Latest Contributions by Joshua-Young

‎01-28-2026

It would be very helpful if the bulk publishing process would check the metadata of layers being published and use the extent from the metadata to set the extent of the item being created. This would need the ability to convert coordinates from local coordinate systems to Web Mercator coordinates. This would save us a lot of time because right now I have to manually set the extent of all items published from bulk publishing because it sets the extent to the default whole world.

‎01-28-2026

Please add any layers that are in the item to the Set Extent map to make it easier to visually set the extent for an item.

‎01-22-2026

Editor tracking is enabled and there is no enterprise geodatabase involved with this hosted feature service. I have a support ticket open with Esri Support and they have been able to replicate that hosted feature services properly configured have the supportsFieldsToCompare set to false in at least ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4, 11.5, and 12.0. I recreated the data in an enterprise geodatabase and that got the supportsFieldsToCompare to be true, but now other extractChangesCapabilities are set to false and Extract Changes fails with an error "The field 'layers' is required" even though the URL has layers=0 set. If support or I can figure out a way to get this to work, I will post it here.

‎01-21-2026

I used Jake Skinner's post https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-documents/automate-arcgis-enterprise-backup/ta-p/914090 to automate full and incremental backups. The incremental backups run daily, and the full backup runs once a week. The full backup clears out the walarchive folder each week, but the incremental backups mean I should only lose one day. Jake's setup is for full backups only, but you can make a copy of the files and change the settings to do incremental backups. Then you just have to two tasks to setup in Windows Task Scheduler. One that runs once a week for the full backup, and the other runs daily (except for the day the full backup runs) for the incremental backup.

‎01-15-2026

Some of the elements are going to be hidden in the dev tools. This is not a perfect solution either but below is a simple JavaScript function that can be run in the dev tools console to output all the font-sizes on the page to a table in the console. It groups the font sizes by the element tag names but you can try other element properties to try to narrow down where a specific font size is being used. Just change el.tagName on line 7 to another element property like el.title (() => { try { const elements = document.querySelectorAll('*'); const fontSizesByTag = {}; elements.forEach(el => { const tag = el.tagName const fontSize = window.getComputedStyle(el).fontSize; const fontSizePt = Number(fontSize.slice(0,-2)) * (72/96) const fontSizePtString = fontSize + '|' + fontSizePt.toString() + 'pt' if (!fontSizesByTag[tag]) { fontSizesByTag[tag] = new Set(); } fontSizesByTag[tag].add(fontSizePtString); }); // Convert Sets to arrays for easier reading const result = {}; Object.keys(fontSizesByTag).forEach(tag => { result[tag] = Array.from(fontSizesByTag[tag]); }); console.table(result); console.log("Font sizes grouped by element tag:", result); } catch (err) { console.error("Error while retrieving font sizes:", err); } })(); Here is the location to run the script. You might get a prompt to allow pasting into the console before you can run it.

‎01-14-2026

@AkshayHarshe thank you for the information. I tried using the "When a HTTP request is received" trigger only to find out that our instance of ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 is hard coding all hosted feature services supportsFieldsToCompare property to false with no option to change it. So any extractChanges calls with the fieldsToCompare property fail.

‎01-14-2026

I am trying to create a webhook that will send an email when the status changed to a specific value. It looks like I need the fieldsToCompare array but the supportsFieldsToCompare property is set to false. I have tried using updateDefinition to change the supportsFieldsToCompare to true but I get this error "Field 'extractChangesCapabilities' cannot be updated." This involves a hosted feature service on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 with Change Tracking enabled and Sync disabled. I have tried with other hosted feature services and the result is the same. Here is part of the service's definition. "capabilities": "Query,Create,Update,Delete,Editing,Extract,Uploads,ChangeTracking", "xssPreventionInfo": { "xssInputRule": "rejectInvalid", "xssPreventionRule": "input", "xssPreventionEnabled": true }, "supportsAppend": true, "supportsDisconnectedEditing": false, "maxFieldNameLength": 63, "extractChangesCapabilities": { "supportsFeatureReturn": true, "supportsReturnHasGeometryUpdates": false, "supportsLayerQueries": true, "supportsReturnAttachments": true, "supportsReturnIdsOnly": true, "supportsServerGens": true, "supportsFieldsToCompare": false, "supportsGeometry": true, "supportsReturnExtentOnly": true }, "supportedAppendFormats": "featureCollection,featureService,shapefile", "serviceAdminOperationsOptions": { "deleteFromDefinition": [ "tables", "layers" ], "addToDefiniton": [ "tables", "layers" ], "updateDefinition": [ "initialExtent", "preferredTimeReference", "GUIDFormat", "datumTransformations", "xssPreventionInfo", "preserveLayerIds", "zDefault", "serviceDescription", "layerOverridesEnabled", "allowGeometryUpdates", "editorTrackingInfo", "canUseTopologicalSortForRelationshipOrdering", "copyrightText", "description", "enableZDefaults", "hasStaticData", "syncRowsMovedOutsideFilter", "maxRecordCount", "enforceDefinitionQueryDuringEdit", "maxViewsCount", "capabilities", "supportsBiDirectionalSyncForServer", "maxIdsCount" ] }, "currentVersion": 11.5,

‎01-12-2026

I am trying to use URL parameters with the Reporter and Manager instant apps, but both seem to ignore the URL parameters. Are they not supported in ArcGIS Enterprise?

