Latest Contributions by Bud

Geoprocessing: Save custom default parameters ... View more

Good idea. This idea is different, but related: Import/export native GP tool parameters to file  ... View more

I agree with @JacobEjnes . @CraigGillgrass, I guess you could change the status of this idea back to Open? ... View more

@Richard_Purkis Yes, I checked just now, and the arrows are still there. I'll send the public survey link to you in a private message. ... View more

@AkshayHarshe  Thanks. …Power Automate premium license is a great purchase! It is worth it if the automation is going to effectively save you 1-2 hours a month of any resource(s) at minimum wage! 😄 The hurdle isn’t the actual price, which as we know is minimal. The hurdle is I.T. finding the time to make the purchase and to set up the integration. They say can't prioritize this right now, so anything I can do myself, or at least mock up a proof of concept myself, is very valuable. ... View more

Pasting screenshots no longer works. But you can save them to a file and then drag/drop them in. https://community.esri.com/t5/community-feedback/pasting-screenshots-in-community-posts-no-longer/m-p/1686209/highlight/true#M6092  ... View more

What mechanism do you use for your timer, such as FME, and how often do you run it? ... View more

A comment about the refresh/time out issue from @bcaldwell in Timeout for Power Automate ArcGIS Connector: Going to chime in for 2025 - still have issues with the ArcGIS Connector timing out.  Currently I'm pushing WKT geometry and attributes to AGO when a row is added or updated in a dataverse table.  We had a lull in field data over weather, which also meant no updates to the dataverse table, so I'm assuming the connection still has to be jiggled every two weeks, unfortunately.  I suppose its time to write a scheduled flow 😄 ... View more

A related blurb from @rsun_TQB in Power Automate workflow using Survey123 Connector from 2023: Our approach of using Power Automate + Survey123 is to use "Power Automate per user plan" to run unlimited flows using one centralized Microsoft account, and also manage all automations using this account as well. We have 2FA setup for the user, and we also make sure multiple users (IT & GIS) can manage it anytime with security key. This is the best approach for us, but maybe not for you. You will also have to "refresh" your Survey123 connection every two weeks by reentering credential of the account. The maximum life of access token is 2 weeks by design...so make sure that you set up reminder on you and your team's calendar to refresh before your conneciton is expired. ... View more

@MiltonSolano mentioned this in Survey123 Tricks of the Trade (Live): Automate Reports : It's a shame that the features for editing and updating items hosted on ArcGIS Online are Premium options. ... View more

How reliable are ArcGIS Online webhooks? ... View more

A related comment from @abureaux in Power Automate workflow using Survey123 Connector from 2023: I have used Power Automate to automate S123 for a (newly) multinational company for the last ~2.5 years. I have ~300 automations set up for various purposes. A large number of those automations are rather complex as to support high-level business operations. I have encountered the odd issue/error that causes unexpected/unexplained failures, but some simple error handling auto-corrects those. The biggest hurdle I've encountered was when Esri releases updates that break things. They typically fix those mistakes with ~24 hours. Definitely the most stressful times... Overall, I am quite happy with the level of redundancy, security, and reliability. While I haven't done an official up-time calculation, we are definitely way up there since my record of downtimes is almost non-existant this year (beyond my regular EOM maintenance). They really simplified the automation process for Enterprise this year as well, which is nice. ... View more

@LaurenceLitrico Out of curiosity, how did you make the text in title of this post be bolded? ... View more