Latest Contributions by DamonPettitt

Right, but you can write AddIns in Python for ArcMap now, so that's why I asked.  For me, at least, coding in Python tends to be more intuitive than .NET.  But perhaps i just have to knuckle down and learn some .NET! ;>) ... View more

Does anyone know if the ArcGIS Pro AddIn API will include a Python interface like there is with ArcMap? ... View more

Are you not able to place text (doesn't really matter what the text says) on the map layout, exactly where you want it, then name the text element and then using arcpy you can change the text for that element based on whatever logic you come up with? ... View more

This is a know bug and the bug # is NIM086004. The workaround i listed where you could "describe" the layer and turn ultimately into a table seems like the best workaround in the meantime. ... View more

I was having the same problem with not being able to get the resulting table from MakeQueryLayer when not using a spatial column.  I'm trying to work with this in a standalone python script so I'm not trying to add a table to ArcMap.  I just want to copy out the table as a standalone table in some file geodatabase i'm working with. I stumbled upon another forum (Table analog of MakeQueryLayer) that made me realize I still think there's a bug as the help for MakeQueryLayer in 10.2.2 says "If the SQL query does not return a spatial column, the output will be a stand-alone table."  which isn't true as it appears to return a pointer to a database (maybe similar to a sql view?).  I'll contact ESRI about this. Here's how i got it working in my python code: arcpy.MakeQueryLayer_management(database_connection,"out_layer_name", query,"FIELD1;FIELD2") desc = arcpy.Describe("out_layer_name") t = arcpy.mapping.TableView(desc.name) arcpy.CopyRows_management(t, "myoutputtable") ... View more

The information contained in the link that bruce_harold included won't allow you to publish to a folder in AGOL, only to your ArcGIS Server folders.  I have a scenario where I'm trying to publish  layers to an Open Data folder in our AGOL organization account to allow for the discovery of this information using the new Open Data tools.  I want to use arcpy, but the current arcpy tools don't work since OAuth is now used to sign into AGOL, therefore, the arcpy.SignInToPortal_server command doesn't work unless you have an open ArcGIS Desktop application that's signed into AGOL when you run the script. In any case, this link (https://github.com/arcpy/update-hosted-feature-service) shows you how to use the ArcGIS REST API and python to automatically publish a feature service to AGOL.  And working with ESRI staff, i was able to create a script that also will allow you to publish to a particular folder.  It basically boils down to needing to use the moveItems REST command. But if there were just some more straightforward tools in arcpy, things would be much simpler for the end user when it comes time to script things. ... View more

Do the steps in this blog post (which use ArcGIS.com REST API techniques instead of arcpy.SignInToPortal_server) get around this bug? Updating your hosted feature service for 10.2 | ArcGIS Blog‌ ... View more

I get the same error that you reported initially.  That's strange I still get an error and you don't.  I have a workaround where I'm copying out the feature class that has editor tracking to a new feature class, so I'm fine for now. ... View more

I too have a layer that uses database time in Editor Tracking and I don't want to switch to UTC time or disable Editor Tracking.  When I set the date fields involved in Editor Tracking to be invisible in ArcMap, it still won't let me publish to a map service.  I'm using ArcGIS 10.1.  What am I doing wrong? ... View more

I think the bigger problem here is that if you were to join using personal geodatabase feature classes/tables, a case insensitive join happens, whereas a join using file geodatabase feature class/table happens with case sensitivity.  ArcMap, however, doesn't tell you that this is happening, so I think a lot of folks could be unaware that their joins may or may not be doing what they think. At a minimum, some warning should be shown for folks joining with file geodatabase items.  Ideally, file geodatabase should allow for case insensitive joins. ... View more

Before our office began using ArcGIS around 2000, we would use MicroStation as our GIS software and I loved using its ability to change symbology for multiple files at once.  I realize it could get tricky when dealing with different geometry types, but I think gaving this ability in ArcMap would be great. ... View more

This has been a problem that we've had to workaround for years. ... View more

Having the OPTION to sort alphabetically would be nice, but there are some use cases where you wouldn't want the sort to be mandatory. ... View more

In our shop, we actively use ArcGIS 9.2, 9.3.1, and 10 on different machines to support applications that need a particular version.  Having the MXD version shown in the title bar would aid in our ability to keep things well organized.  ... View more