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‎04-03-2019

I know this is an old thread, but here is some code I wrote to do the trick. It can be incorporated into a loop for multiple MXDs. import os, sys, arcpy, re mxdFile = "C:\\temp\\map_document.mxd" mxd101 = '10.1' + u'\u0013' mxd102 = '10.1' + u'\u0013' mxd103 = '10.3' + u'\u0014' mxd104 = '10.4' + u'\u0015' mxd105 = '10.5' + u'\u0016' mxd106 = '10.6' + u'\u0017' mxdList = [mxd101, mxd102, mxd103, mxd104, mxd105, mxd106] result = [] with open(mxdFile, 'rb') as mxd: fileContents = mxd.read().decode('latin1') removedChars = [x for x in fileContents if x not in [u'\xff',u'\x00',u'\x01',u'\t']] joinedChars = ''.join(removedChars) for m in mxdList: location = joinedChars.find(m) if len(joinedChars[location:location+4]) > 0: result.append(joinedChars[location:location+4]) print result[0]‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

‎04-03-2019

Recently, our team began testing/evaluating the Navigator for ArcGIS application on an iPad. Here is our list of noted issues or quirks with so far. Has anyone else reached similar conclusions about the functionality for this product? Can’t pan around the map when in navigation mode (idea was posted on GeoNet forum more than a year ago and no votes or response from ESRI https://community.esri.com/ideas/14376-pan-around-the-map-after-starting-route-in-navigator-for-arcgis). Won’t zoom to the location of the point used as the destination(s) for the route. Can pan to it but the user has to find it themselves. Can’t delete a manually-dropped pin. Just moves the pin if you tap and hold somewhere else. Can’t get rid of certain windows (i.e the dropped pin window) *can get rid of search or dropped pin window by clicking and then clicking Done in the window that pops up. Then click the < symbol in the left corner of the application to go back, but this is a ridiculous work around.* Can’t identify a feature just by clicking on it. Can only do it by dropping a pin and seeing the name of the pad. I'm curious to know if Esri has any plans to address any of these items, or if they have been reported as undesirable behaviors by others who use the application. Several of the commonly-used navigation apps on the iOS and Android markets do not seem to have these limitations. Thanks in advance for any feedback/comments you're willing to share about your experiences with Navigator!

‎02-25-2019

Just so I'm clear in what you're saying, it does not work in Portal but it does work in ArcGIS Online?

‎02-21-2019

I am also seeing this issue with Portal 10.6.1 on Windows. Might there be an issue in the underlying database (in our case, Oracle 11g) that would prevent this setting from be configurable in the widget UI?

‎12-15-2018

I was seeing the same behavior as described above by the original poster, whereby the list of Spatiotemporal Big Data Stores was empty no matter what steps I tried. In my case, the issue was caused by having the Spatiotemporal data store registered with the ArcGIS Server containing GeoEvent Server. If you are federating your servers with Portal, then the Spatiotemporal data store must instead be registered with the Hosted ArcGIS Server. After I made this change and refreshed the data store connections from GeoEvent Manager, they began appearing in the drop-down list as expected.

‎12-14-2018

ORIGINAL POST ON 12/14/2018: I am having these exact issues as described above by the OP and the other folks on this thread. Today I opened a ticket with Esri to try and get to the bottom of this but so far no luck. I know this issue has been going on since at least 10.5.1 so this is not that new of a problem. Esri could provide some guidance on how to resolve this issue. The administrative reset procedure does not solve the problem. UPDATE AS OF 12/15/2018: I was able to resolve this issue today. It may be different for others, but in my case I had initially applied all of the relevant patches to ArcGIS Server directly after installing the product. After multiple attempts of clean uninstalls and reinstalls, I decided to try without applying any patches. This worked for me, oddly enough. After a non-patched installation of ArcGIS Server, I then installed GeoEvent Server and was able to successfully configure the site thereafter along with all of the Esri patches. I was also able to replace the self signed certificate in ArcGIS Server with my custom certificate, which successfully propagated to GeoEvent Server as expected. Below are the patches I had initially applied to ArcGIS Server before moving on to installing GeoEvent Server. One or more of these patches may have been preventing proper SSL/TLS communication between ArcGIS Server and GeoEvent Server (at least upon initial installation and configuration). Everything is still working for me after applying these patches, but the takeaway here is that you need to avoid patching ArcGIS Server before installing and configuring GeoEvent Server and likely before configuring any custom SSL certificates for that site.

‎06-27-2018

When modifying a service within GeoEvent Server Manager such that a new field gets added by way of the Field Calculator Processor, the new field does not get automatically added to the data source when using the Spatiotemporal Big Data Store. Right now, the only way to get an Output to recognize the new field is to actually re-create the data source itself under the Site settings. This is problematic because of the fact that the associated hosted map and feature services using the original data store end up being deleted and re-created during that process. If those services are Portal Items which specific URLs used downstream as layers within a web map, this becomes problematic on a large scale because all of those web maps will need to be changed to accommodate the new Portal item. Additionally, deleting and re-creating the data source is disruptive to users consuming the Output. I was thinking that adding the field manually to the GeoEvent Definition behind the Output might solve this issue, however doing this gives displays an error indicating that the field exists in the GeoEvent Definition but not in the data source; therefore the configuration is incompatible: Please introduce the capability to either dynamically add the field to the data store when re-saving the GeoEvent Definition or somehow manually add the field via the Data Store endpoint.

