1. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Technical Workshop 2013 Esri International User Conference July 8–12, 2013 | San Diego, California Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages Bill Moreland, Ashley Pengelly

2. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Workshop overview Agenda i. Overview of sharing analysis ii. Basics of geoprocessing packages iii. Creating geoprocessing packages iv. Sharing geoprocessing packages v. Using geoprocessing packages vi. Anatomy of a geoprocessing package Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

3. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Ashley Pengelly Overview of Sharing Analysis Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

4. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Sharing Analysis Analysis Package Service GIS Professionals Everyone Share as… Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

5. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Sharing Analysis Simple concept Powerful implications - Reuse of your tradecraft with others - Others can easily learn from your hard work and expertise. Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

6. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Basics of Geoprocessing Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

7. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Remember this……… Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

8. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. What is a geoprocessing package? A compressed file (.gpk) containing ArcGIS tools and data Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

9. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. What is a geoprocessing package? A compressed file (.gpk) containing ArcGIS tools and data Designed to enable GIS professionals to easily share analysis work Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

10. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. What is a geoprocessing package? 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 Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

11. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. What is a geoprocessing package? 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 or ArcGIS Runtime applications Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

12. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Why use geoprocessing packages? Improve productivity - Learn from experts - Fewer resources wasted on duplicating efforts - Enable more people to work in parallel Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

13. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Why use geoprocessing packages? 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 Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

14. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. What is in a geoprocessing package? Geoprocessing package Settings Data Tools Models ScriptsDocs Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

15. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Creating Geoprocessing Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

16. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. The steps Only successfully run analyses can be shared Construct your tools Run tools Share results as a package Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

17. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Prepare tools for sharing Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

18. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Prepare tools for sharing Test and debug models, scripts, and tools with data Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

19. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Prepare tools for sharing Test and debug models, scripts, and tools with data - Take the time and effort to document the tools - Go beyond the minimum requirement Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

20. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Prepare tools for sharing 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 Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

21. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Run tools - Execute the tools, which will write results in the Results window - Only valid results can be shared as packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

22. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Run tools - 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 Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

23. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Share analyses as geoprocessing packages Share as Right-click in the Results window and choose Share As > Geoprocessing Package Share location ArcGIS Online or on disk? Data Schema only or including data? ArcGIS Runtime Support ArcGIS Runtime? Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

24. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Creating a Geoprocessing Package Demo Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

25. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Using and Customizing Geoprocessing Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

26. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Ashley Pengelly Using and Customizing Geoprocessing Packages

27. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Using geoprocessing packages: The steps GetUnpackUse Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

28. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Get geoprocessing packages Search for geoprocessing packages on ArcGIS Online - Keyword search - Search for tools - Options to download or open in ArcGIS Desktop Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

29. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Get geoprocessing packages 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 Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

30. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Unpack a geoprocessing package Open from ArcGIS Online Double-click from Windows Explorer or e-mail client Right-click from ArcCatalogDrag and drop into ArcMapUse the Extract Package tool Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

31. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Unpacked results are available in the Shared node in the Results Window Use geoprocessing package in ArcGIS Understand how the analysis workflow works Run as-is Apply own scenario to the same workflow Supply with own data Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

32. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Optional steps GetUnpackEditRun Share New Result Optional Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

33. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Editing geoprocessing packages Make modifications Document modifications and tools Run Share New Result Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

34. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Using a.GPK Demo Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

35. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Bill Moreland Anatomy of a.gpk Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

36. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Folder Structure Demystified Where do my packages live? XP C:\Documents and Settings\ \My Documents\ArcGIS\Packages Vista and Windows 7 C:\Users\ \Documents\ArcGIS\Packages Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

37. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Folder Structure Demystified Top level folder name comes from the ‘Name’ of Result Top level folder name comes from the ‘Name’ of Result Commondata folder: For items that are version independent - Ie: Shapefiles, File based rasters Commondata folder: For items that are version independent - Ie: Shapefiles, File based rasters Shapefile that was used as input. Shapefile that was used as input. All non spatial files - Ie: Additional files All non spatial files - Ie: Additional files Original toolbox and model Original toolbox and model Output dataset geoprocessingTask created from original model (Tasks are needed to handle limitations of geoprocessing services.) geoprocessingTask created from original model (Tasks are needed to handle limitations of geoprocessing services.) Result file (.rlt) Version specific data Ie. gdbs, toolboxes Version specific data Ie. gdbs, toolboxes Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

38. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Python Scripts - 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) Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

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40. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Custom Tools Considerations - Manual steps involved to ensure consumers of your package are using the same 3 rd party custom tools. Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

41. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Folder structure demystified Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

42. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Online help topics What is a geoprocessing package? A quick tour of creating a geoprocessing package Using a geoprocessing package Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

43. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. 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

44. Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Important features of the Analysis Resource Center Quick Links: - Education Gallery: you can find User Conference presentations here Education Gallery - About the tool gallery: learn all about the new gallery of geoprocessing tools and analysis hosted on ArcGIS Online About the tool gallery Gallery: - A sample of entries in the tool gallery - Click More Gallery posts to see all the entriesMore Gallery posts Sharing Workflows with Geoprocessing Packages

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