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Spatial Analyst toolbox history

  • About the toolbox history tables

The tables below catalog changes made to every tool in the Spatial Analyst toolbox. There is one table per tool and you can click the tool name to navigate to the tool reference page. For more information on interpreting the contents of these history tables, see the section at the end of this topic.

ACos

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

ACosH

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

ASin

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

ASinH

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

ATan

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

ATan2

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

ATanH

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Abs

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Aggregate

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Area Solar Radiation

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New at this version

Aspect

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

9.0

New at this version

Band Collection Statistics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Basin

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Bitwise And

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Bitwise Left Shift

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Bitwise Not

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Bitwise Or

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Bitwise Right Shift

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Bitwise XOr

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Block Statistics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Boolean And

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Boolean Not

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Boolean Or

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Boolean XOr

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Boundary Clean

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Cell Statistics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

New parameter added: ignore_nodata

9.0

New at this version

Class Probability

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Classify Raster

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

New at this version

Combinatorial And

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Combinatorial Or

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Combinatorial XOr

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Combine

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Compute Confusion Matrix

VersionDescription

10.4

New at this version

Compute Segment Attributes

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

New at this version

Con

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Contour

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

9.0

New at this version

Contour List

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

9.0

New at this version

Contour with Barriers

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.3

New at this version

Corridor

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Cos

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

CosH

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Cost Allocation

VersionDescription

10.4

Four new parameters added:

  • source_cost_multiplier
  • source_start_cost
  • source_resistance_rate
  • source_capacity

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Cost Back Link

VersionDescription

10.4

Four new parameters added:

  • source_cost_multiplier
  • source_start_cost
  • source_resistance_rate
  • source_capacity

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Cost Distance

VersionDescription

10.4

Four new parameters added:

  • source_cost_multiplier
  • source_start_cost
  • source_resistance_rate
  • source_capacity

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Cost Path

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Create Accuracy Assessment Points

VersionDescription

10.4

New at this version

Create Constant Raster

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Create Normal Raster

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Create Random Raster

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Create Signatures

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Curvature

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

9.0

New at this version

Cut Fill

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

9.0

New at this version

Darcy Flow

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Darcy Velocity

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Dendrogram

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Diff

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New at this version

Divide

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Edit Signatures

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Equal To

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Equal To Frequency

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Euclidean Allocation

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Euclidean Direction

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Euclidean Distance

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Exp

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Exp10

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Exp2

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Expand

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Extract by Attributes

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Extract by Circle

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Extract by Mask

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Extract by Points

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Extract by Polygon

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Extract by Rectangle

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Extract Multi Values to Points

VersionDescription

10.4

Better handling of conditions where NoData cells are sampled.

Some performance optimizations for faster execution against larger point datasets.

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

New at this version

Extract Values to Points

VersionDescription

10.4

Better handling of conditions where NoData cells are sampled.

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Fill

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Filter

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Float

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Flow Accumulation

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New parameter added: data_type

9.0

New at this version

Flow Direction

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Flow Length

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Focal Flow

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Focal Statistics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

A new algorithm was implemented that significantly improved performance, particularly with large neighbourhoods.

9.0

New at this version

Fuzzy Membership

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

New at this version

Fuzzy Overlay

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

New at this version

Greater Than

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Greater Than Equal

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Greater Than Frequency

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Highest Position

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Hillshade

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

9.0

New at this version

IDW

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

InList

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New at this version

Int

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Is Null

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Iso Cluster

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Iso Cluster Unsupervised Classification

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

New at this version

Kernel Density

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

Two new parameters added:

  • out_cell_values
  • method

10.2.1

Default search radius calculations improved

9.0

New at this version

Kriging

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Less Than

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Less Than Equal

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Less Than Frequency

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Line Density

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Line Statistics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.1

Parameter statistics_type had a new option added: LENGTH

Parameter statistics_type had one option removed: STD

9.0

New at this version

Ln

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Log10

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Log2

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Lookup

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Lowest Position

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Maximum Likelihood Classification

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Majority Filter

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Minus

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Mod

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Natural Neighbor

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Negate

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Nibble

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Not Equal

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Observer Points

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

10.1.1

New parameter added: out_agl_raster

9.0

New at this version

Over

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New at this version

Particle Track

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Path Distance Allocation

VersionDescription

10.4

Four new parameters added:

  • source_cost_multiplier
  • source_start_cost
  • source_resistance_rate
  • source_capacity

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Path Distance

VersionDescription

10.4

Four new parameters added:

  • source_cost_multiplier
  • source_start_cost
  • source_resistance_rate
  • source_capacity

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Path Distance Back Link

VersionDescription

10.4

Four new parameters added:

  • source_cost_multiplier
  • source_start_cost
  • source_resistance_rate
  • source_capacity

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Pick

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Plus

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Point Density

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Point Statistics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Points Solar Radiation

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New at this version

Popularity

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Porous Puff

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Power

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Principal Components

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Rank

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Raster Calculator

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

New at this version

Reclass by ASCII File

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Reclass by Table

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Reclassify

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2

Multi-core support added.

