Latest Contributions by Bud

ArcGIS Pro 2.9.5; mobile geodatabase: I have a feature class that has dozens of domains. I want to remove most of the domains from the FC. Instead of manually choosing the blank option from the domain picklist for each applicable field in the Fields View, I want to batch-remove multiple domains using a single action, such as a window with a list of field domains and checkboxes.     ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.9.5; Oracle 18c 10.7.1 EGDB Catalog Pane > Right-click item > Privileges context menu option > Add User. The Name column in the Add User window is not automatically sorted; I need to manually sort for each item I'm setting up privileges for. In ArcMap, it automatically sorted on the Name column, making it easier to find a user or role. Could Pro be enhanced to function the same way?   ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.9.5 Make Query Table In a geoprocessing tool parameter, I hover my mouse over the blue "I" icon. Now, I want to copy the text from the hover-over-popup to an email, forum post, or documentation. Selecting the text and copying the text is cumbersome. Sometimes, I try to start my selection with the title. But the title isn't selectable, so I assume all the text is unselectable and give up. Or, if I select the text body, I try to right-click and hit Copy, but the popup disappears before I can click the Copy button. I'm aware that I can select the text body and then hit CTRL+C. Or go to the online documentation via the "?" question mark button at the top of the tool. But it would be better to have more intuitive copying right in the popup. Video:     ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.9.5; file geodatabase The Make Query Table geoprocessing tool can generate an OBJECTID column on the fly (dynamic). If the tool could sort (descending) on a field like POPULATION before generating the OBJECTID column, then that might give us a way to solve the "FGDB: select cities with top 4 population" problem: What tool can select the records with the highest values in a particular field? We could do a Select By Attributes WHERE OBJECTID <= 4. That wouldn't work on the unsorted source table, but it would work on the Make Query Table feature layer since the data was sorted (descending) by POPULATION, and then an OBJECTID field was dynamically generated afterward. Could a Sort (Ascending/Descending) geoprocessing parameter be added to the Make Query Table geoprocessing tool? For reference, here is a comparison of the different feature layer/table view geoprocessing tools:  https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/consistent-visible-sql-expressions-and-query/idc-p/1366709/highlight/true#M27874  ... View more

Background: Store geoprocessing outputs in a format accessible to ArcGIS Pro and Excel Idea: An Excel driver to access file geodatabase data, similar to ODBC, but using the FGDB API. Non-concurrent access, read-only. Explanation: Need a place to store one-off enterprise geodatabase geoprocessing outputs that can be accessed in Excel by non-GIS staff, as well as in ArcGIS Pro. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any reputable SQLite Excel drivers for using mobile geodatabases. Further, file geodatabases are Esri's most supported, flagship data type. It would be great to be able to dynamically access FGDB data in Excel instead of making additional copies of the data. The ArcGIS ecosystem is very powerful, but copies of data are where GIS people get into trouble. Microsoft would never create an FGDB driver, so it would have to be made by Esri. Geoprocessing outputs and file geodatabases are the backbone of ArcGIS Pro. It would be very helpful to have full access to our GP/FGDB data using industry-standard tools like Excel. ... View more