Latest Contributions by alex_friant

Now that I see the Filter option in the TOC which allows you to display only layers that have Active Definition Queries, I can work with that. That being said, I think a super simple, subtle way of indicating a layer has an Active DQ would be to just add a chip to far right of the TOC pane, like below. And if you hover over it could tell you what it means. Active DQ indicator chip   Hover pop-up gives context  The reason this is important is in a multi-user environment. You might have a colleague (or yourself 2 weeks ago!) that comes into a Map to do some work, adds a definition query, and you don't know that. You come back into the Map weeks later and decide Share it to some static output (e.g. Map File) assuming the layer is displayed in full. Without a chip or something indicating that a layer has a DQ applied to it, you wouldn't notice it until downstream (customer, client, colleague). Another option is to add the "Filter Applied" warning to every single output process (i.e. Layout Export to PDF, Share as Web Layer). But I feel this chip in the TOC would be a fair compromise without having to add the warning to a whole bunch of other tools. ... View more

From the video it's clear there is a bug with that type of complex SQL query. The bug being that when you open the DQ in Properties, it automatically disables itself.  I can't replicate it though. I had a similar SQL query (nested, but no joins) on a mobile geodatabase and it didn't bug out like this. I'm using Pro 3.0.3, btw. ... View more

@wayfaringrob  - Absolutely, having a single pane where it makes sense would be even better. Like Selectability, Visibility, Editability, Snapability are all things that are often used during editing and could line up as 4 separate check boxes next to the layer names.   ... View more

Great idea. Seems like an easy change to add the option be it an extra single entry field or even a toggle option. While I think it would be cool to have the default interpreter to be "smart" - aka: it attempts to parse the coords using some intelligent analysis, like Google does, I think it would be a bonus to have a "custom configuration" option that allows you to explicitly tell it how to interpret the coords you are entering in case the smart entry doesn't work. ... View more

This was an amazing tip. I've never heard of this tool in all my years of doing GIS. Thank you so much for sharing! ... View more

This is a very good idea. The behavior pattern is already implemented from the Catalog Pane/View to a map when you can drag/drop a feature class to a specific map. It would be great to be able to drag a layer/table to a already opened table and have that open the attribute table in that table view group. Bonus points to have the positional icons appear so you could choose to dock the table where ever you wanted. ... View more

@Robert_LeClair - Did you try creating the chart using a connection to an EGDB feature class layer? It appears the problem only happens with SDE connections. ... View more

I'm seeing this same issue but only with enterprise geodatabases/sde connections. If I export the EGDB feature class to a File Geodatabase, the issue goes away. I'm using ArcGIS Pro 3.0.3. Feeling like this is a bug, because the "Selection" filter appears when the Chart is first being created and is loading the data, but as soon as the data is loaded, the button disappears. Makes no sense for the Selection filter to disappear just because the layer is in an EGDB by design. ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 3.0.3 - column width behavior is inconsistent. If you double-click the right side of a column header, it will adjust the column to the width of the data. Note that if you use this method (double-click to snap to data width), the column will shrink back to it's original size after you refresh the table (lower right of table-recycle icon) or conduct a Calculate Field event (which refreshes the column). However, if you instead use the click-and-drag method of readjusting your column width, the column width will persist after a table refresh or a Calculate Field event. It took me some time to realize this and will adjust my behavior to have the desired outcome, but feel that both methods of adjusting column width should persist after refreshes. My DREAM is to have the ability in the Fields view (where you manage fields for a layer) to set a "default" column width for any/all columns in a table, so that when you add the feature class/table to a new map and open the attribute table, the columns are adjusted to your default value. And further, it would be awesome to have those default values be adjustable (like field order) in the map session. ... View more

Yes, mobile geodatabases are just as functional in that regard as other geodatabases. I can append to an MGDB and from an MGDB into a Hosted Feature Layer (Portal/AGOL).  What's the specific workflow you are having problems with? And I apologize ahead of time if I misunderstood what you said 🙂 ... View more

I really appreciate the offer, but as a matter of policy we can only acquire software from vendor's directly. I'll contact Esri support since I haven't seen any ideas of where to find them now. If I get a helpful answer I'll share it here. ... View more

Your method would certainly work, and love your well formatted/visual documentation style! Personally, I dislike adding/joining/calculating/dropping fields when ever possible. In both approaches, it is necessary to load the data into the new target schema, right? So if you're going to append that data, why not just flip the target datatype to GUID during the append step and be done with it instead of performing 15 additional steps after appending the data? I guess I'm just lazy 😜 ... View more

It would be nice to turn off "auto sorting" on any table. Just place it as a toggle option in the table's context menu. As an aside, when I'm doing thing like what you (@DonnaMoreau) are doing, I copy the layer I'm editing, turn off it's map visibility and editability, and open the attribute table on the side, and sort it the way I want it sorted. That way, when I make edits in my edit attribute table, I don't have to worry about what's going on over in the other table. I'm not 100% sure that will work for you, but maybe it will work if I read you right. ... View more