Latest Contributions by DEWright_CA

When publishing a GP tool (after a tool is run in ArcGIS Pro) to become a geoprocessing tool it is possible to see a major breaking issue.  Recently we found that a shared path: "\\server\share\contentfolder\myDB.sde\myFeatureLayer" Was being mangled in the publication/conversion process. Pro is taking in these strings\paths and inferring in them that they need to be made "Server" friendly based on assumed needs. The above folder was being turned into: "%scratchworkspace%\\server\share\contentfolder\myDB.sde\myFeatureLayer" This then means that all connections/functions depending on these strings are now broken. The big issue we have is that this script/tool is now broken, and while the tool will publish the function will not work and will return a lovely 99999 error that the tool could not be executed. What we need is a way to review/approve the changes being made to a GP tool that is being published so that Pro is not making a change that in fact is not needed to happen and breaking the script in such a way that renders it inoperative. Troubleshooting and diagnosing this issue was complex, it required connecting to the ArcGIS-Config folder where it was published and running the script locally to the server to get to the "path not found" level issue from where the folder/string was changed. ... View more

I am curious about who made the BONEHEADED decision to take away the ability to create Enterprise Database connections in folders outside of the "Project" folder? I have dozens of users who rely on shared connection docs (.sde) files, and while we can see the older/legacy files PRO will not open them, and you also can't create new ones. When you right click a folder and select the "New" sub-menu; Enterprise DB connections is gone. WHY??? ... View more

The Washington State Department of Revenue has a position for a GIS Data Management Specialist to join our team. The winning candidate will play a lead role in integrating data from City, County, State and Tribal Partners to further the mission for the State of Washington. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/4229478-0/geographic-information-systems-gis-data-management-specialist?     ... View more

When setting up a workflow that has a "Approval" question, how/can we put a time-gate on it. I am looking for if a Deny hasn't happened in 5 days that it auto-approves and the workflow continues.   ... View more