{"id":80081,"date":"2017-10-18T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/arcgis-pro-tips-this-might-just-be-your-favorite-tip-ever\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T11:53:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T18:53:47","slug":"arcgis-pro-tips-this-might-just-be-your-favorite-tip-ever","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/data-management\/data-management\/arcgis-pro-tips-this-might-just-be-your-favorite-tip-ever","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Pro Tips: This Might Just Be Your Favorite Tip Ever"},"author":6731,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,22941],"tags":[25591,27971,34791,27771,33131],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-80081","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-desktop","tag-editing","tag-favorites","tag-metadata","tag-tips-and-tricks","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Favorites! (Pun intended.)\r\n\r\nThe ability to save and reuse project connections in ArcGIS Pro was added at version 2.0, and it\u2019s called F...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Favorites!<\/strong> (<em>Pun intended.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The ability to save and reuse project connections in ArcGIS Pro was added at version 2.0, and it\u2019s called Favorites for a reason. Long gone are the days of recreating folder, database, and server connections when you start a new project in ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n<p>You can save your most-used connections to the new Favorites tab in the Catalog pane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/nofavoritesyet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88574 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/nofavoritesyet-278x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">You can favorite connections to:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Folders\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addfolder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88568 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addfolder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Databases<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/adddatabase.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88567 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/adddatabase.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Servers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addserver.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88569 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addserver.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Add a favorite:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s one of my <em>favorite<\/em> examples:<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Is this getting corny yet?<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say I\u2019m a contractor, and I do work for a few different companies. Most of the companies are based in Denmark. For my work, I have a \u201cdenmark\u201d geodatabase that contains all of my Denmark-specific data.<\/p>\n<p>In this example, I want to favorite my connection to that geodatabase since I use it often.<\/p>\n<p>With a Denmark project open, I find my geodatabase in the <strong>Catalog <\/strong>pane, right-click it, and click <strong>Add to Favorites.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addtofavorites.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88570 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addtofavorites-255x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This adds a shortcut to my geodatabase in the <strong>Favorites <\/strong>tab.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when I open a new project, I can just go to this tab, right-click on my geodatabase and it will add a connection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addtonewprojects.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88572 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addtonewprojects-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Important! This does not add the connection automatically in every project! (We\u2019ll do that next.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Add a favorite to every project:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s continue the example.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a folder that contains a lot of worldwide datasets. I reuse this folder and its data every time I start a new project. I want that folder connection already made when I open a project, so I don\u2019t have to go to my Favorites tab and add it every time.<\/p>\n<p>So, after I\u2019ve added the connection to my folder once, or added it to my Favorites, I can right-click on the folder and choose <strong>Add to New Projects.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addtonewprojecst_forreal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88571 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/addtonewprojecst_forreal-300x297.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that my \u201cWorldwide\u201d folder connection is added to all my new projects, it\u2019s marked with a pin icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/worldwidepinned.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88577 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/worldwidepinned-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Rename, rearrange, and remove favorites:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Rename<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Rename favorite items the same way you rename project items. Renaming folders, databases, and servers also renames the folder, database, database connection file, or server connection file on disk. If the favorite item is in use in the current project, the change is reflected there immediately. Custom styles that are added to your favorites collection cannot be renamed.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Remove<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the <strong>Favorites <\/strong>tab, right-click any item to remove the connection shortcut from your list of favorites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remove.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88575 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remove-274x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t delete the item, or remove it from other projects where it was already added as a favorite. If you remove an item that was added to all new projects, it won\u2019t be added to any future projects, but it won\u2019t be removed from projects where it was already added.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Rearrange<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Drag and drop items in the <strong>Favorites <\/strong>tab to reorder them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/draganddrop1.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Need more favorites?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For more details about when to save favorites or how to manage your favorites, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/projects\/project-favorites.htm\">Project Favorites help topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked this blog and want more like it, share, tweet it out, and let me know in the comments 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