{"id":2014232,"date":"2023-07-03T13:37:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2014232"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:22:32","slug":"pitchforks-mulch-and-analysis-in-arcgis-pro","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/pitchforks-mulch-and-analysis-in-arcgis-pro","title":{"rendered":"Pitchforks, Mulch, and Analysis in ArcGIS Pro"},"author":8932,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341],"tags":[186132,770032,35561,24321,349892],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-2014232","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","tag-deep-learning","tag-esri-user-conference-2023","tag-geoanalytics","tag-geoprocessing","tag-notebooks","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":8932,"user_firstname":"Kory","user_lastname":"Kramer","nickname":"Kory Kramer","user_nicename":"kkramer","display_name":"Kory Kramer","user_email":"KKramer@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2019-02-11 14:26:30","user_description":"Kory Kramer is a Product Manager for ArcGIS Pro, collaborating across multiple teams to contribute to the direction of product development. He is dedicated to listening to users and finding ways to convert that feedback into a product that continues to add customer value. In his free time, he tries to get outside as much as possible \u2013 often on trails, sometimes on a bike. He has recently started composting and is trying to get bats to take up residence in his backyard bat house.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Learn about analysis highlights in ArcGIS Pro and how to find out more at the Esri User Conference 2023.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Setting the Stage<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

In this blog series leading up to the User Conference, my goal has been to highlight key features from different parts of ArcGIS Pro. The other blogs cover the following areas: Tasks<\/a>, Data Engineering<\/a>, Accessibility<\/a>, Layouts<\/a>, Editing<\/a>, and Mapping and Visualization<\/a>. These are not exhaustive inventories of all ArcGIS Pro\u2019s capabilities by any means; after all, there are literally hundreds of pages of help that document everything. Rather, these blogs touch upon a few key features to spark curiosity and then lead you to more resources.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

If you happened to catch any of my recent blogs about ArcGIS Pro leading up to the Esri User Conference (UC 2023), you\u2019ll know that I\u2019ve been doggedly determined to knock out some work around the house before heading down to San Diego for a week and then off for vacation. A couple weeks ago I was trimming roses<\/a>, while the following weekend I was painting the patio<\/a>. With only three days left before I leave for the conference, the heat is on.<\/p>\n

Literally! This past weekend was the first time this year that the temperature topped 100\u00b0 F in Redlands. What a time to have five cubic yards of mulch dropped in the driveway. Which brings me to analysis in ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2014372,"id":2014372,"title":"MulchWithPitchfork","filename":"MulchWithPitchfork-scaled.jpg","filesize":1765058,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/pitchforks-mulch-and-analysis-in-arcgis-pro\/mulchwithpitchfork","alt":"","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"This is what five cubic yards of mulch in my driveway looks like","name":"mulchwithpitchfork","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2014232,"date":"2023-07-03 19:53:27","modified":"2023-07-03 19:54:54","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1928,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-scaled.jpg","medium-width":347,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":578,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-scaled.jpg","large-width":1434,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-1536x1157.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1157,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-2048x1542.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1542,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-618x465.jpg","card_image-width":618,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MulchWithPitchfork-1434x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1434,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

When you\u2019re going to refresh the mulch around the house and you have a bed here, one there, a little one in the front, a long thin one on the side, and a big curvy one in the back, how do you know how much mulch to order? Of course, the answer is obvious to those of us who work with GIS \u2013 get an aerial of your yard and measure the area of the beds you need to cover. Determine the depth of mulch you want and calculate the volume. And that is exactly what I did using ArcGIS Pro. Granted, this is an elementary analysis example, but it demonstrates the broad applicability of spatial analysis to everyday tasks.<\/p>\n

With so much analytical power in ArcGIS Pro, it is impossible to even scratch the surface of the capabilities \u2013 that isn\u2019t what this blog is about. Rather, I\u2019ll highlight a handful of key points, noteworthy improvements and some fun productivity tips.<\/p>\n

