Latest Contributions by alex_friant

‎08-03-2017

We have ArcGIS Pro 2.0, and we are trying to connect to our main SDE geodatabase, but it's painfully slow, to the point of making it practically unusable. Our SDE geodatabase has 380 feature classes. It's a beast, but ArcCatalog takes just 20 seconds to connect up once, and then it's fast for the rest of the session. However, in Pro, if we even touch (not double click, just a single click) our large SDE geodatabase connection icon to view the "Details" of the SDE geodatabase, Pro does the progress triple-bar thing for about a minute, evetually loads the Description metadata, but then proceeds to lock up Pro for another minute. This happens every single time we go away from the "Databases" folder and then return to it. Pro doesn't remember that it connected to the geodatabase just 5 seconds ago. So when we come back to the "Databases" folder the whole process starts over. What is going on in the background? At the UC 2017, I spoke with an Esri employee who stated that ArcGIS Pro 1.4 (and previous) had a bug where Pro would make "hundreds" of calls to each feature class for no functional reason. He then said that this bug was fixed in Pro 2.0, but it appears to still be an issue. He also advised indexing, which I've done (left the computer locked with me signed in, Pro running over night), but it also appears to have no positive effect. Anyways, our smaller SDE geodatabases work much faster, but you can still tell that Pro has to "reconnect" and gather some data from the gdb in the background. It just seems like Pro has taken a huge step backwards, contrary to advertisements of "64 bit speed", from ArcMap/ArcCatalog when it comes to interacting with SDE geodatabases. Can anyone explain why Pro is slower than ArcCatalog when interacting with SDE geodatabases?

‎01-27-2017

I can see data in ArcCatalog preview. I can even see it in an ArcGIS Pro 1.4 map. But I do not see the same data inside he ArcGIS Pro 1.4 preview of a Project Database feature class:

‎01-26-2017

Generally speaking, you don't need it. According to the documentation: Some transformations that require files are not installed with the ArcGIS Pro installation. You can download and install the ArcGIS Pro Coordinate System Data files at my.esri.com. The additional files are the EGM2008 and GEOID12b geoid models; VERTCON files; GEOCON v1; and three NTv2 files for Switzerland, XRail, and OSTN15.

‎09-15-2016

I've noticed that all number field datatypes (except for ObjectID) are converted to string datatypes in the Shapefile downloads from Open Data Portal. For example, in the Open Data Portal for Washinton DC Parks, you can see there is a field named "Benches" with a Number datatype: However, once you download the Shapefile, the datatype is converted to String: This creates a hassle for people consuming this data if they want to symbolize based on numeric fields, because they have to convert the data in their GIS before they can symbolize using numeric data. Is this by design (if so, why?) or a oversite/bug?

‎02-26-2016

The RSS feed link for Comment subscription in Open Data has minor typo, which is it has 2 too many slashes after 'http:' and 1 too many slashes after '.com': I tried in several browsers, seems to be something happening on the back end, probably based on some variable concatenation (my guess). Sorry if this seems nit picky 🙂

‎02-04-2016

I'm sure you've probably figured out a solution since its been almost 1.5 years since you asked this, but I'll post the answer here for anyone who is having the same problem. With your situation, I'd recommend using this first method. However, if you ever need to manually change the Field Aliases in the metadata, then use the second method down below. First Method: Synchronize with SELECTIVE option Open up the Synchronize tool Give the tool your feature class, choose the SELECTIVE option. This updates everything except for the Title of your Metadata. Second Method: Manually Editing Open up the metadata editor in ArcCatalog. Second, go to the Fields section, Expand the drop downs to the field alias you want to update, update it, and then save your changes. Once you've done that, the Field Alias in the metadata will stay the same even if you change the Alias in the Feature Class itself.

‎01-20-2016

Short Version: We are using a CC BY 4.0 license, but Open Data is changing it to a CC BY 3.0 license. Details For example (as of 1/20/2016, at 10:45 am), our ArcGIS Online feature layer "Parcel Situs Address" is using a 4.0 license: That content comes from the HTML embed code that comes directly from the Creative Commons site: However, when that same feature layer is viewed in open data, the hyperlink applied to the CC-BY image is changed to the "3.0" license: Can anyone shed light on what's going on here? The 4.0 license very similar to the 3.0 license, but it's definitely not the same. ArcGIS Open Data ArcGIS Open Data community

‎01-19-2016

Are you adding the new layer to the bottom or the top of the existing map layers?

