Essential ArcGIS Pro tools that simplify data migration, QA, and enterprise GIS workflows.

 🔹 Automation Tip (Very Important): Copy Python Command  

    🔍 What this feature is

Every ArcGIS Pro geoprocessing tool has Copy Python Command.
It converts your tool configuration into ready-to-use arcpy code.

   

🧠 Why these matters (simple)

Instead of running tools manually:

• You reuse Python
• You automate migrations
• You run tools for multiple datasets
• You keep scripts for audits

📸 Screenshot callout
Highlight:

• Tool dialog
• Hamburger menu (≡)
• Copy Python Command

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🚀 7 Underrated ArcGIS Pro Tools Every Enterprise GIS Team Relies On for Accurate, Reliable Data

Audience: GIS Engineers | Data Migration Teams | Enterprise GIS | Utility GIS
Platform: ArcGIS Pro

🔹 1. Detect Feature Changes

Best for: Migration QA, version comparison

🔍 What it does

Compares Old vs New feature class and finds:

• Added
• Deleted
• Modified features

🧠 Simple example

Previous data (before migration):
✔ 100 pipelines

After migration:
✔ Still 100 pipelines
❌ But 2 moved, 1 deleted, 1 added

👉 Tool shows exactly what changed

📌 Like comparing two Excel files and highlighting changed rows.

🧑‍💻 Copy Python Command (Example)

arcpy.management.DetectFeatureChanges(

    "Pipelines_Old",

    "Pipelines_New",

    "Pipeline_Change_Output"

)

📸 Screenshot callout

• Old dataset
• New dataset
• Output table (ChangeType column)

👔 Manager line
“Confirms nothing important was lost or changed during migration.”

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🔹 2. Find Identical

Best for: Duplicate detection (attributes + geometry)

🧠 Simple example

Previous data:

• Same pipeline stored twice
• Same location, same shape

👉 Tool identifies duplicates automatically.

📌 Like Excel’s “Remove Duplicates”, but for spatial data.

🧑‍💻 Copy Python Command

arcpy.management.FindIdentical(

    "Pipeline",

    "Duplicate_Pipelines",

    ["Shape", "AssetID"],

    output_record_option="ONLY_DUPLICATES"

)

📸 Screenshot callout

• Fields used
• Shape selected
• Duplicate count

👔 Manager line
“Removes duplicate records that inflate counts and reports.”

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🔹 3. Repair Geometry

Best for: Fixing broken shapes

🧠 Simple example

Previous data:

• Pipeline exists
• Cannot be selected
• Fails spatial join

👉 Geometry is broken → tool repairs it.

📌 Like repairing a corrupted Excel file.

🧑‍💻 Copy Python Command

arcpy.management.RepairGeometry("Pipeline")

📸 Screenshot callout

• Input feature class
• Repair summary message

👔 Manager line
“Fixes hidden data issues that cause system failures.”

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🔹 4. Feature Class to Feature Class (with SQL)

Best for: Clean data extraction

🧠 Simple example

Previous data contains:

• Active
• Abandoned
• Proposed pipes

👉 Tool creates only Active pipes dataset.

📌 Like copying filtered Excel rows into a new sheet.

🧑‍💻 Copy Python Command

arcpy.conversion.FeatureClassToFeatureClass(

    "Pipeline",

    "OutputGDB",

    "Pipeline_Active",

    "assetgroup = 2 AND status = 'Active'"

)

📸 Screenshot callout

• SQL expression
• Output name

👔 Manager line
“Ensures only relevant data is used for analysis and migration.”

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🔹 5. Calculate Field (Python Parser)

Best for: Bulk attribute updates

🧠 Simple example

Previous data:

• 1, 0

After:

• Active, Inactive

📌 Like applying an Excel formula to an entire column.

🧑‍💻 Copy Python Command

arcpy.management.CalculateField(

    "Pipeline",

    "StatusText",

    "'Active' if !status! == 1 else 'Inactive'",

    "PYTHON3"

)

📸 Screenshot callout

• Target field
• Python expression

👔 Manager line
“Standardizes data so reports are clear and consistent.”

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🔹 6. Summary Statistics

Best for: Counts & reporting

🧠 Simple example

Manager asks:
“How many active pipelines?”

👉 Tool answers in seconds.

📌 Like an Excel Pivot Table.

🧑‍💻 Copy Python Command

arcpy.analysis.Statistics(

    "Pipeline",

    "Pipeline_Stats",

    [["OBJECTID", "COUNT"]],

    ["status"]

)

📸 Screenshot callout

• COUNT selected
• Group by field

👔 Manager line
“Provides trusted numbers for decision-making.”

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🔹 7. Append (Schema Type = NO_TEST)

Best for: Enterprise data migration

🧠 Simple example

Previous data:

• Old system fields

Target:

• New enterprise schema

👉 Append loads data successfully.

📌 Like importing Excel data with column mapping.

🧑‍💻 Copy Python Command

arcpy.management.Append(

    "Source_Pipeline",

    "Target_Pipeline",

    "NO_TEST"

)

📸 Screenshot callout

• Schema Type = NO_TEST
• Field mapping
• Success message

👔 Manager line
“Safely moves approved data into production.”

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🧾 Final One-Line Summary

These seven ArcGIS Pro tools help detect changes, remove duplicates, fix data issues, validate counts, and safely migrate data into enterprise GIS systems.

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