Latest Contributions by Joshua-Young

A few things come to mind. Check to see if the mosaic layer and the raster layer are using the same Stretch Type, and make sure the statistics have been calculated for the mosaic dataset. For our rasters that are aerial imagery, I set the source type to Processed so that the Stretch Type is set to none when adding it to ArcGIS Pro. I do the same for any mosaic datasets that use the aerials. You can use the Set Raster Properties geoprocessing tool in batch mode to set the correct source type for multiple rasters at the same time. ... View more

Keep in mind Esri is going to have to implement branch versioning, archiving, replicas, attribute rules, and database sequences for hosted feature services before Utility Networks can be added to ArcGIS Online. Also, from Esri's blog on the June 2022 release of Field Apps "Caution: Editing utility network features is not recommended or supported at this time.". So even if you were able to migrate to an ArcGIS Enterprise Utility Network you would still only be able to edit it in ArcGIS Pro. Have you looked at the Water Distribution Data Management solution? It has none of the advanced functionality of geometric networks or utility networks, but it works with ArcGIS Online. ... View more

It would be great to setup geometry fields that automatically calculated the specified geometry attribute per field as records are inserted or updated. The current Add Geometry Attributes or the Calculate Geometry Attributes tools are great for processing bulk calculations efficiently, but I like the idea of marking a field as a geometry field so that it is automatically populated as features are inserted or geometry is updated. I image this being a checkbox when adding a new field to mark the field as a geometry field. Then expose parameters for type of geometry (x, y, z, x & y, etc), coordinates format, and projection to use just like the existing geoprocessing tools. The only time I see this being a major performance hit is loading/appending lots of data at one time. Maybe there could be a flag to pause calculating geometry fields until the end of that tool and then do a more efficient bulk calculation? ... View more

I am using ArcGIS Pro 2.9.3. I just realized that the color management is set at both the map and layout level, and I was only changing the color management to CMYK in the layout properties. I changed the map properties to use CMYK for the color schema as well, but I still see the difference in the labels. ... View more

I see the issue in PDF exports and in the layout view. I am running ArcGIS Pro 2.9.3. The screenshots that I provided were taken at from Adobe Acrobat at 100% zoom and the screenshots from ArcGIS Pro were taken at 1:1 resolution in the layout view. You can see how the labels are slightly different even though they should be the same size. ... View more

It seems to be an issue with the labels in the reference layer "Hybrid Reference Layer (Community Maps)". We use that reference layer because we contribute to the Community Maps program and is more correct and current than what Here Maps provides for our area in the regular Hybrid Reference Layer. I have a layer in the map that has a label with a halo and I do not see any difference other than the expected color variation. ... View more

I have never run the Calculate Field geoprocessing tool directly against a branch versioned feature service URL, but I believe you are correct in that it will run on the DEFAULT version if you have permissions to do so. Have you tried unchecking the "Make newly added layers visible by default" option in ArcGIS Pro? I have that unchecked because several layers I add to ArcGIS Pro are large and slow things down. With that option unchecked, I can add a large layer and configure it (scale visibility, etc) before I turn the layer on or just leave it off. As far as I know, the only way to run a calculation on a specific branch version in ArcGIS Pro is to add a layer to the map, set the version from the Data Source tab in the Contents pane, and then add the layer to the Calculate Field tool as the Input Table parameter. ... View more

Have you looked at hosted feature service web hooks and services like Power Automate (formerly Flow), Zapier, or Make (formerly Integromat). At the time of me typing, this is only possible in ArcGIS Online with a hosted feature service because only ArcGIS Online hosted feature services support edit web hooks. https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/services-reference/online/web-hooks-feature-service-.htm ... View more

@RachelS  You can sort of group hosted feature layers with data from SQL geodatabases using the new Map Viewer available at ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1. The new Map Viewer will allow you to group hosted feature layers with map services that already have grouped layers. The limitation is that you cannot add the hosted feature layer inside the existing group that is in the map service. One way around that limitation is publishing the SQL geodatabase data as individual map services and grouping them together in the new Map Viewer with any hosted feature layers, but I would first test this to see if it works for you. I say that because grouping layers in the new Map Viewer is a pain when dealing with many layers, the new Map Viewer is not yet widely supported in ArcGIS Enterprise, and compared to the classic Map Viewer you may be losing functionality that you need. Here is a list from Esri about what is different between the new and classic Map Viewers: https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/use/limitations-and-compatibility-mv.htm I am sure Esri will get there eventually with proper support for grouped data in ArcGIS Enterprise, but for now I continue to use a mix of SQL geodatabase store data and hosted feature services depending on our needs. ... View more

I am slowing adding address points for existing site addresses to build "routing locations" as defined by Esri's geocoding service. Our site address points represent the "Address Location" and the address points would represent the "Routing Location". I hope to one day create our own routing service and use these two sets of points to make it easier to see here is the site and here is where you need to drive to to get to the entrance of the site. https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/announcements/esris-world-geocoding-service-provides-two-locations/ ... View more

Esri has a Python script called OverwriteFS that is supposed to make it easy to overwrite existing services, but I have not used it myself and it is designed for ArcGIS Online. It might let you continue using a CSV without it becoming corrupted. Here is a link to an ArcGIS blog post talking about it: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/data-management/overwrite-feature-services-script-tool-for-automating-updates/ Personally I switched from overwriting a service published from a CSV file to one published from a feature class and my corrupt service issues went away. At least until Esri changed the commands to overwrite a service published from a feature class 🙂 . I updated my script to the new commands and the service is overwriting again. I am starting to look at using the OverwriteFS tool, but I have not had time to test it yet. I am publishing to ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1. I hope that helps. ... View more

@DanPattersonthank you for the suggestions. The last suggestion worked best for me. I cloned a new Python environment, let it downgrade arcpy to 2.8 when I ran the update --all command, and then forced an install of arcpy 2.9. The odd thing was I ran the update command on arcpy 2.8 and conda said it was up-to-date. Either way, my other Python libraries are up-to-date and arcpy is back at 2.9, so again thank you for the tips. I still get the inconsistent packages warning when I install new packages but everything seems to be working for now. ... View more