‎01-19-2016

We are experiencing the same issue today. These warnings weren't here a few weeks ago when we last checked it. The only reason we noticed this is because our layers weren't showing up in search results on the global search page. I'm wondering if something widespread is going on. ArcGIS Online isn't reporting any issues, so maybe it's strictly an Open Data issue?

‎01-19-2016

Solution: It was a firewall issue on our end. Apparently, the Open Data servers are coming from URLs on Amazon Web Services, not esri.com or arcgis.com, so our firewall treated the behavior as a potential threat. Once I had our network staff clear that traffic, everything is looking good.

‎11-23-2015

This REST end point is public and working fine: http://gis.nevcounty.net/arcgis/rest/services/web_public/Open_Data_Layers_Nevada_County/MapServer/100 My organizational account on ArcGIS Online has a Feature Service layer added as Public facing: http://nevcounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=11bd68e8d5b648a3bb1ce983924c640c The group that the layer is shared with is Public and I have the option checked to make contents available to Open Data: http://nevcounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/group.html?id=1c73f3d7326847538592195baec60b34 That Open Data Group we have on AGOL is added to the "Groups Manager" The Open Data "Data Manager" is reporting back that the Service "could not be harvested": Does anyone have any ideas as to why Open Data says it's getting a "404" on it's GET request when it's obvious that it's working just fine? Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

‎11-23-2015

Somebody provided the answer for me over in Slack. Turns out the open data documentation is a little bit misleading when it states " In ArcGIS Server 10.3, on the *service properties for the individual service*, you can enable persistent layer IDs. " That makes it sound like the configuration option is to be found inside ArcGIS Server, somewhere inside the map service properties. But it's actually inside ArcMap, inside the Data Frame properties *before you publish* your map service. Just thought I'd share the answer for anyone looking in the future.

‎11-20-2015

I'm publishing a map service on ArcGIS Server 10.3, and I want to follow the instructions here that say "enable persistent layer ordering" : http://doc.arcgis.com/en/open-data/provider/server-configuration-details.htm#GUID-76720778-B304-46A2-B8F5-2B5A06E46B2E The problem is I don't see where in the map service properties to do that. I searched the documentation but it appears to not be documented. Anyone have any experience with this?

‎08-27-2015

Since you are a "newbie", I'd like to explain some basic terminology corrections since it aids in communication. The items you are speaking of are called "feature classes", not "shapefiles". Shapefiles exist outside of a geodatabase and are a completely different data storage format. Also, shapefiles do not have the capability of holding / using domains. The domains are stored inside the geodatabase and can be used with as many feature classes inside the geodatabase you like. So, you can create your first feature class "weed_points". While creating the fields make sure to choose the domains you created where appropriate for each field. Now, create a second feature class called "weed_areas", and when you get to the field creation window click the "Import" button and pick the "weed_points" feature class. Voila! All your fields in weed_points will now exist in "weed_areas". These feature classes will be empty, but you can load any existing data you have into them from previously existing feature classes.

‎07-02-2015

What are the parameters of your range domain? Even though the field allows for null values, the range domain is probably trumping that allowance and demanding a value within the range domain. It seems that a null value should be allowed, but maybe it's a bug? Test this out: If that "0" is coming from your lower range of "0", change the lower range to something else like "1". Publish a new feature service, make a new map, and open it in collector. If you try to enter null, does it reset it to "1" or "0"? If the answer is "0" then it's probably a bug, if it's "1" then the answer is that Collector respects the range domain over the allowance of null values.

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Latest Contributions by alex_friant

ArcGIS Pro is unusable with large SDE geodatabases

ArcGIS Pro 1.4 database data preview is blank. Anyone else seeing this too?

Re: ArcGIS Pro coordinate systems Data

Why do number field datatypes change to text/string in downloads from Open Data Portal?

RSS feed link for Comment subscription in Open Data has minor typo

Re: How to Update Metadata Aliases?

Why is a different license showing up on Open Data?

Re: Items vs Datasets?

Re: New (to me) Open Data Warnings

Re: Data Manager in Open Data is reporting an error

Data Manager in Open Data is reporting an error

Re: How do we "enable persistent layer ordering"?

How do we "enable persistent layer ordering"?

Re: Newbie question----How do I copy fields that are populated with domains from one shapefile to another shapefile

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