Latest Contributions by JoeBorgione

In my experience, IT people always like candy bars;  be sure to 'tip' them if they bail you out....  😁 ... View more

@AletaVienneau - thanks for the explanation on sharing.  Now I have another fight for another day:  when I add my newly published AGOL layer (that has metadata) to an ArcPro session and then perform a feature class to feature class to down load the data locally, none of the metadata makes the trip....  Sigh..... Edited minutes later:  Looks like you need to download it from the AGOL metadata viewer/editor interface and then re-import it to your local copy... ... View more

Actually I published it as a feature , not a map. The key for me seems to be using ‘save as’ rather than export to create the xml. That apparently creates the ArcGis format that is referred to several times on several help pages. I googled a number of ArcGis Format Metadata iterations and never found any mention of how to actually create it.  The saving grace is AGOL metadata is one and done. Now that my feature layer has it  there isn’t any need to return to it.  ... View more

Thanks-  I figured out what that error was all about. I'm not trying to edit any metadata at all: that's all done. I just want to publish my centerlines to AGOL and have the metadata that I painstakingly created be available to AGOL users. Our Egdb features have attribute rules associated with them, so prior to publishing them, I write them from the EGDB to a FGDB and publish from there.  Prior to publishing, I can view the full metadata from the fgdb feature class in a Catalog View; it is complete all the way to attribute descriptions. If I perform a 'save as' XML file from the Meta Data group in the Catalog Group on that fgdb feature class, I can read that xml file in catalog by simply navigating to it, and it appears complete. From a map in ArcGIS Pro, with the Share tab I share the fgdb feature class as a Weblayer to my AGOL account. In AGOL, I click on the item's metadata button and select 'view' and I'm given this window: After clicking save and view, this is what is returned: I then use the overwrite option and use the local xml that I created with the save as step.  Save and view then returns a bit more metadata in a browser window. What exactly is the big white window that opens?  Is that considered a viewer or editor?  Depending on the the tab I select, certain items are on or off, but if I search long enough I can dig down deep enough to get to the contact info and attribute descriptions and other details that I expect to see. ... View more

You are using Attribute Assistant and not Attribute Rules which are an entirely different beast.  I used Attribute Assistant a couple years ago for a while and have since migrated to Attribute Rules in which I have done just what you are describing.  Sorry, can't help you with Attribute Assistant. ... View more

@AletaVienneau ; thanks for your response! When you create data in Pro and then publish it to ArcGIS Online, the metadata should just go with it. Yep; that's what I thought and that's what it says in this link as well : For hosted feature layers, layer-level metadata is also included when you publish from ArcGIS Pro. With respect to saving a copy of the metadata, the steps outlined on that page include using Save As xml for the option.  Which I have done.  I can then 'overwrite' the existing metadata in agol; at least I don't get an error.  When I check the metadata however, it's empty. I've already created metadata in ArcGIS Pro, and editing an AGOL item's metadata in Pro does not sound appealing to me at all.  I get this message when I try to: What does this mean exactly? If the metadata is supposed to follow the feature layer to AGOL, why does it not? If my metadata is in the proper ArcGIS format, why when exporting to or saving as an xml file and then importing that xml into AGOL not produce the desired results? Surely I am not the first guy to try this. As shown in my OP, back in the ArcMap days, I was able to get this to work, but we are strictly an ArcGIS Pro shop now: I don't even have ArcMap installed on any of my computers anymore. ... View more

It may be that the visible scale is already set for the given layer and you aren't zoomed in enough to see any features. Take a look at the image below: Notice in the table of contents the visibility check mark is grayed out for the layer Address Points.  Notice too that when I right click on Address Points and select properties, the properties window shows that I won't see any features until I am less than 1:10,000.  When I zoom to the extent of Address Points, I my map scale is at 1:275,623: I can manually set that scale to 9,999 and everything switches 'on'.... I hope this helps...   ... View more

Funny you should mention that; the upgrade option is grayed out.  When I look at the Metadata Details in  a Catalog view it shows that it's 'upgraded' already: One of the gazzillion help pages I looked at had me do a text search in the metadata display to look for that, and said in effect that if it says ArcGIS 1.0, it's upgraded.... 🤔 ... View more

Well, that was a rabbit hole too.   The export to xml options only provide three choices: And when I then try to import  or overwrite the meta data in my AGOL item, I'm told:     ... View more

Thanks for your response @Anonymous User .  I've been pouring over the help docs and they don't seem to guide me as well as I prefer.  That said, I just found this:  https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/metadata/save-a-copy-of-an-item-s-metadata.htm  and I'm going to see if that is the ticket for me... ... View more

@DEWright_CA - see my response to @glennhazelton2 .  I attended a number of geocoding sessions last year as well.  Not sure exactly when/where I found out about it.  Probably around the time 2.6 was released. ... View more

Despite the fact that I earned my MS in Geography in the last century I still consider myself a student: one of my main resources is the ESRI online help.  At ArcGIS Pro 2.6 it states the inevitable is coming and at 2.7 create address locator is listed as deprecated.  I would encourage your students to join this forum and use the online resources available to keep up with the latest trends. ... View more

Seems like it was pretty well publicized that after 2.6 the 'traditional'  or 'classic' locator styles would no longer be supported, hence the Create Address Locator tool is gone and Create Locator remains.  The Create Locator Tool has been around since at least version 2.5.   ... View more

Yes, I am really adding a field to a shapefile.... The two feature classes I was able to add a field, I now cannot  A shapefile and a feature class in a geodatabase are two entirely different data structures. Unfortunately you image didn't get attached.  You may want to start a tech support case for this one. ... View more