{"id":2224702,"date":"2024-01-22T05:45:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2224702"},"modified":"2024-01-25T08:15:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T16:15:13","slug":"geoprocessing-enhancements-in-arcgis-pro-for-arcmap-users","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/geoprocessing-enhancements-in-arcgis-pro-for-arcmap-users","title":{"rendered":"Geoprocessing enhancements in ArcGIS Pro 3.2 for ArcMap users"},"author":314022,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,37101],"tags":[42181,424632,773292,772932,25631],"industry":[],"product":[36561,36991],"class_list":["post-2224702","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-arcmap","tag-equivalency","tag-geoprocesing","tag-spatial-analysis","product-arcgis-pro","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":314022,"user_firstname":"Margaret","user_lastname":"Crawford","nickname":"Margaret Crawford","user_nicename":"mcrawford","display_name":"Margaret Crawford","user_email":"mcrawford@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-06-28 19:13:27","user_description":"Margaret is a Product Engineer on the Geoprocessing team. Her passion for GIS began with her interest in human-environmental relationships, and her graduate thesis studied the growing impact of flood-induced cascading disasters caused by sea level rise. Margaret leverages her foundation in research methodologies and spatial analysis techniques in her role at Esri, where she creates written content and demonstrations on features in ArcGIS Pro. She also contributes to refining and redesigning geoprocessing tools and functions. In her personal life, Margaret is a loving cat parent to three beautiful cats, and enjoys swimming and snowboarding.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230310_184124630.PORTRAIT234-465x465.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Check out this blog to catch up on some enhancements in ArcGIS Pro 3.2 that make it more equivalent with ArcMap. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Approximate Reading Time:<\/strong> 5 min<\/p>\n<p>The transition from <strong>ArcMap<\/strong> to <strong>ArcGIS Pro<\/strong> brought some significant enhancements to geoprocessing, offering a more intuitive, modern, and customizable user interface with 64-bit processing power and more parallel processing capabilities. Since its debut in 2015, ArcGIS Pro has continuously expanded the geoprocessing experience with more tools, increased functionality, and performance improvements. ArcGIS Pro still maintains most of the same tools and similar workflows from ArcMap, meaning you can smoothly transition between applications with a little time and effort.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that support for ArcMap is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.esri.com\/en-us\/knowledge-base\/arcmap-continued-support-000029721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retire by March 2026<\/a>, and Mature Support <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/t5\/arcmap-blog\/arcmap-enters-mature-support-in-march-2024\/ba-p\/1299695\">starts in March 2024<\/a>. As many of you migrate to ArcGIS Pro, you may find there are options or functionality in ArcMap that you miss or need to perform your workflows efficiently. So, we are doing all we can to bridge the gap between the two applications as we encourage you to upgrade to ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n<p>By popular demand, we have incorporated a few features new to <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm\"><strong>ArcGIS Pro 3.2<\/strong><\/a> that were available in ArcMap.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Calculate Field support for VB expressions<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>In <strong>ArcGIS Pro 3.2<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/data-management\/calculate-field.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Calculate Field <\/strong><\/a>tool now supports <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/data-management\/calculate-field-vbscript-examples.htm\">expressions in VBScript<\/a>. This feature is helpful for users migrating to ArcGIS Pro who do not want to update their existing field calculator expressions from ArcMap (which uses VBScript as the default expression language).<\/p>\n<p>On the <strong>Calculate Field<\/strong> tool, you can find the VBScript option in the <b>Expression Type<\/b> parameter drop-down. Further, your ArcMap models and scripts that use VBScript expressions can now be run in <strong>ArcGIS Pro 3.2<\/strong> as-is.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2226222,"id":2226222,"title":"vbscript2","filename":"vbscript2.gif","filesize":1595278,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/geoprocessing-enhancements-in-arcgis-pro-for-arcmap-users\/vbscript2","alt":"The Calculate Field VBScript option used in a Model","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"The new VBScript option in the Calculate Field tool","name":"vbscript2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2224702,"date":"2024-01-16 15:50:51","modified":"2024-01-16 15:51:31","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":750,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2.gif","medium-width":392,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2.gif","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":500,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2.gif","large-width":750,"large-height":500,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2.gif","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":500,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2.gif","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":500,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2-698x465.gif","card_image-width":698,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbscript2.gif","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":500}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"ui-provider brl brm brn bro brp brq brr brs brt bru brv brw brx bry brz bsa bsb bsc bsd bse bsf bsg bsh bsi bsj bsk bsl bsm bsn bso bsp bsq bsr bss bst\" dir=\"ltr\">Even though VBScript is supported, we still encourage you to update your field calculations to <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/data-management\/calculate-field-examples.htm\">Python<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/arcade\/\">Arcade<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/manage-data\/calculate-fields.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SQL expressions<\/a> for improved performance, functionality, and cross-product support in ArcGIS.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Icons for custom script and model tools<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>In ArcMap, geoprocessing tools could be added as buttons to toolbar and menu locations, and you could even assign these buttons custom icons. Then a click of the button would open the tool.<\/p>\n<p>In ArcGIS Pro<strong>,<\/strong> you can <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/customize-arcgis-pro-with-geoprocessing-tools.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">customize the Pro user interface<\/a> with geoprocessing tools. New in <strong>ArcGIS Pro 3.2<\/strong>, you can assign custom icons to model and <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/create-a-python-script-tool.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_0E7C909B7BB843B0A2341DD8F42F48F6\">script tool properties<\/a>, and these icons will display in the following locations:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/quick-access-toolbar.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Quick Access Toolbar<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/3.1\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/find-geoprocessing-tools.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_5CD6F619F90243CEBA4E7B1CAD0A6ED6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Analysis tool gallery<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/customize-the-ribbon.