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ANTH 124A: Maritime Archaeology GIS Project

Change Project Settings


Change Project Settings


When creating a new ArcGIS Pro project, you will have the option to change the project's settings, including selecting a default folder location on your computer (or in Amazon AppStream) for your project, geodatabase, and associated files. 

 

Add a Folder Connection

You can also establish new folder connections for existing projects. This is helpful if you want to access files that have saved in another folder or directory on your computer. 


Add a connection via the Insert tab

  1. In ArcGIS Pro, go to the Insert tab.
  2. In the Project group, click Add Folder
    ArcGIS Pro > Add Folder.
  3. Navigate to the folder where you've saved your files to establish a new folder connection.


Add a Connection via the Catalog pane

  1. To create a new folder connection, go to the View tab. Select Catalog Pane.
    View > Catalog pane.
  2. In the Catalog pane, right-click Folders.

  3. Select Add Folder Connection.
    Add folder connection.

  4. Navigate to the folder where you've saved your files to establish a new folder connection.

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Prepare Data


Prepare Data


Preparing and cleaning data sets for analysis can be one of the most time consuming tasks when working on a GIS project. Data cleanup can be performed in a number of ways. Some users opt to perform all of their data cleanup in tools like Excel or OpenRefine. Others use built-in tools within ArcGIS Pro or programming languages (e.g., Python, R) to clean their data.

ArcGIS Pro includes a number of built-in data engineering and geoprocessing tools that let you review, edit, and clean messy data sets to help streamline workflows and ensure more accurate analyses.
 


Training & Help Resources


Start an Editing Session

ArcGIS Pro provides an editing pane if you want to create new features, edit existing features, standalone tables, etc. You will want to start an editing session any time you create or edit data in ArcGIS Pro. This will provide you with added security in the event you make a mistake and need to cancel your changes. Changes made in an editing session are temporary until you save your changes and stop the session. If you add / edit data in ArcGIS Pro outside of an editing session, the changes that you make are permanent.


The edit button doesn't initially display in the ArcGIS Pro menu bar. You can change this setting by completing the following steps: 

  1. Go to the Edit tab in the ArcGIS Pro menu bar.

  2. Click the Editing Options icon located in the lower-right corner of the Manage Edits group.
    Editing Options.

  3. In the Editing Options window, scroll down to the Session settings. Click the Enable and disable editing from the Edit tab checkbox. Click OK to close the Editing options window.
    Enable and disable edits from the Edit tab checkbox.

  4. The Edit button will now appear in the ArcGIS Pro menu bar. Highlight the map layer you want to edit in the Contents pane, then click Edit to start an editing session.
    Edit button.
     

Learn More about Editing Data in ArcGIS Pro

Modify Field Types

ArcGIS Pro includes multiple tools that can help users convert field types and auto-populate field values. These tools can be used if the fields needed for an attribute join aren't the same field type and need to be converted to a matching field type in order for the attribute join to work.


Add Field

The Add Field and Calculate Field (Data Management) tools can be used to add a new field to a vector or raster layer's attribute table then calculate the values for the field. The Add Field tool can be used to specify a field name, type, precision, alias, and domain. Note: These tools modify the original input dataset. It's recommended that you make a backup copy of your input dataset if you use any tools like the Add or Calculate Field tools.


Table to Table Tool

The Table to Table (Conversion) tool can be used to change the field definition types for tables uploaded into ArcGIS Pro. The exported table will be added to the project's geodatabase. 

Table to Table (Conversion Tools).

  1. In the Table to Table tool, fill out the required parameter fields (e.g., Input rows, output name), then expand the Fields section.
  2. The Fields section can be used to rename, remove, or alter existing fields in the table. Click the Properties tab for Fields to change a field name, alias, field type, precision, etc.
    Table to Table > Fields > Properties tab.
     
  3. Click an output field name, then use the Type drop-down menu to specify the field type.
    Change Field Type menu.
     
  4. After you've made your edits, click Run to create the new table.


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