

Asrujit - I believe you're correct!  In reviewing the Help - "Provide the path and connection file name for the database in which you want to enable geodatabase functionality. You must connect as a user that qualifies as a geodatabase administrator." ... View more

This is the only GP tool that will spatially enable a database.  Is your DBA accessible?  If so, he/she can create a database connection via the Catalog window in ArcMap (may want to uncheck save username/password) and use that connection in the Enable Enterprise Geodatabase GP tool to successfully run the GP tool. ... View more

You will need to use a DBA connection (username/password) to the Enterprise Geodatabase to run this GP tool.  A SDE connection (username/password) will not work and will throw an error message. ... View more

Do you have a geographic transformation error?  Right click your Map View, select Transformation.  Do you have multiple "convert from" GCS's listed?  If so, you may need to set the Using dropdown to the correct method to resolve transformation error.  Typically, it's the first one in the list.  ... View more

One way to do this is with symbology and labeling.  First, use a symbol (circle, square, etc.) and set the to correct size/color.  Second, label your symbol using a unique number field (user created), label your point feature class, click placement options and select Place label on top of the point for your Point Settings.  Adjust font/size if needed.  See screen grab below - would this workflow work? ... View more

You can create a check-out, check-in replica where the child replica is a single user geodatabase (Access or File), do the edits in the child replica, and check it back into the parent replica on the SDE side. You are correct that a file geodatabase cannot be replicated FROM...the initiating process of replica creation starts with a multiuser geodatabase (SDE) ... View more

Geodatabase Replication would be a good option for this scenario. ... View more

Hi Emily - No such thing as a silly question especially with versioning. You are correct that if DEFAULT is set as PROTECTED, then only the owner (SDE in this case) can edit (i.e. post) to it.  There is no way to enable the post command/GP tool by other users if DEFAULT is set as PROTECTED.  This is not such a bad thing though as it prevents unauthorized edits making it to the DEFAULT version.  At a minimum, I would create a version tree as follows:  DEFAULT (owned by SDE/Protected), child version of DEFAULT called QAQC (owned by GIS Manager/Protected), one or more child versions of QA called (EDIT1, EDIT2 or similar - could be departments like PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION, etc.) (owned by editors/Public). This workflow does "complicate" things somewhat as only the GIS Manager can post to QAQC unless that version is set to PUBLIC and only SDE can post to DEFAULT.  But it does keep edits "reviewable" on a few tiers so by the time the edits get to DEFAULT, you know they're correct. Hope this helps! Robert ... View more

Does your Polygon layer have more than 1000 features?  If so, the link referenced will provide a solution using feature services. ... View more

There are a few multiuser geodatabase (SDE) classes offered by Esri that may assist with the learning curve: Deploying and Maintaining a Multiuser Geodatabase Implementing Versioned Workflows in a Multiuser Geodatabase Versioned Editing Workflows for the Multiuser Geodatabase Versioning 101 Whitepaper Hope this helps! Robert LeClair Esri-Denver ... View more

Emily - One thing you can do to prevent accidental editing of the DEFAULT version is to set it as PROTECTED.  That way all authenticated users can connect to the geodatabase but cannot edit the DEFAULT version - only SDE can.  Then you can make a child version of DEFAULT for your editors.  One way to get around users accidentally editing a version they're not supposed to is to configure their connection to point to only the version they're supposed to.  Then when they activate the connection, they're on their version and do not have to change versions from DEFAULT to something else.  That and setting DEFAULT to PROTECTED. If you're data is stored in SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc., then you are configured for multi-user editing.  ArcMap by default in set up for non-versioned editing so you have to change that after you register feature classes as versioned.  The key is permissions on data - create an Editor Role, a Reader Role, etc. and assign users to those roles.  The owner of data (feature classes, tables) then assigns the read/write permissions to the data. The multiuser geodatabase requires good planning for security, editing, permissions, maintenance and more.  It's a great workflow! Regards, Robert ... View more

I asked one of our Developer staff about this - his response: I know you can create a context menu: http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/sdk/api-reference/#topic10135.html       You cany use an updatemodule to modify an existing menu, but I’m unsure if they are categorized.       Dynamic Menus can be used to populate a menu with commands on the fly:   <dynamicMenu caption="Acme Menu"                          className="DynoMenu"                          id="acme_dynoMenu"                          largeImage="pack://application:,,,/ProTestApp;component/Images/MenuImage32.png"                          smallImage="pack://application:,,,/ProTestApp;component/Images/MenuImage16.png" >               <tooltip heading="Heading" image="pack://application:,,,/Acme;component/Images/MenuImage16.png">Some text</tooltip>             </dynamicMenu>   http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/sdk/api-reference/#topic10440.html   Those are cool if you want to build a context menu and dynamically specify what it holds based on the context (you could add different tools depending on whether you click on a point geometry vs a polygon, for example).  That’s a pretty cool option. J Hope this helps. Robert LeClair Esri-Denver ... View more

Emily - Great question!  So if you have your vector data stored in a multiuser geodatabase, technically they're configured for non-versioned editing.  If you registered a feature class as versioned, then it adds delta tables to that feature class for versioned editing.  To further muddy the waters, when you create a new multiuser geodatabase there is only the DEFAULT version.  If you want to make child versions of DEFAULT for editing, you can.  I recommend reading the Versioning 101 Whitepaper - http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0110/versioning101.html - to understand the terminology.  So you COULD have 100+ feature classes registered as versioned if you want to.  And you COULD edit your data in the DEFAULT version.  But would you want too?  Probably not... Not sure if this helps - I teach the Versioning class so can help out... ... View more

In my Alpha version of ArcGIS Pro 1.4, I do see "Create Template from Network Dataset" and "Create Network Dataset from Template" GP tools, so I feel reasonably confident saying it will be part of 1.4 ArcGIS Pro. ... View more

A couple things to test: For the user experiencing the crash, close out of all ArcGIS products.  Rename the Esri folders found under : C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming and in the Registry Editor under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software. Still crashes? For the user experiencing the crash, have them turn off the lock computer option in the display settings to it's only manual enabled with the CTRL-Alt-Delete key function.  Does ArcMap still crash? Have another user log into the PC, start ArcMap and lock the computer.  Then proceed to unlock the computer.  Does ArcMap crash still?  If no, then it may be related to that user's profile. Does the PC have 2 video cards?  The one you listed and an Intel Video Card?  A tech support incident from 10/14/16 mentions ArcMap crashing that when ArcMap first starts it uses the NVidea Video card.  Then after inactivity, the Intel Driver takes precedence and starts.  Once ArcMap resumes, it searches for the original resources it was using but because it is no longer active, the program crashes. ... View more