Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

1. 2013 Esri International User Conference July 8–12, 2013 | San Diego, California Technical Workshop Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages Bill Moreland, Ashley Pengelly

2. Workshop overview • Agenda • Overview of sharing analysis • Basics of geoprocessing packages • Creating geoprocessing packages • Sharing geoprocessing packages • Using geoprocessing packages • Anatomy of a geoprocessing package Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

3. Overview of Sharing Analysis Ashley Pengelly Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

4. Sharing Analysis GIS Professionals Package Analysis Share as… Service Everyone Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

5. Simple concept Powerful implications Reuse of your tradecraft with others Others can easily learn from your hard work and expertise. Sharing Analysis Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

6. Basics of Geoprocessing Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

7. Remember this……… Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

8. A compressed file (.gpk) containing ArcGIS tools and data What is a geoprocessing package? Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

9. A compressed file (.gpk) containing ArcGIS tools and data Designed to enable GIS professionals to easily share analysis work What is a geoprocessing package? Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

10. A compressed file (.gpk) containing ArcGIS tools and data Designed to enable GIS professionals to easily share analysis work Can be shared: As a file uploaded to ArcGIS Online As an attachment to an email Across a network What is a geoprocessing package? Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

11. A compressed file (.gpk) containing ArcGIS tools and data Designed to enable GIS professionals to easily share analysis work Can be shared: As a file uploaded to ArcGIS Online As an attachment to an email Across a network Unpacked and consumed by ArcGIS Desktop orArcGIS Runtime applications What is a geoprocessing package? Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

12. Improve productivity Learn from experts Fewer resources wasted on duplicating efforts Enable more people to work in parallel Why use geoprocessing packages? Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

13. Improve productivity Learn from experts Fewer resources wasted on duplicating efforts Enable more people to work in parallel Enhance collaboration Efficient team work within an organization Combine the power of a large pool of diverse talents Be part of the ArcGIS Online community Why use geoprocessing packages? Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

14. Data What is in a geoprocessing package? Tools Scripts Docs Settings Models Geoprocessing package Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

15. Creating Geoprocessing Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

16. Only successfully run analyses can be shared The steps Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

17. Prepare tools for sharing Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

18. Test and debug models, scripts, and tools with data Prepare tools for sharing Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

19. Test and debug models, scripts, and tools with data Take the time and effort to document the tools Go beyond the minimum requirement Prepare tools for sharing Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

20. Test and debug models, scripts, and tools with data Take the time and effort to document the tools Go beyond the minimum requirement Considerations for sharing: Size of the data included in the package Prepare tools for sharing Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

21. Execute the tools, which will write results in the Results window Only valid results can be shared as packages Run tools Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

22. Execute the tools, which will write results in the Results window Only valid results can be shared as packages A geoprocessing package can have more than one result Consolidate different results into one package Run tools Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

23. Share analyses as geoprocessing packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

24. Demo Creating a Geoprocessing Package Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

25. Using and Customizing Geoprocessing Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

26. Using and Customizing Geoprocessing Packages Ashley Pengelly

27. Using geoprocessing packages: The steps Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

28. Search for geoprocessing packages on ArcGIS Online Keyword search Search for tools Options to download or open in ArcGIS Desktop Get geoprocessing packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

29. Search for geoprocessing packages on ArcGIS Online Keyword search Search for tools Options to download or open in ArcGIS Desktop Receive geoprocessing packages from others Email ftp File sharing Get geoprocessing packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

30. Unpack a geoprocessing package Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

31. Unpacked results are available in the Shared node in the Results Window Use geoprocessing package in ArcGIS Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

32. Optional steps Optional Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

33. Editing geoprocessing packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

34. Demo Using a .GPK Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

35. Anatomy of a .gpk Bill Moreland Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

36. Folder Structure Demystified Where do my packages live? XPC:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\ArcGIS\Packages Vista and Windows 7C:\Users\<username>\Documents\ArcGIS\Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

37. Commondata folder: For items that are version independent Ie: Shapefiles, File based rasters Folder Structure Demystified Top level folder name comes from the ‘Name’ of Result Shapefile that was used as input. All non spatial files • Ie: Additional files • Original toolbox • and model Version specific data Ie. gdbs, toolboxes geoprocessingTask created from original model (Tasks are needed to handle limitations of geoprocessing services.) • Output dataset Result file (.rlt) Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

38. Python script tools are scanned Found data is consolidated Consolidated script tool is modified (modify only what is necessary) We have to recognize the data Considerations Raw building of paths Importing other Python Modules (Third party) Python Scripts Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

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40. Considerations Manual steps involved to ensure consumers of your package are using the same 3rd party custom tools. Custom Tools Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

41. What is a geoprocessing package? A quick tour of creating a geoprocessing package Using a geoprocessing package Online help topics Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

42. Analysis and Geoprocessing Resource Center • resources.arcgis.com • (This is the home page. From here, navigate to the Analysis community page.) Option 1: from the home page Option 2: click “Communities” to get a list of all resource centers Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

43. Important features of the Analysis Resource Center • Quick Links: • Education Gallery: you can find User Conference presentations here • About the tool gallery: learn all about the new gallery of geoprocessing tools and analysis hosted on ArcGIS Online • Gallery: • A sample of entries in the tool gallery • Click More Gallery posts to see all the entries Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

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