Latest Contributions by alex_friant

Thank you for posting the solution that worked for you - that's a big help!  ... View more

Did you ever figure out a solution, @DavidAlfordLPAO? I'm in ArcGIS Pro 3.2.2 and I'm getting the same error message/alert in Notifications. What's perplexing is that the query is confirmed as "valid" by the label tool, but when you apply it to the label class the error message appears. It has something to do with the "()" I believe, but if it did then why does the validation check say it's okay? So strange. Also, this exact same expression works perfectly well in the Definition Query and as a regular "Select By Attributes" query. This must be a bug in the labelling stack. I'll call Esri Support and see what I can learn. ... View more

It's implemented as of today! Woo-hoo! ... View more

The four suggestions they offer will usually solve the problem. In my experience this issue is usually caused by data being longer in the input than the output field can accept. Rarely, it will be a geometry issue, so repair geometry fixes it.   ... View more

There is an extension offered by Esri, the "Topographic Production Tools" toolbox, which allows you to do such things: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/topographic-production/generate-geodatabase-from-excel.htm ... View more

Another idea is to have a tab in the TOC to view/manage Definition Queries, much like how Labeling has it's own tab, and the labeling pane handles display filters: This way, chips won't mess up the Layers tab, it's out of the way if you don't want to look at it, but it's there if you need it. ... View more

I low key hope this is Chapter one of your “Adventures in Mapping” autobiographical! That was so, so good. The scene where you’re in the dark room with the aviators on was hilarious and the moral of the story was so well put. Glad you kept your chin up. The Cartography world is a better place with you in it! ... View more

For those who are still having problems with this method, it's filed as a BUG "In Review": https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/there-is-a-bug-in-the-spatial-dataframe-option-totable-bug-000154755 ... View more

I rebuilt the feature template using the Map Classic (why isn't this available in the new map yet, it's August 2023??) but that didn't work. I tried turning on/off the "Keep track of changes to the data (add, update, delete features)." but it didn't fix the problem. I then tried turning off/on all of those features (Enable editing, Keep track of changes..., Keep track of who... Enable Sync... ). I also rebuilt the Spatial Index (not sure if necessary).  Then it finally started working again. ... View more

Oh wow, "Today I Learned". Thanks for the insight on that and apologies for misspeaking. I'll try it out! ... View more

Looks like that site you posted is a "beta"?  Have you tried using this one? https://ago-assistant.esri.com/ ... View more

Almost 6 years later, using ArcGIS Pro 3.1.2, and this simple advice fixed an issue that sprang up the last few days which is Pro would lock up (windows says "Not Responding") when trying to close a map view, layout view, or even trying to just close Pro. You're the real MVP! ... View more

The Scene tab offers maps that do that. I'm thinking that's why they don't have North Arrows in the Maps tab because those maps don't rotate and North is always up. ... View more

Wow, you're right. There it is right there. They should add a tool tip when you hover over those options that state this so users aren't thinking it's buggy behavior. ... View more

It's the simple solutions I like. Thanks! This did the trick. ... View more