9.0

New at this version

Region Group

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Rescale by Function

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

New at this version

Round Down

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Round Up

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Sample

VersionDescription

10.4

Better handling of conditions where NoData cells are sampled.

Some performance optimizations for faster execution against larger point datasets.

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

2 new parameters added:

  • process_as_multidimensional
  • unique_id_field

9.0

New at this version

Segment Mean Shift

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

New at this version

Set Null

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Shrink

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Sin

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

SinH

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Sink

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Slice

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Slope

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

9.0

New at this version

Snap Pour Point

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Solar Radiation Graphics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New at this version

Spline

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Spline with Barriers

VersionDescription

10.3

Not ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

Parameter output_cell_size changed from Required to Optional

9.3

Parameter input_barrier_features changed from Required to Optional

9.2

New at this version

Square

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Square Root

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Stream Link

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Stream Order

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Stream to Feature

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Tabulate Area

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Tan

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

TanH

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Test

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Thin

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Times

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Topo to Raster

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

Default value for parameter tolerance_1 changed from 1 to 2.5 if data_type = CONTOUR, or to 0 if data_type = SPOT

10.1

The version of ANUDEM being used was updated to 5.3.

Four new parameters added:

  • out_contour_error_feature
  • out_stream_cliff_error_feature
  • out_residual_feature
  • profile_penalty

9.0

New at this version

Topo to Raster by File

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.1

The version of ANUDEM being used was updated to 5.3.

Three new parameters added:

  • out_contour_error_feature
  • out_residual_feature
  • out_stream_cliff_error_feature

9.0

New at this version

Train ISO Cluster Classifier

VersionDescription

10.4

Two new parameters added:

  • max_merge_per_iter
  • max_merge_distance

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

New at this version

Train Maximum Likelihood Classifier

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

New at this version

Train Random Trees Classifier

VersionDescription

10.4

New at this version

Train Support Vector Machine Classifier

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

New at this version

Trend

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.2

New parameter added: out_rms_file

9.0

New at this version

Update Accuracy Assessment Points

VersionDescription

10.3.1

New at this version

Viewshed

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

10.1.1

New parameter added: out_agl_raster

9.0

New at this version

Viewshed 2

VersionDescription

10.3.1

New parameter added: analysis_method

10.3

New at this version

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

Visibility

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2.1

The default resampling technique was changed from Nearest Neighbour to Bilinear Interpolation to give improved results when analyzing continuous raster surfaces.

10.2

New at this version

Watershed

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Weighted Overlay

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2

Multi-core support added.

9.0

New at this version

Weighted Sum

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2

Multi-core support added.

9.2

New at this version

Zonal Fill

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Zonal Geometry

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Zonal Geometry as Table

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

9.0

New at this version

Zonal Histogram

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.0

New at this version

Zonal Statistics

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2

Multi-core support added.

9.0

New at this version

Zonal Statistics as Table

VersionDescription

10.3

Ported to ArcGIS Pro 1.0

10.2

Multi-core support added.

10.0

New parameter added: statistics_type

9.0

New at this version

About the toolbox history tables

At every release, Esri makes changes to existing tools and introduces new tools. These changes provide solutions to problems that were difficult to solve in previous releases and make tools more powerful and easier to use.

As an example of how you might use these history tables, suppose you are helping a colleague who is using version 10.2 while you're using version 10.3. You might suggest to your colleague that they use the Add Geometry Attributes tool to find point centroids of polygon features. The Add Geometry Attributes tool is found in the Data Management toolbox, and checking the Data Management toolbox history topic, you find that Add Geometry Attributes was not introduced until the 10.2.1 release. You can then suggest a 10.2 workflow of using the Feature To Point tool to find polygon centroids.