‎06-27-2018

When modifying a service within GeoEvent Server Manager such that a new field gets added by way of the Field Calculator Processor, the new field does not get automatically added to the data source when using the Spatiotemporal Big Data Store. Right now, the only way to get an Output to recognize the new field is to actually re-create the data source itself under the Site settings. This is problematic because of the fact that the associated hosted map and feature services using the original data store end up being deleted and re-created during that process. If those services are Portal Items which specific URLs used downstream as layers within a web map, this becomes problematic on a large scale because all of those web maps will need to be changed to accommodate the new Portal item. Additionally, deleting and re-creating the data source is disruptive to users consuming the Output. I was thinking that adding the field manually to the GeoEvent Definition behind the Output might solve this issue, however doing this gives displays an error indicating that the field exists in the GeoEvent Definition but not in the data source; therefore the configuration is incompatible: Please introduce the capability to either dynamically add the field to the data store when re-saving the GeoEvent Definition or somehow manually add the field via the Data Store endpoint.

‎06-13-2014

You don't need to have administrator rights to the server in order to manage ArcGIS for Server. In 10.0 you needed to be in the agsadmin group but now the architecture has changed quite a bit so this requirement no longer exists. As such, connecting to your GIS server via ArcCatalog or ArcGIS Server Manager will be what you need to perform most of your tasks and you can do so without your domain account being in the Administrator group on the server. That being said, there are many good reasons why you would want to keep your administrative access. For example, you may require space on disk to store your data or service definitions (and any other file resources) which will require at least write access (modify is good too, but admin is easiest). You're not going to want to ask IT to grant you special permissions to a only location from which to publish; going through IT in any organization can be painful especially when it comes to requesting access. Also, it is much easier to publish web applications in IIS if you are an administrator. If you are not, it is possible to still publish applications under the INETPUB folder with some workarounds; one of which is discussed here.

‎06-13-2014

Are you asking about moving a cache created for a 10.2.2 service to a 10.1 environment or are you simply asking about the desktop client involved with generating the cache. If it's the latter, then I believe you can do this without any compatibility issues if you connect as a Publisher to create the cache. Making an Administrator connection from a 10.2.2 client to a 10.1 server will not work. If it's the former, then I have an opinion to share on that. While I have not personnally tried to do this, I do not see why moving a cache created at 10.2.2 wouldn't behave or publish correctly for a 10.1 service. In looking at the Esri online documentation, the cache tile format and storage format options all have the same possible parameter inputs for both versions of the ArcGIS for Server application. You service properties and input service definition would likely need to be exactly the same in 10.1 as it is in 10.2.2 but I believe theoretically you should be able to move the cache tiles.

‎06-13-2014

Are you asking about the ability to create map cache tiles only within the extent of an input feature class or only within areas that intersect features from an input feature class? If so, the area_of_interest parameter within the Manage Map Server Cache Tiles tool may suit your needs.

‎05-15-2014

how do you downgrade from 10.2 to 10.1? I'm not sure this question relates to the original post. Are you talking about the geodatabase itself? If so, there isn't a geodatabase "downgrade" process. You would need to create a new 10.1 geodatabase and copy / import your data in from the 10.2 geodatabase.

‎05-15-2014

Also, regarding your services not being visible in the REST services directory, I am wondering if you recently upgraded from 10.1 to 10.2.2. Were the services visible in 10.2.2 before or is this the first time you've gone to look at the services directory since the upgrade? I only ask because I've seen similar issues as you're describing after upgrades have been made but those particular ArcGIS for Server sites had not been re-authorized with a 10.2.2 ECP.

‎05-15-2014

I don't know how to reset my account information in ArcGIS Server Manager so I may to contact ESRI about doing so. I do not want to have to go back to configure all of the Security again.[ATTACH=CONFIG]33844[/ATTACH] To modify the domain credentials used by ArcGIS for Server to gain access to the list of users and/or roles, you need to first log into ArcGIS Server Manager and click the Security tab at the top. Once there, click the pencil icon next to "Configuration Settings" which will open the Security Configuration Wizard. Click the Next button twice and you'll be taken to the UI for inputting the domain user account in question. Generally speaking, it is not best practice to use a traditional "user" account on the domain that is assigned to a specific person. I would suggest using something like a domain service account, which is one that is generic in name and does not fall under certain periodic password change policies.

‎05-13-2014

From within ArcCatalog, right click the geometric network and go to Properties. Post of screenshot of the General tab so that we can see which feature classes participate in the geometric network. Please also provide a screenshot of the expanded feature dataset containing the geometric network while within ArcCatalog. Also, which user account is being used to connect when attempting to create the geometric network? Does that user have permissions necessary to create the network tables and accompanying database objects?

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