Latest Contributions by JasonBalmut

I'm getting the same "Invalid XML" error message and I've tried all but one thing to get it resolved: Setting the Global ID as the Primary Key on all of the relationship classes as suggested in the Prepare Data For Offline Use documentation.  I hesitate to do it because this is our client's database and it works for them on their collection devices. I'd really like to see this issue resolved going forward or make it well-known that if you ever intend on using the Collector app to capture data offline, that Global IDs are the only way to establish relationship classes. I added a proposal on the Ideas page to prompt the addition of Global IDs before using Create Attachments (Create Attachments - Prompt for Global IDs).  That might alleviate some of the issues. ... View more

My assumption that a manually-entered origin point and one created by selecting the feature template would be the same is one born of laziness and from reading the tool help.  If they are not the same then that's a bug. ... View more

You can see in the first screenshot that the left-bottom and right-top numbers from the template feature are the same as the origin and opposite corner values.  So I can't imagine how an offset to the southwest occurs with those numbers being identical.  I do agree with you on the alignment though, this was not a 90-degree angle that I was working with. ... View more

Let's say I take a date field which has values like: 7/23/2015 7:00:00 AM.  When I use the VB function TIMEVALUE to label the field it returns 7:00:00 AM. If I want it to return 7 AM, how do I format the VB line? ... View more

I wouldn't mind a better template import tool or a way to convert report templates from other formats into the RLF extensin that Esri is using.  People have been creating reports in MS Access for years; why not allow those reports to be imported as a template? ... View more

This goes hand-in-hand with this idea about the ability to rename attachments in Collector and would solve the same issue that was brought up back in 2013 in a Knowledge Base article regarding unique names in the batch export process.  And maphew was right, this article should merge with Batch Export/Download Attachments from SDE. ... View more

First of all, great idea to post this info.  I especially like the Common License idea.  Here are some things I've had to do to make things easier and cleaner on AGOL: Thumbnails - Use the template first provided by ArcGIS Online for Emergency Management.  It allows you to standardize thumbnails in a way that displays share status, title, organization seal or department seal, and a common background image. Tags - I've always tried to build in some of the NGDA themes. Format: <Organization/Company>, <NGDA Theme>, <base sub-part>, <sub-part> Example: <State> Department of Transportation, Transportation, Airport, Runway Item Descriptions - keep a copy of the details so that if the service needs to be taken down and created again, you can copy and paste them back into it.  This is also handy for custom pop-ups in the WebMap. ... View more

So the best way to manage this is to create a 'Collector' group within an Organization and invite your field data collectors to join it.  All data collection WebMaps would be shared to this group. ... View more

I used IE and that worked; I was able to extract the files after downloading. Why doesn't it work with Chrome? ... View more

I can download with Chome, but when I try to extract/unzip with Windows it gives me an error message. ... View more