30 Days of ArcGIS Tips

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For millions of homework- and test-weary youth in the USA, “June” is a magic word. It conjures the end of the school year and the start of sublime summer vacation. June is the month that students—laggards and high achievers alike—anticipate with glee. Not to mention teachers.

For non-teaching working adults, though, June is a continuation of routine—projects, meetings, to-do lists, and deadlines. For us, work doesn’t stop in June. And neither should learning.

That’s why we decided to share a different ArcGIS tip every day in June, thirty tips in all.*We culled product documentation, GeoNet forums, blogs, and brains around the Esri landscape for practical info, tips, and tricks ArcGIS users can apply immediately.*

Our*#30Days30Tips project ran on*Twitter. There’s no need to search for the hashtag; below we’ve compiled all the tips in one spot for easy scanning and reference.

Hands-on Kids Fair activities will be fun. But you’ll know they’re learning.


It’s July now, and around here that conjures a certain event happening in a certain city close to the Mexican border. If you’re going to the Esri User Conference, connect with us in the Esri Showcase or the Hands-on Learning Lab, and bring your sons and daughters to the all-new Kids Fair. It may be summer vacation, but they need to keep learning too.

And now for those tips…

ArcGIS for Desktop (ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro)

1. There’s no need to include the http:// protocol when adding hyperlinks to a field. Tell me more
2. If you like to use arrow keys when working on a layout, know that 1 press moves an element 10 pixels. Shift+Arrow moves an element 1 pixel. Tell me more
3. Three shortcuts in one tip! Press F2 to rename the selected layer in the Table of Contents, press F12 to open the layer properties dialog, and press the spacebar to turn a layer on or off.
   Save time, type less.
   
   
4. You can easily view the coordinate system for all layers in a map at once. In ArcGIS Pro: open the Map Properties dialog, then click Coordinate System > Layers. In ArcMap: open the Data Frame Properties dialog, then click the Coordinate System tab and expand the Layers folder.
5. Tired of being zoomed way out when you click Zoom to Full Extent? Set a custom extent. Show me how
6. Before converting labels to annotation, check the reference scale. Tell me more*
7. If you manage your organization’s ArcGIS Pro licenses, the Selected Members list is your best friend.*
8. To reuse custom scripts or tools in ArcGIS Pro, first*run the Analyze Tools for Pro geoprocessing tool. Show me how*
   Use descriptive element names in ModelBuilder.
   
   
9. You can draw graphics on the map, then convert them to a shapefile or geodatabase feature class. Show me how*
10. Table shortcut! Press Shift+Enter to select the previous-row cell in the same column. See more table shortcuts*
11. In models, never underestimate the power of a descriptive name. Tell me why*
12. Mapping temporal change? Keep it simple. Normalize numeric data to display change as a ratio. Tell me more
13. Our go-to trick for improving maps with lots of features: Set layer scale ranges. Show me how

ArcGIS Online

1. Increase web map usability by configuring specific layers to be searchable. Show me how
   The best map tours have consistent image sizes.
   
   
2. When making a story map Map Tour app, use these image specifications: Landscape orientation | Map image size: 1000 x 750 pixels | Thumbnail image size: 140 x 93 pixels.
3. Time-saver for administrators: You can upload a file to invite up to 200 members to join your organization at once. Show me how
4. If you want to perform analysis in ArcGIS Online but you don’t see the menu option, you need to call your administrator. Tell me why
5. Performing analysis in ArcGISOnline? For best performance and to minimize credit usage, zoom in to your area of interest and check the option to use the current map extent.
6. If you want to find the number of points in an area of interest, right-click the layer, then click Perform Analysis > Summarize Data > Aggregate Points. Tell me more**
7. If you want to find a city with similar characteristics to another city: right-click the layer, then click Perform Analysis> Find Locations> Find Similar Locations. Tell me more*
8. If you want to move a web map from a public account to an organizational account, first share the web map with everyone, then sign out of your public account and sign into the organizational account. Open the web map and click Save As.
9. If your publicly shared story map is prompting viewers to sign in, check all the maps and layers used in the story map. Each one must be shared with everyone.

Geodata

1. When creating geodatabase subtypes, create the default subtype first, then use it to quickly populate other subtype values.*Show me how
2. Yes, you can copy/paste data between databases in ArcGIS.*Here’s what you need to know
3. Raster data: for best rendering, generate statistics before adding the raster to ArcMap.*Show me how*
4. *If your output raster appears black in third-party image editing software, check to see if the pixel depth is 8 bit or 16 bit. Many image viewers can’t read 16 bit.
   Three ways to designate a data path in Python.
   
   

Python

1. Creating a*text variable? You can use triple quotes to embed single and double quotes.
2. Valid data paths use either forward slashes, double backslashes, or the letter “r.” More information
3. Faster, easier scripting in ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro: you can drag and drop geoprocessing tools, data, and paths from the Catalog window into the Python window. Tell me more

ArcGIS for Server

1. Easier administration: grant permissions by role rather than individual users.*Show me how

Do you have a favorite ArcGIS tip that’s not listed here? If it helps you get your work done faster and better, it can help someone else too. Share your tip in the comments.



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