Latest Contributions by JonathanQuinn

You're using the Merge tool, correct?  If you have your two fields, you can use the Field Mapping section to determine which fields you want joined, or merged.  Click on plus sign next to the field you're working with; if it only shows one field from your first input layer, then you'll know the same field in the second input layer will not be mapped, or merged, to that field.  Right click on the field and go to Add Input Field.  A list of available fields will display, so select the field from your second input layer to make sure that the fields you want mapped merge successfully. ... View more

You can look into Linear Referencing: 1)  Create an m-enabled feature class and import your line data into it. 2)  Use the Create Routes tool to assign the m-values for the routes, (m-values are the measurements from the beginning vertex for each route in a line feature class to each consecutive vertex). 3)  Create an event table of the segments you want to extract: Ex. [ATTACH=CONFIG]16204[/ATTACH] 4)  Then, use the Display Route Events tool to create line segments based on your input event table.  The output will be a feature layer, which you can export to a shapefile or feature class. ... View more

How would you like to make your index polygon stand out?  There are a couple of things you can do; you can use the Clipping options for the data frame, specify a border for the clip, exclude all layers, and your index polygon will now have a border around it: [ATTACH=CONFIG]16199[/ATTACH] Similar to the above, you can choose to clip the feature instead, so features only display within the boundary of the index polygon: [ATTACH=CONFIG]16200[/ATTACH] These options are under View > Data Frame Properties > Data Frame tab, and at the bottom, Clip Options. Similar to the clip, you can look into Page Definition queries, which function the same as a clip.  If layers in your map have a field that includes the the page name, you can look into setting a page definition to show features that match the current page.  These are accessed through right clicking on the layer, going to Layer Properties, the Definition Query tab, and then the Page Definition option. ... View more

You'll have to build the compiled help document, (.chm) yourself.  ArcGIS Resource information on how to begin can be found here, and Microsoft help can be found here. ... View more

Are the new points in a different table?  You'll need to use the tool to create geometry for the new points, but to automate the process, you can create a model to run the Make XY Event Layer tool, then use the Append tool to append the output to your existing XY data layer. ... View more

You can create two separate iterators that exist in their own models.  Then, add both models to a "final" model, and set preconditions so the iterators need to run to collect the values of the iterators before the final processes run in your full model.  Take a look at this resource here for guidance. ... View more

You'll want to clip the census tracts boundaries by the buffers layer, then run a dissolve on each group and use the statistics fields section to get the sum of the population fields.  I think you'd want to use the Iterate Feature Selection iterator throughout the process to make sure you run each process, (clip, dissolve, etc) separately on each buffer boundary, since they overlap. ... View more

If it pertains to your workflow, have you thought about using attachments?  You'll need ArcEditor or ArcInfo, but you can attach multiple images to a single feature.  The feature class needs to be a in a file geodatabase, and the images will be stored in the file geodatabase along with the data.  If you need to use hyperlinks, you can create multiple fields to store the links, and then use the Identify tool instead of the Hyperlink tool. ... View more

The Must Not Overlap rule for topology doesn't suit your needs?  It should detect any features that overlap within the same layer. ... View more

Hm, I can't seem to reproduce what you're seeing; checking on "Only show classes that are visible in the current map extent" limits the legend items to only what's viewable in the map extent on my side.  Are you using 10.1 Final, build 3035? ... View more

Will you always be generating new points from the data gathered in the field?  If so, you could look into creating a model using ModelBuilder that will perform each step you'd go through manually.  All of the steps you go through have corresponding geoprocessing tools, (Make XY Event Layer -> Copy Features (if you need a permanent layer) -> Apply Symbology from Layer).  All inputs can be hardcoded so that you can just run the model without dealing with inputs or outputs.  If you turn on the option to overwrite the outputs of geoprocessing operations, you can overwrite the existing feature class you have in your database each time you run the model, (Geoprocessing menu > Geoprocessing Options > Overwrite the outputs of geoprocessing operations). ... View more

Go to Add Data, navigate to the feature dataset that contains your topology and then add it to the map.  You can add all layers that are included in the topology if you want.  Then, go into an edit session and the topology toolbar will be active. ... View more

Have you added the topology to the Table of Contents?  Did you then go into an edit session? ... View more

It doesn't appear as though that functionality is present in the geoprocessing tool.  If you were to use the "Use selected features" button, how would you have selected those features in the source layer?  If you're selecting by attribute, you can simply add the Select By Attribute tool to the model before the Select By Location, then you can use the New Selection option for the selection type in the Select by Location tool.  If features are selected before running a geoprocessing tool, the tool will only run on those features, so by having features selected from the Select By Attribute tool, you'll only use those features as the inputs for the "Selecting Features" parameter. That might be a bit confusing, as the word "select" is in there about 100 times, but let me know if you need any more clarification. ... View more