Analysis Highlights in ArcGIS Pro<\/h2>\n

Geoprocessing Tools<\/h3>\n

I know that not all ArcGIS Pro users are coming from ArcMap, but out of curiosity I did a quick comparison of the number of geoprocessing tools available in ArcGIS Pro (3.2 which is scheduled for release this October) and the final version of ArcMap 10.8.2. ArcGIS Pro has 1,105 new tools<\/strong> compared to ArcMap and 300 new parameters<\/strong> for existing tools.<\/p>\n

How is that possible? For starters, there were a number of operations done through the UI in ArcMap that could not be scripted, so many of those types of tasks were included as geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro to open up the ability to fully automate workflows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, there have been huge leaps forward in ArcGIS Pro to work with big data<\/strong>. So we see advancements in tools for deep learning<\/a> and object detection<\/a>, using and training AI models<\/a>, and \u00a0GeoAnalytics Desktop<\/a> tools to provide a parallel processing framework for analysis on big data using Apache Spark.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2014392,"id":2014392,"title":"ObjectDetection","filename":"ObjectDetection.png","filesize":529598,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/pitchforks-mulch-and-analysis-in-arcgis-pro\/objectdetection","alt":"Example using deep learning and object detection to determine location and health of coconut palms","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"Example using deep learning and object detection to determine location and health of coconut palms","name":"objectdetection","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2014232,"date":"2023-07-03 19:58:31","modified":"2023-07-03 19:58:46","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":598,"height":317,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":246,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","medium_large-width":598,"medium_large-height":317,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","large-width":598,"large-height":317,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","1536x1536-width":598,"1536x1536-height":317,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","2048x2048-width":598,"2048x2048-height":317,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","card_image-width":598,"card_image-height":317,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ObjectDetection.png","wide_image-width":598,"wide_image-height":317}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Going hand in hand with big data is the element of time, as collecting location data over time is often how data has become so large and continues to grow with each passing day. Geoprocessing in ArcGIS Pro has kept pace with this growth by introducing a suite of multidimensional tools<\/a> and continuing to build out space time pattern mining<\/a> tools.<\/p>\n

And if that weren\u2019t enough, some tools have come into existence with functionality that was first introduced in ArcGIS Pro such as attribute rules and contingent values. I could write more about all of the geoprocessing advancements in ArcGIS Pro, but we must move on\u2026<\/p>\n

Exploratory Analysis Tools<\/h3>\n

Now for some of what I consider some of the most fun tools in ArcGIS Pro \u2013 the exploratory analysis tools<\/a>. Using exploratory analysis in 3D, you can investigate your data by interactively creating graphics and editing analysis parameters in real time. The interactive tools help you create analytical objects by clicking in the scene or using input source layers. Depending on the tool, the analysis feedback in the view is color-coded to distinguish what is obstructed, unobstructed, or out of range. You can manipulate analysis parameters and receive real-time visual feedback in the scene.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2014422,"id":2014422,"title":"InteractiveViewshed","filename":"InteractiveViewshed.gif","filesize":8111562,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/pitchforks-mulch-and-analysis-in-arcgis-pro\/interactiveviewshed","alt":"Use the Viewshed exploratory analysis tool to determine what can be seen from different vantage points","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"Use the Viewshed exploratory analysis tool to determine what can be seen from different vantage points","name":"interactiveviewshed","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2014232,"date":"2023-07-03 20:03:21","modified":"2023-07-03 20:04:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":954,"height":504,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":245,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":406,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed.gif","large-width":954,"large-height":504,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed.gif","1536x1536-width":954,"1536x1536-height":504,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed.gif","2048x2048-width":954,"2048x2048-height":504,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed-826x436.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":436,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InteractiveViewshed.gif","wide_image-width":954,"wide_image-height":504}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

