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Esri / data-assistant

ArcGIS Pro Add-in that assists in emergency management, local government and state government data aggregation workflows.
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Rework the match library - interactively build #172

Open MikeMillerGIS opened 7 years ago

MikeMillerGIS commented 7 years ago

We need the ability to interactively add field mapping to teh match library. As we are filling out source to target for the hundreds of layers in the UN, we need to select a field and push to library. Then each new fil starts with loading the match library

@SteveGrise @chris-fox @ChrisBuscaglia

SteveGrise commented 7 years ago

That sounds Ok, the way it works now you set up the file the way you want it to work and then add everything to the Match Library. It keeps track of how many times different combinations are used and picks the most popular one - for example for fields a->b you might have copied 1x but done a domain map 3x, so it will use the domain map value.

I am concerned about tracking this information while the mapping process is underway. There could be errors in the mapping and these might be obvious a bit later - after preview or staging steps. Then you might end up with a bunch of undesirable matches in the library combined with good ones.

It's worth exploring the most efficient approach since you are now using it. We knew this would be useful but since it's a new idea there's some work to be done to capture it.

Also FYI I did build in the ability to ship a match library with the addin so that people can leverage each other's work. It would be nice to have something like a standard ArcFM Energy-UN Match Library to speed up the process.

@MikeMillerGIS @chris-fox @ChrisBuscaglia