‎01-12-2026

One way is to use your browser's dev tools. If you right click on the text in question, select Inspect in the menu That should take you straight to the HTML of the text and show the font size in pixels. If you need the font size in points instead of pixels, you can copy/paste the text into word processing software being sure to keep the source formatting or you can use an online pixels to points converter.

‎12-19-2025

Did anyone figure this out? On my hosted feature services the supportsFieldsToCompare is set to false and I cannot find a way to change it?

‎12-19-2025

In Microsoft Power Automate, does anyone know of a way to compare the original attribute value to the current attribute value when a "Fetch updates, changes, or deletions from feature layer" is used with a "When a record is updated in a Feature Layer" trigger? It looks like the fieldsToCompare parameter for extractChanges is what I need but I cannot find a way to set that parameter in Power Automate. It also appears that supportsFieldsToCompare is set to false for all my hosted feature services that have Change Tracking enabled. I would like users to get emails when the status of a reported issue has changed. Currently, I am sending different emails based on the current status, but the emails also trigger when staff enters notes on the reported issue even though the status has not changed.

‎12-19-2025

@AkshayHarshe I just wanted to let you know that I found the problem. I migrated our ArcGIS Enterprise deployment to new machines back in March 2025 using the Join Site operation method. That process should have renamed all the machine names in config files to the new machine names. However, it did not change the machine name in a queue-store.json file on the new ArcGIS Server machine. I updated the file, restarted the ArcGIS Server service and now our webhooks are triggering.

‎12-17-2025

@AkshayHarshe the changesUrl is always blank no matter what I do for any service or trigger event. I have been going over the logs and I find this error once an hour. I replaced the GUID that was in the error with <GUID> since I don't know if that is sensitive info or not. Webhook log: Error in Webhook Processor. init WebhookProcessors failed. FS Webhook processor init failed Connecting to queue : <GUID>_FS_Raw_Events_Queue failed. Could not create a queue with id : [<GUID>_FS_Raw_Events_Queue] Connection refused: getsockopt. I have opened a support ticket. The odd thing is I first tested a service webhook back in April when we were on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 and I had no issues. The webhook triggered every single time. Now that we are on 11.5 I cannot get a service webhook to do anything.

‎12-16-2025

When you say data is not visible are you referring to items in ArcGIS Portal or services are not rendering in web maps/apps? It could be several things. Have you done the following? Check the ArcGIS Portal index status and rebuild if the numbers do not match. Check the ArcGIS Portal and ArcGIS Server logs to see what errors/warnings are being thrown. If the data is store in enterprise geodatabases, make sure the license has been updated for each enterprise geodatabase. (I have missed that step before) Make sure this patch is install on ArcGIS Portal https://support.esri.com/en-us/patches-updates/2025/portal-for-arcgis-11-5-web-applications-patch , many web apps will fail to show data without this patch If you use the IIS web adaptor, make sure this patch is installed https://support.esri.com/en-us/patches-updates/2025/arcgis-web-adaptor-iis-stability-patch

‎12-16-2025

This is what I am seeing in Power Automate when I try testing the flow. I have changed current flow to trigger on updates instead of creation just to test what is wrong. Nothing runs after the fetch step. I have tried the workflow described here https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/field-maps/field-mobility/automate-field-notifications-with-microsoft-power-automate and another here https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-generate-automated-email-notifications-for-arcgi-000030586 The flow is active on ArcGIS Enterprise I have also setup a similar flow on another hosted feature service. It has successfully emailed once, but the changesUrl was also blank. The difference is I am not looping through the items to send the email. However even with this flow, I have tried to trigger it many times, and I have only received one email. I checked the service webhook endpoint and the ServerGen field is blank on all of the webhooks I have made. Should that be the case? The notificationStatus page is also blank for all of the webhooks.

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Latest Contributions by Joshua-Young

Bulk publishing set extent from metadata if available

Item Set Extent show layers on the map

Re: Compare updated value to previous value?

Re: Portal Backup Files

Re: Minimum text size for accessibility

Re: Compare updated value to previous value?

How do you enable supportsFieldsToCompare?

Are Instant App URL parameters supported in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5?

Re: Minimum text size for accessibility

Re: Including FieldsToCompare parameter on Extract Changes Operation

Compare updated value to previous value?

Re: ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 service webhook payload is empty

Re: ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 service webhook payload is empty

Re: Data not visible after the upgrade from 11.1 to 11.5

Re: ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 service webhook payload is empty

Re: Reporter Instant App Edit Reports

Re: Read local CSV file

Re: Distributed Collaboration ArcGIS Enterprise Ve...

Re: ArcGIS Enterprise Patch Notification showing p...

Re: Delete test records from the Request Managemen...