Latest Contributions by alex_friant

The four suggestions they offer will usually solve the problem. In my experience this issue is usually caused by data being longer in the input than the output field can accept. Rarely, it will be a geometry issue, so repair geometry fixes it.   ... View more

There is an extension offered by Esri, the "Topographic Production Tools" toolbox, which allows you to do such things: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/topographic-production/generate-geodatabase-from-excel.htm ... View more

Another idea is to have a tab in the TOC to view/manage Definition Queries, much like how Labeling has it's own tab, and the labeling pane handles display filters: This way, chips won't mess up the Layers tab, it's out of the way if you don't want to look at it, but it's there if you need it. ... View more

I low key hope this is Chapter one of your “Adventures in Mapping” autobiographical! That was so, so good. The scene where you’re in the dark room with the aviators on was hilarious and the moral of the story was so well put. Glad you kept your chin up. The Cartography world is a better place with you in it! ... View more

For those who are still having problems with this method, it's filed as a BUG "In Review": https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/there-is-a-bug-in-the-spatial-dataframe-option-totable-bug-000154755 ... View more

I rebuilt the feature template using the Map Classic (why isn't this available in the new map yet, it's August 2023??) but that didn't work. I tried turning on/off the "Keep track of changes to the data (add, update, delete features)." but it didn't fix the problem. I then tried turning off/on all of those features (Enable editing, Keep track of changes..., Keep track of who... Enable Sync... ). I also rebuilt the Spatial Index (not sure if necessary).  Then it finally started working again. ... View more

Oh wow, "Today I Learned". Thanks for the insight on that and apologies for misspeaking. I'll try it out! ... View more

Looks like that site you posted is a "beta"?  Have you tried using this one? https://ago-assistant.esri.com/ ... View more

Almost 6 years later, using ArcGIS Pro 3.1.2, and this simple advice fixed an issue that sprang up the last few days which is Pro would lock up (windows says "Not Responding") when trying to close a map view, layout view, or even trying to just close Pro. You're the real MVP! ... View more

The Scene tab offers maps that do that. I'm thinking that's why they don't have North Arrows in the Maps tab because those maps don't rotate and North is always up. ... View more

Wow, you're right. There it is right there. They should add a tool tip when you hover over those options that state this so users aren't thinking it's buggy behavior. ... View more

It's the simple solutions I like. Thanks! This did the trick. ... View more

I couldn't figure a way out (using a FGDB to store annotation) to rename an annotation class either. Like you, if I renamed the subtypes the annotation class name stayed the same in the Annotation Feature Class Properties. I resorted to creating a new annotation class with the same properties and naming it how I liked. Then I had to select all the annotations using that class, change their Annotation Class ID using the Attributes pane, and change their Symbol class to match under the Annotation tab in Attributes. Seems like any label class, we should be able to simply rename the Annotation Class using the Feature Class Properties pane for the Annotation FC. ... View more

The date of when a feature is deleted is stored in the SQL table of the same name suffixed by "_H", under the field "GDB_TO_DATE". For example, if your feature class is called "schools" the archive table is called "schools_H". They really just need to add a field for deletions like "DELETED_BY" so you could have the "WHO" of the "WHEN by WHO?" question. ... View more

I got this answer from a "note" in this Esri technical article. In the Symbology pane of the layer, under the Properties tab, click Layers: Select the symbol layer to configure and expand Dash effect. For the At line ends property, select the desired option other than No constraint. I just did this and it worked. I flipped it from "No constraint" to "Full pattern" and now all dashed boundaries along adjacent polygons draws as dashed with no overlaps. ... View more