Latest Contributions by TimMinter

‎07-13-2016

Hi Chris, Did you configure a new WAB app using the batch attribute editor widget and it's not working, or did you fire up your previously configured WAB app? Also, which WAB edition did you use? ArcGIS Online, Developer Edition, Portal for ArcGIS. There's a release delay noted by Esri staff that goes something like this: ArcGIS Online 3-5 weeks later WAB Developer Edition ?? later Portal for ArcGIS I did a quick, incomplete test when the ArcGIS Online June 2016 update dropped which indicated initial success. I have yet to get back to that blocked task and do a full test, so you may be on to something. tim

‎07-08-2016

How about a compromise capability? Esri could consider supporting field order changes in file geodatabases. There is a good amount of work to design, review, adjust, iterate while coming up with a usable GDB schema for most business purposes I've experienced. This work is hampered and made frustrating by the software not supporting field reordering. Once a schema has been developed to satisfaction, it could then be promoted to an enterprise geodatabase, within which users could understand via useful documentation that there is no support for field reordering. Don't forget to make the GP tools that look like they support field reordering support the file geodatabase, too. e.g. Feature Class to Feature Class - Field Map.

‎07-08-2016

Follow-up note that if you're re-ordering the fields in order to present them in a logical order in an ArcGIS Server map service with feature access capability so you can let staff edit the data via a web app... then the feature service piece of the map services does not respect your field order and you get to re-order them again in a popup to find out if that works. Here's a geodatabase field re-ordering method I'm using: How to change field order in geodatabase - one solution. It costs a little money, but then so did typing these words.

‎07-08-2016

Hi Sue, SFWMD's retirement of the Google Earth Enterprise system is good news, especially since Google has retired it. I'd put together a fairly high level comparison without spending too much time as follows: Fire up Google Earth Enterprise client and identify each capability that SFWMD staff care about. High level capabilities will be 3D data visualization and maybe 2D via the api; adding points, paths, and image overlays; loading GPS data; printing to hardcopy and image files; measuring, emailing; allowing a data management team to deliver content via the Layers and Places panels; allowing users to deliver content via the Places panel; getting routing directions; creating fly-throughs and videos for presentations, etc. Look for each desired capability in the ArcGIS Online help and make a link to it. This maps the GE capability to the AGO capability for the users to review. Highlight the cost savings to the agency from going back to managing one primary GIS platform instead of managing two GIS platforms - staff time, hardware, software licensing, double data management, and workflow design and maintenance. This cost savings should free up staff time and funding to manage more and better enterprise data collections. Maybe put some of the money toward an ability to avoid losing precious, historical aerial imagery data . Should take 4-6 hours of staff time to draft the initial comparison, then untold hours to meet and meet and meet and meet. I miss working with each and every one of you. SFWMD rocks geoinfo. tim

‎07-07-2016

Hold down your <Ctrl> key, then use your mouse (or similar) to click one of the layer visibility boxes. All will turn off or turn on based on the original status of the one you clicked. Experiment with that approach in and out of group layers. edit: hmmm... and what Darren Wiens said right up there at top. His is the correct answer.

‎07-07-2016

Hi Sue, Google Earth doesn't do any analysis (aka "geoprocessing"), only data visualization with some attribute reporting and linked information (URLs to web sites, pictures, and such). Same with ArcGIS Earth as of version 1.2, so far as I can tell. Web Map Analysis (Perform analysis—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS) adds geoprocessing to the ArcGIS Online web mapping capabilities that largely cover all Google Earth capabilities. Other notes: ArcGIS Online is a web technology with web maps, 3D scenes, analysis, and more Google Earth is a downloadable, locally installable client software package that can use web resources ArcGIS Earth is a downloadable, locally installable client software package that can use web resources. My read is that Esri saw an opportunity to slip into Google's Enterprise Google Earth market space when Google vacated it, thus providing the opportunity to sell more supporting Esri software (desktop, server, online, etc.) to Google's existing customers Cheers, tim

‎06-16-2016

Charles - also have a look at the Batch Attribute widget. As soon as our users realize that they can only edit attributes of one feature at a time with the Edit widget, they ask for the ability to update numerous records at once. Be sure to test the Batch Attribute widget for the ability to set a field to blank or null if your use case requires this. There was a bug awhile back that did not allow setting the record values to be empty. It might have been fixed with the ArcGIS Online update that just occurred. Cheers, tim

‎06-16-2016

Progress! The June 2016 AGO release is showing promise toward supporting feature services that are published from the geodatabase structure. In brief initial tests, the Data tab in the Item Description is respecting and displaying my feature class, the 1:M related table, and the M:N related table. The subtypes appear to be respected, and the correct domains for the subtypes appear to be respected. Sounds like it might be time for another run at this... Thanks Esri-folks! tim

‎05-24-2016

Thanks Timothy Hales & Derek Law. I'm pleased that my ArcGIS Idea to integrate ArcGIS Ideas with GeoNet aligns with your new GeoNet configuration! Excellent timing... , tim

‎05-13-2016

I acknowledge and agree with your opinions, experience, and references. I had a need. That's how I met it. It might prove useful to others.