When changes are made to existing tools, every effort is made to maintain backward compatibility, meaning that the use of a tool in the previous release continues to work in the new release. That is, suppose you have a model or script written in version 10.2 that uses the Buffer tool. At version 10.3, the Buffer tool has a new optional parameter, method, with the default value of PLANAR. Your 10.2 script or model will work in 10.3 because the new method parameter is optional and its default value causes Buffer to work exactly the same way it did in 10.2.

Esri strives to maintain backward compatibility. However, it's not always possible due to the new functionality being introduced. Here are the cases where backward compatibility may break:

  • If a parameter was removed, old workflows that used the parameter will no longer work.
  • If a parameter option was removed, old workflows that used the option may no longer work. In many cases, the option that was removed is replaced by another option and the tool knows what to do if the previous option was specified.
  • If a parameter had a data type removed and your old workflow used inputs of that data type, the old workflow will not work in the new version.
  • A license change may affect your workflow. Most license changes are downward (from Advanced to Standard, for example) which would not affect backward compatibility.
  • An extension change may affect your workflow. Extension changes that affect existing workflows are rare.
  • If a parameter's default value changed, it may affect your workflow. You'll need to examine your existing workflows to determine the effect of the default value change.
  • If the order of parameters changed, scripts that use positional arguments may break.

Below is more information about changes cataloged in the history tables.

New at this version

The last row of each table always contains the release version at which the tool was introduced to the toolbox.

Ported / Not ported to ArcGIS Pro

If you're transitioning from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro, you may need to know whether a tool in ArcMap is also available in ArcGIS Pro. The majority of tools found in version 10.3 were ported over to (that is, replicated and made available in) ArcGIS Pro version 1.0. Information about whether the tool was ported over from ArcMap to the ArcGIS Pro platform is usually contained in the first row of the table. Note that you can use the Analyze Tools For Pro tool to check whether your ArcMap models and scripts will run in ArcGIS Pro.

Note:

Information about tools ported from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro is only available for ArcMap version 10.3 and 10.3.1. For example, if a tool was ported from ArcMap 10.4 to ArcGIS Pro, or was ported from ArcGIS Pro to ArcMap 10.4, that information is not recorded in the history tables.

Parameter options

A parameter option (also referred to as an enumerator) is a string that affects tool execution. For example, the join_attributes parameter of the Intersect tool has three options: ALL, NO_FID, and FID_ONLY. New options appear occasionally from release to release, and options may be removed. An option introduced in a later version (such as 10.4) cannot be used in an earlier version (such as 10.3).

Sometimes you'll see an option removed and replaced with a very similar option, such as Euclidean distance replaced with EUCLIDEAN_DISTANCE. In cases like this, the tool is programmed to accept either option and backward compatibility is not broken.

New and removed parameters

New parameters are almost always added as the last parameter so backward compatibility is maintained in scripts. However, sometimes the new parameter must be inserted between existing parameters and compatibility in scripts may be broken—you may have to edit your script to run in the later version. If a new parameter is inserted between existing parameters, it will be noted as a change in parameter order.

Removed parameters are rare. Scripts that use the removed parameter will have to be changed, but models should continue to run.

Parameter default value changes

Optional parameters have a default value—the value that will be used unless you change it. If there is a change to a parameter's default value, it may affect your existing models and scripts.

Parameter data type changes

A data type defines the permissible values for a parameter, such as the type of datasets (features, tables, networks, and so on). If a data type is removed at a version, it means that the parameter no longer accepts the dataset as input or output. You may have to change your models and scripts if they use the removed data type.

Parameter order

New parameters are almost always added as the last parameter and don't affect the order of existing parameters. In rare cases, the order of existing parameters may change, and scripts that use positional arguments may break. Instead of using positional arguments, you can use keyword arguments as shown below. Models will still execute as they are not dependent on parameter order.

# Positional arguments - skipping optional arguments using empty strings is dependent on 
#  the order of the optional parameters
#
arcpy.AddField_management("schools", "school_id", "LONG", "", "", "", "", "NON_NULLABLE")

# Keyword arguments - position doesn't matter
#
arcpy.AddField_management("schools", "school_id", "LONG", field_is_nullable="NON_NULLABLE")

Parameter name case

The name of a parameter may change case, for example, from In_Features to in_features. This change only affects scripts that use keyword arguments. In Python, keyword arguments are case sensitive.

Parameter type

A parameter type may change from required to optional or from optional to required. Changing from optional to required may affect existing workflows.

Tool licensing and extension

A licensing or extension change may affect existing workflows.

Deprecated tool

See the topic What is a deprecated tool? for more information.

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