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Ribbon<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2226272,"id":2226272,"title":"icons_1_try2","filename":"icons_1_try2.png","filesize":32070,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/geoprocessing-enhancements-in-arcgis-pro-for-arcmap-users\/icons_1_try2","alt":"Different locations you can add custom tools for easy access in ArcGIS Pro.","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"Different locations you can add custom tools for easy access in ArcGIS Pro.","name":"icons_1_try2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2224702,"date":"2024-01-16 16:17:30","modified":"2024-01-16 16:17:41","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":750,"height":155,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2-213x155.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":155,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":96,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":155,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","large-width":750,"large-height":155,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":155,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":155,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":155,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/icons_1_try2.png","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":155}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You can use custom icons if you want to add a finishing touch or branding to <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/use-a-custom-geoprocessing-tool.htm\">your custom tools<\/a>. Or if you have multiple model and script tools that you want to distinguish easily. This makes it easier than ever to locate your custom tools around the Pro user interface.<\/p>\n<h2>How to assign icons to custom tools<\/h2>\n<p>In the <strong>Catalog<\/strong> pane or, new in <strong>ArcGIS<\/strong> <strong>Pro<\/strong> <strong>3.2<\/strong>, at the top of the <strong>Geoprocessing<\/strong> pane\u2019s <strong>Toolboxes<\/strong> tab you will find the custom toolboxes that have been added to your project. Complete the following steps to assign an icon to a tool in one of these toolboxes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right-Click the a model or tool that is saved to an <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/projects\/connect-to-a-toolbox.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_3E9B0E3576C34CA18B2CDA3AB61ED7CD\"><strong>ArcGIS toolbox<\/strong><\/a> (.atbx). NOTE: icons cannot be applied to tools in a legacy toolbox (.tbx) or Python toolbox (.pyt) file.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Properties<\/strong> to open the tool\u2019s properties window.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the default icon to change it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2226252,"id":2226252,"title":"2024-01-12_09-04-46","filename":"2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","filesize":59168,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/geoprocessing-enhancements-in-arcgis-pro-for-arcmap-users\/2024-01-12_09-04-46","alt":"How to access the custom icon option.","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"How to access the custom icon option.","name":"2024-01-12_09-04-46","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2224702,"date":"2024-01-16 16:04:27","modified":"2024-01-16 16:04:48","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":750,"height":368,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":228,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":368,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","large-width":750,"large-height":368,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":368,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":368,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-826x406.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":406,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-12_09-04-46-e1705421103211.png","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":368}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you are newly migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/geoprocessing-options.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_1F6D80B769F2413EBA6A9C5B43725C46\">set a <strong>Geoprocessing<\/strong> option<\/a> for ArcGIS Pro to automatically check your script or model tools for compatibility, or use the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/data-management\/analyzetoolsforpro.htm\">Analyze Tools for Pro<\/a><\/strong> tool to manually check for compatibility.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Improved Keyboard Navigation for Geoprocessing tools<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>If you prefer to use your keyboard rather than a mouse to navigate through applications, you\u2019ll be pleased that the <strong>ArcGIS<\/strong> <strong>Pro<\/strong> <strong>3.2<\/strong> release had some major updates regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/manage-keyboard-shortcuts.htm\">working with keyboard shortcuts<\/a>. In the geoprocessing framework, we also made our keyboard commands easier to use to speed up your workflows.<\/p>\n<p>On geoprocessing tools, use the Tab key to sequentially navigate through focused parameters. When entering values for a parameter that accepts multiple inputs, you can now use the Enter key to commit the specified value and automatically add another entry ready for you to type in another value, without losing focus of the <strong>Geoprocessing<\/strong> pane.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2226292,"id":2226292,"title":"gif_enter_2","filename":"gif_enter_2.gif","filesize":1981192,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/geoprocessing-enhancements-in-arcgis-pro-for-arcmap-users\/gif_enter_2","alt":"Press the Enter key to input multiple parameter values and Tab to move between parameters.","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"Press the Enter key to input multiple parameter values and Tab to move between parameters.","name":"gif_enter_2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2224702,"date":"2024-01-16 16:23:03","modified":"2024-01-16 16:23:19","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":750,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2.gif","medium-width":392,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2.gif","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":500,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2.gif","large-width":750,"large-height":500,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2.gif","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":500,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2.gif","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":500,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2-698x465.gif","card_image-width":698,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gif_enter_2.gif","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":500}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>We hope that these updates remove more barriers for users who want to migrate from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro. Be sure to check out the documentation page <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/migrate-to-arcgis-pro.htm\">For ArcMap users migrating to ArcGIS Pro<\/a> to get started. If you are looking for geoprocessing tools or functionality in Pro that are available in ArcMap, you can make a request to the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/t5\/arcgis-pro-ideas\/idb-p\/arcgis-pro-ideas\/label-name\/geoprocessing\"><strong>ArcGIS Pro Ideas Community<\/strong> using the <strong>Geoprocessing<\/strong> label<\/a>.<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":2206732,"post_author":"314022","post_date":"2023-12-20 10:51:30","post_date_gmt":"2023-12-20 18:51:30","post_content":"","post_title":"Geoprocessing UIUX Enhancements that will boost your productivity in ArcGIS Pro 3.2","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"geoprocessing-uiux-enhancements-in-arcgis-pro-3-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-12-09 08:21:38","post_modified_gmt":"2024-12-09 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