‎05-13-2016

Changing the order of fields in an existing geodatabase feature class or table has been challenging since the early days of ArcGIS - ArcMap and ArcCatalog. Without bothering to dig up all of the historical references, blog posts, issue reports, bug reports, great idea postings, workarounds, previous methods and tools, etc, I point at one simple solution to this 16 year old problem (it's old enough to drive in most US states). Purchase and install Sparx Enterprise Architect (EA) version 12.x or higher, Professional edition or higher, floating or single use license. Esri recommends it: A note about the use of UML for geodatabase design—ArcGIS Help | ArcGIS for Desktop It's affordable: Enterprise Architect - Pricing and Purchasing if you spend a few hours that your employer bought from you trying and failing to re-order geodatabase fields, your employer has very well paid for the EA software and has nothing to show for it. << justification for your request. There are some kickstarter vids: ArcGIS Geodatabase Design | UML | Enterprise Architect ArcMap: export your disorderly geodatabase as a Workspace XML Edit: Schema only, not the data (thanks Joshua Bixby) EA: Tools > Options > Objects > uncheck "Sort Features Alphabetically" > Close File > New Project > name it > Model Wizard > click "Geospatial" > check the "ArcGIS Workspace" box > OK Extensions > ArcGIS > Import ArcGIS Workspace XML double-click the "Workspace" object in the project browser to open a graphic view of your geodatabase schema find the disorderly table or feature class graphic left-click any of the fields in the table or feature class graphic to select it right-click the selected field > View Properties... right-click the field that you want to be in a different order and choose "Move up" or "Move down" as pleases you Close the field properties viewer Extensions > ArcGIS > Export ArcGIS Workspace XML ArcMap: import your orderly schema from your Workspace XML into your geodatabase load your data into your new schema breathe, sigh, rejoice... move along That's it. That's all I got. Happy Friday, tim

‎05-13-2016

Hi Derek, Thank you for confirming. Unfortunately, I've had recurring problems with that ideas site. It says there is a problem with my account and won't let me in. I worked with Esri support to get it sorted once, but the problem is back. I've lost interest in spending more of my employer's time messing with it. It would be pretty cool if GeoNet had an action or button or something that would submit a post that has been identified as a good idea to the ideas site. Do you think that might be a possibility? Thanks! tim

‎05-13-2016

It appears to me that the Esri web world is still pretty flat from a schema perspective. I'm hopeful that with the build-out of ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.0, Esri's web tools will be able to make full use of its native data structure - the geodatabase. Until then, I'm having to do the same thing you are - flatten out our data via a crazed Rube Goldberg ETL process in order to enable staff who are authorities for information to keep their info up to date and let other staff make use of that info. happy Friday, tim

‎05-12-2016

Hi bilal celik - I'm experiencing oddities with ArcMap and other 32-bit ArcGIS applications, but I superstitiously chalk that up to the old Esri apps not being updated to handle Windows 10 and present day display technologies. Among my oddities are your symptoms. ArcMap can get distracted from the task at hand with indexing, investigating contents of folders, having extended unnecessary conversations with web services, and such. I'm assuming these distractions are what it's doing when it's not responding to me. I do have a spinning disk as secondary storage, and that clicks a little when I access content on it. If ArcMap is looking at data on local spinning disk storage on your machine, that may be where the weird clicking is coming from. cheers, tim

‎05-09-2016

Edit: There is now an entry for this in the ArcGIS Ideas area. If you want it, vote it up... https://community.esri.com/ideas/12098. How can our organization's Portal for ArcGIS users search, find, and use publicly shared ArcGIS Online items within their Portal for ArcGIS environment? I found Derek Law's post https://community.esri.com/docs/DOC-3385 which contains a PDF which says: ArcGIS Online Content Portal for ArcGIS also provides access to all nine basemaps available from ArcGIS Online: Imagery, Imagery with Labels, Streets, Topographic, Terrain with Labels, Light Gray Canvas, National Geographic, Oceans, and OpenStreetMap. Optionally, premium content from ArcGIS Online can also be used with Portal. So there's that - basemaps and premium content. Short of adding, describing, and styling each publicly shared ArcGIS Online item to Portal, have you found a way to configure Portal to return publicly shared ArcGIS Online items when a user searches for them? We're at Portal 10.3.1. thx! tim

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Latest Contributions by TimMinter

Re: batch attribute editor widget won't commit nulls?

Re: ArcGIS should allow the ability to permanently reorder fields in a table

Re: ArcGIS should allow the ability to permanently reorder fields in a table

Re: Compare Web Map Analysis with Google Earth

Re: Massively turn on or off layers (toggle visibility)

Re: Compare Web Map Analysis with Google Earth

Re: Widgets that update geodatabase feature sets and tables

Re: Does ArcGIS Online support the geodatabase?

Re: Search, find, and use ArcGIS Online items in Portal for ArcGIS?

Re: How to change field order in geodatabase - one solution

How to change field order in geodatabase - one solution

Re: Search, find, and use ArcGIS Online items in Portal for ArcGIS?

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

Re: Those of you running ArcGIS Pro: What are your system specs? Are you happy with the performance?

Search, find, and use ArcGIS Online items in Portal for ArcGIS?

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Re: Some user avatars showing as broken link

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