Arc GIS Issues Oct 3 2011 Oct 4

Arc. GIS Issues Oct 3 2011

Oct 4 to mimic our issue Launch Arc. GIS 10 on your computer You are standard user Must have c: /temp as writeable by you Download ftp: //ftp. ecn. purdue. edu/abegis/asm 540/Spat ial_tutorial. zip to c: /temp and unzip there • Use Arc. GIS file menu to open C: TempSpatial_tutorialasm 540_spatial. mxd • •

Oct 4 to mimic our issue • Behind the scene, this file you are going to open has set default working space to c: /temp rather then your “profile”, which does not seem to be very acceptable to Arcgis program. • \guardian. ics. purdue. eduthellerMy DocumentsArc. GISDefault. gdb seems to drastically slow functions ( 10 X time to write same data versus C: TempSpatial_tutorialclass. gdb) • I think the default also leads to more probs during calculations

Problem 1 – very long time to open arc. Toolbox. A known issue at semester start, it seems worse. Touch this tool to open it. This really should not take 10 minutes. I think the difficulty (freeze-up) we see when users later try using network directories is also related to this( we can disable network data search - may be good solution to freeze-ups). Current default workspace/scratch space is geodatabase in network copy of profile and is faster, more rugged to use c: /temp instead.

2 1 3 Next Problem 2, and the show-stopper so far Double-click this layer name to launch symbology; select “classified” if needed, touch “classify” and see error

This symbology tool should be populated with options (by the “graphic server”) This is next screen

End of error replication • Next we look at some suggs for preinstallation checks and patches

ESRI will ask me:

ESRI will ask me

Pre-install checklist http: //forums. arcgis. com/threads/21056 -Acr. GIS-won-t-install? p=69020#post 69020 • If there is a VALUE Registry. Size. Limit, you will modify it. But if there is not a VALUE Registry. Size. Limit, you will create it and then modify it. • One additional update to apply is to install MSXML 4 SP 3 and one update. You can download them from these links: MSXML 4 SP 3 http: //www. microsoft. com/downloads/e. . . displa ylang=en. MSXML 4 SP 3 patch KB 973685 http: //www. microsoft. com/downloads/e. . . displa ylang=en

Precondition: Registry. Size. Limit – not set

I can not add the missing value, not clear if its important

One other precondition: dot net 3. 5

“pause” default network data searches • • One of the first things I would do in any case is shutoff the Search indexing. Do that from Arc. Catalog --> Windows --> Search, click on the "Index / Search Configuration" button at the top of the panel. A dialog box will open and click on the "Pause Indexing". I leave this feature disabled in general as it is not worth the performance impact the indexing entails, and if you are indexing remote database servers--horrors. Do that by setting the hours and days settings to 1800, and removing all items from the Register Folders and Server Connections listing--in any case be sure the "Skip server connections. . " is checked and the "Indexing Status" shows Paused. You can delete the index as well for good measure. OK to save. • Exit from Arc. Catalog and now delete the Arc. Toolbox configuration file-Arc. Toolbox. dat, it is located at: • C: Users<username>App. DataRoamingESRIDesktop 10. 0Arc. ToolboxArc. Toolb ox. dat A new one is created at next launch