Latest Contributions by BrandonCraft

‎11-24-2020

Manish, Thank you! That worked great. I knew that I could configure pop ups, but I didn't realize that would cascade through into the lists in dashboards. This answer actually helps solve several formatting issues I have been having. Thanks, b

‎11-20-2020

Ok, I am building out a dashboard and everything is working as expected. I almost have it the way I want it. One issues remains though: Is there any way to format the numbers that show up in a list widget in dashboards? My underlying data carries out these numbers to 6 decimal places, which is needed in other places, but in order to have the list look reasonable I want it to only display 1 or 2 decimal places. I have tried some basic HTML formatting, but nothing has worked. That is likely user error. I can't find any documentation that would help with syntax in these list. Any one else run into something similar?

‎07-15-2020

Thanks Robert! Yeah I think I remember your name from a forum post about this topic I read a while back. We are eyeing Enterprise and Python to get where we need to go, but I haven't been able to find any other users who have made that leap and described specifics about timeline, development costs etc. I just contacted an ESRI Solutions Architect through the UC. I am hoping that will be helpful. I know every use case is different. I think it would be valuable for more people to just share their experiences so others like me could extrapolate from them. I see ESRI's point about continuing support for Access workflows holding back from modern functionality. I just wish there was more guidance for those of us who really want to switch, but can't figure out how. In moving to SDE, how steep was the learning curve for your users and admins? I have heard that most users don't notice a difference (other than the desktop v Pro changes), but that for admins it requires a totally different skillset.

‎07-15-2020

I use numerous MS Access pGDBs currently with Desktop (10.8). There is extensive VBA and SQL involved in those containers, so we can't just switch to fGDBs without overhauling all of our data modeling, reporting, data entry, etc etc. I am trying to avoid half-hearted workarounds and find a good long-term, future-proofed (as much as possible) solution that would also open up modern ESRI functionality to us. I have done a few special projects in Pro, and that was enough to be amazed (namely I did some drive time calculations that would have taken forever in desktop, but only took a couple minutes in Pro). I see the power. I want to switch. But I am struggling to find the path forward. I would love to hear from the community to know what solutions others are using.

‎05-27-2020

I know this conversation is a year old at this point, but thank you for making this point! I don't know why it is so hard for some spatial analyst to understand the importance of tabular data and manipulating it separately at times. My company has a very similar use case and we are considering migrating to avoid obsolescence if personal geodatabase support gets worse. We haven't switched to Pro yet because so much of our workflow happens in Access. I totally get the argument about long-term limitations of the personal geodb format, but not every use case is the same. We have a VERY extensive reporting workflow that will take months to rebuild outside of Access. I think a lot of people forget that Access can be used to create full-fledge applications that are tough to move.

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Re: Number formatting in a list in Dashboards

Number formatting in a list in Dashboards

Re: What have other users done in order to get away from MS Acess workflows while switching to ArcGIS Pro? I know of a few convoluted workarounds, but what actual substantive restructuring have people used to make the leap?

What have other users done in order to get away from MS Acess workflows while switching to ArcGIS Pro? I know of a few convoluted workarounds, but what actual substantive restructuring have people used to make the leap?

Re: Connecting MS Access to ArcGIS Pro