Latest Contributions by RonnieRichards

Isn't this what Windows folder shortcuts are for? ArcGIS Desktop has never supported folder shortcuts or the standard windows application file system navigation.  Either way why not have both options? Add support for Windows folder shortcuts for those who already have a folders of places they want to go and can share with users. Keep the connect to folder for those who want the project style connections ... View more

Simple point feature service layer for collecting hazardous events. Once the location is collected it would be wonderful to have a reverse geocode to determine approx address, as well as intersection with polygon layers such as response zone, City Name from a variety of sources. Expression & GenerateID would be helpful since the ID could be based on response type or geographic area.  The following can support a number of workflows with very simple data models. Reverse Geocode Intersect Expression Generate ID ... View more

It takes a some time to work with but I would recommend trying the jinja2 library or alternative templating library. It has many options for looping over python objects. We have standardized our formatted email's using html and attachments. It works very well, it is much easier to copy and reuse existing templates than to understand inline print statements.  ... View more

Why have a user enter this at all? You might consider post-processing this until a version of "attribute assistant" is available for the arcgis platform. There are bigger problems when considering the potential for multiple users and the possibility of disconnected states in Collector/Mobile. We have the same problem with sde geodatabase unique fields as they are not supported in a multi-user environment so the only solution for us has been attribute assistant and/or post processing the generation of the ID's.  ... View more

This appears to be a new "feature" in 10.4.1 which did not exist in previous releases. If the .sde connection file cannot be found this breaks the MXD. In previous releases the sde connection information persisted in the map document if the password option was saved in the original .sde connection file.  Thanks! Now we have a number of broken MXD's which open just fine in previous releases, what was the intention of this change especially at this point in the lifecycle of the ArcMap product which is end-of-life .  Guess we have to contact support who probably have no clue this change was introduced and spend a 1/2 day explaining it and demonstrating it to them.  How about reverting the functionality back to how it used to be? Unfortunately arcpy will not be able "respond" to a check data source option unless the mapping modules are updated.  ... View more

Thank you Joshua! I was hoping to be able to access the unique IDs assigned to layers in the MXD when reading the MXD using Arcpy. It appears this property is missing from the Arcpy.mapping module and will likely submit an idea for this one. ... View more

Is it even possible to detect a if a layer is a query layer using ArcPy? ... View more

Yes the fix is we have to change our APT values to # which is very silly when the source data matches USPS standards. The locator supports the unit_type column and it is mapped to our column but clearly does not work. Changing to a # only provides a 98.0 score because the unit_type does not match, huh?? Something is wrong here and improving the scoring is not documented anywhere. This is what #BUG-000093854 refers to. Give it a try with your source data. W were not happy with the results and we have wasted months of time trying to get it to work well. ... View more

Hello Gabi, Unfortunately no we have reverted back to the 9.x locator style for units because the 10.x locators are still not documented well or work very well for that matter. We expect an address locator with units to match at 100% and this is not the case in the current versions and locator style.  There are bugs in the new styles. Below are all of my ArcGIS Ideas, enhancements and bugs which you might consider reviewing and voting for if you agree. Several releases and years later we are still waiting and now looking at 3rd party solutions because when we call support they call this a "Customization" yet no complete documentation exists and we are using the out of the box locator style. Fully document the Customizing Locator process and update Locator documentation https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=087E00000005AR4IAM Standardize Addresses Tool mixed case results and other inconsistencies https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=087E00000004GOqIAM #NIM070066   The Standardize Addresses tool does not return the same address standardization using ArcGIS Version 10 address locators as compared to version 9.3.1 address locators. Update File based locator's reference feature class https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=087E00000004EhvIAE Locator style for Apartment / Units in core product https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=08730000000by67AAA #NIM081240   [Enhancement] Please add support for building/unit/apartment numbers in the standard locator styles. #BUG-000093854   When using the US Address-Single House Subaddress locator style with the Find tool, the match score is improved if using '#' as the unit indicator instead of 'APT' even if the original input data uses 'APT'. #NIM059962   Cannot create an address locator with a multipoint shape file. The result is a Background Processing Error or ArcGIS Application Error. schemaLockingEnabled for Geocode services https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=087E0000000CxTRIA0 ... View more

Yes I am surprised they work thru mxd import but not Layer files or add Data? I agree with above if they are going away why supported them at all with mxd import? Raster Catalogs do have a place how else do you do a time-series enabled raster publication? ... View more