There are seven exploratory analysis tools: Line of Sight<\/a>, View Dome<\/a>, Viewshed<\/a>, Slice<\/a>, Cut and Fill<\/a>, Elevation Profile<\/a>, and Object Detection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rather than reading about each, check out these excellent exploratory analysis how-to videos<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Notebooks<\/h3>\n

In calls with users last week, two separate people told me how excited they were to be working with Notebooks directly within ArcGIS Pro. ArcGIS Notebooks\u00a0are built on top of the\u00a0Jupyter\u00a0Notebook<\/a>, an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live\u00a0Python\u00a0code, visualizations, and narrative text. With\u00a0ArcGIS Notebooks\u00a0integrated into\u00a0ArcGIS Pro, you can perform analysis and immediately view results in a geographic context, interact with the emerging data, document and automate your workflow, and save it for later use or share it.\u00a0ArcGIS Notebooks\u00a0uses include data cleaning and transformation, numerical simulation, statistical modeling, machine learning, administrative tasks, and more.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2014482,"id":2014482,"title":"PythonNotebook","filename":"PythonNotebook.png","filesize":18203,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/pitchforks-mulch-and-analysis-in-arcgis-pro\/pythonnotebook","alt":"Create a new notebook in your ArcGIS Pro project from the Analysis tab","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"Create a new notebook in your ArcGIS Pro project from the Analysis tab","name":"pythonnotebook","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2014232,"date":"2023-07-03 20:12:57","modified":"2023-07-03 20:13:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":325,"height":220,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","medium-width":325,"medium-height":220,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","medium_large-width":325,"medium_large-height":220,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","large-width":325,"large-height":220,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","1536x1536-width":325,"1536x1536-height":220,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","2048x2048-width":325,"2048x2048-height":220,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","card_image-width":325,"card_image-height":220,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PythonNotebook.png","wide_image-width":325,"wide_image-height":220}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Productivity Tips<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s wrap up with a few of my favorite productivity boosters for analysis in ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n

Automate geoprocessing using history<\/h4>\n

Geoprocessing history entries can be dragged onto a\u00a0ModelBuilder\u00a0view. The tools and all parameter settings will be added and connected in the model. You can also right-click history entries and select\u00a0Add To Model, and the tools and all data required to run the tools will be added to an open model. If no model is open, a model will be created in the project toolbox. You can select multiple history entries and add them to a model to build a connected chain of processes in the model, where the output of one tool may feed into another tool as input.<\/p>\n

Geoprocessing history items can also be converted to\u00a0Python. Right-click any history entry and select\u00a0Copy Python command\u00a0to copy the geoprocessing tool command as\u00a0Python\u00a0code. You can also send\u00a0Python\u00a0code to the\u00a0Python\u00a0window using the\u00a0Send To Python window\u00a0command or by dragging and dropping the history item. History items can also be saved as a\u00a0Python\u00a0script (.py) that contains all of the selected tools in History using the\u00a0Save As Python Script\u00a0command.<\/p>\n

Search and filter elements in a model<\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t overlook the ability to search and filter ModelBuilder elements<\/a>. That capability, combined with Find and Replace<\/a>, makes navigating and maintaining your models a breeze.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2014492,"id":2014492,"title":"FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder","filename":"FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","filesize":299457,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/pitchforks-mulch-and-analysis-in-arcgis-pro\/findandreplace_modelbuilder","alt":"Find and replace in ModelBuilder","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"Find and replace in ModelBuilder","name":"findandreplace_modelbuilder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2014232,"date":"2023-07-03 20:15:15","modified":"2023-07-03 20:15:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":600,"height":322,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":249,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":322,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","large-width":600,"large-height":322,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":322,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":322,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":322,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FindAndReplace_ModelBuilder.gif","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":322}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Schedule geoprocessing tools<\/h4>\n

In ArcGIS Pro, it is possible to schedule geoprocessing tools<\/a> to run at a later time or with recurrence. Scheduling a geoprocessing tool allows you to do the following:<\/p>\n