Latest Contributions by Kevin_Sieger

Found it!!! Analysis Tools - Extract - Split By Attributes. I ran it and it did what I needed it to do. ... View more

Someone posted (on another page I'm following about this same issue) about a fix with 10.6.1 release. I have no way to verify his post, I searched for the bug but didn't find anything. Here is where his post is- Selections saved as layers revert to original table  ... View more

I've seen the question come up several times (this post and others)- how to work around or deal with this issue. I do a lot of data collection and custom mapping, I work for an airport, there's a lot to do. I haven't found a work around that's 'easy' or simple or doesn't involve extra steps when it comes to labeling a layer created from selected features, but what I have found does deal with the labeling issue and solves some other issues too. I think this is the best most direct work around and, going forward, even if Esri fixes the labeling issue, I'm going to keep doing it this way. All of my maps and projects has it own folder, mxd, and File Geodatabase (or Personal depending on the project) which contains all custom Feature Classes and Tables for the map/project. My work around is to export my selection to a Feature Class in the GDB instead of a creating a layer of selected features in the mxd. I create maps for various departments such as Properties, Environmental, Operations, and Maintenance to the Airport Director. It has happened many times that I have had to come back days, weeks or months later to make changes to a map.This usually involves making changes to a layer(s) of selected features. I have silently cursed or have gotten frustrated trying to remember the selection or redoing the selection because I missed a feature or two or have gotten too many or the wrong ones. A custom layer in a GDB with a mxd in a folder, the data is there, it's easy to make needed changes, and no cursing, headaches or frustrations or labeling issues. The labeling issue has added to the frustration when going back to some of the maps that were created before we started having labeling issues. As I said before, we only started having the labeling issue with our move to 10.5.1. There have been a few instances where I have exported my selection to a Shapefile but have stopped creating Shapefiles due to having to stop editing one layer to start editing another, a GDB solves the stop/start when editing. Labeling issue aside, I've found creating custom layers of features an easy way to preserve and recover all of your data after a map/project has been archived and then later on reopened for whatever reason. With reopening maps I have had issues trying to recreate selections due to disconnected data. It also makes it easier for someone not familiar with the project to recreate the map. Now, I can hear it because I've heard it before, if you have custom layers and the file path changes you have to reconnect all of the layers. Based on the larger picture, I would rather reconnect 20 layers of data than sit there and try to figure out what was in a selection. Yes, I know it's extra work to create a GDB for every map but in the end I think it has saved me time and if you have to deal with funding/budget it'll save money. ... View more

I've been using the software since 3.2 and have never run into this issue until we upgraded to 10.5. ... View more

I've also had the same issue with selecting lines but have not had a need to see if the same thing happens with points. ... View more

I am good to go guys, thanks again for your help. ... View more

If I'm understanding what I'm being told, this was created with Network Analyst, which is different than a geometric network that you only need ArcInfo to create, and that's why I can't delete it. Since I don't have the Network Analyst extension (and I've never used it), I'll just have to do the work around to get rid of that feature dataset. Thanks for your help guys! ... View more

I uploaded it but it created another post. BISDM3.mdb ... View more

I uploaded it but it created another post. BISDM3.mdb ... View more

Is that possible? How would I do that? I'm used to the old forum version, this is the first time I've been on this version. ... View more

I don't. What I've done in the past is Zip it up and change the extension to .notzip so it clears the firewall. Will that work? ... View more

Asrujit, Thanks for the suggestion, it's a work around and I'll probably end up doing it, but I don't want to, and I shouldn't have to. As functional and powerful (and as much as it costs) as this software is there has to be a solution other than a work around. This is either a simple solution such as a check box or something, or a bug, or the GDB is corrupt. I want to figure out the issue before I do the work around. Any other suggestions? ... View more

Jacob, I'm a little embarrassed, it never even dawned on me that it was a network, I've created and worked with networks but never had an issue with not being able to delete the network before. I checked Administration, it's not compressed. Any other suggestions? ... View more