Latest Contributions by DavidSolari

Clone the toolbox, export the relevant embedded scripts to Python files, rewrite the scripts so the critical paths are functions you can call with standard Python data as parameters, then throw your profiler at that. E.g., if you have a script like:     import arcpy table = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) output = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) table_data = get_table_data(table) new_data = transform_data(table_data) write_data(new_data, output)     Export that script and change it to something like:   import arcpy from scalene import scalene_profiler def main(table, output): table_data = get_table_data(table) new_data = transform_data(table_data) write_data(new_data, output) if __name__ == "__main__": scalene_profiler.start() main("/path/to/input", "/path/to/output") scalene_profiler.stop()   And so on. The more complex your process is, the more functions you'll need to factor out so you can find the true critical path. You might also need to tweak your functions to read and write preformatted data from memory that you prepare before the profiler engages, that way you eliminate I/O operations from the benchmark as much as possible; this makes finding slow computations easier. Note that for most arcpy code, the true bottleneck is the synchronous I/O functions that arcpy provides so don't be surprised if your code runs several orders of magnitude faster with the I/O stubbed out. Happy hunting! ... View more

For future travellers, here's the unfathomably hacky workaround I figured out: Copy and paste the map to a "label map". Remove all layers in the label map save for the label layer. Ensure the map has a transparent background. Remove the label layer from the original map. Return to the layout and copy-paste the original map's frame to a "label map frame". Copy and paste the extent from the original map frame to the label map frame. Align the label map frame to the original map frame. Ensure the label map frame has no background, borders etc. set at the frame level Order the label map frame over the layout graphics. Et voila! Labels on top of graphics on top of maps! Just make sure you have the rest of the layout 100% locked in before you do this, even with feature-linked annotations this adds a lot of work to each iteration. ... View more