BUG

Business Analyst: County labels and Major Lakes have red exclamation marks on opening an mxd

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Description

When opening an mxd created in ArcGIS 10.0, a licensing error is encountered:

"You must register the following thematic layers before you can use them on your map."

Cause

An install path other than C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0 was used when installing Business Analyst.

Workaround

The data source for the affected layers must be changed.

  1. Click 'Close' to exit after encountering the error message.
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  2. In the Table of Contents, open the group layers. Look for red exclamation marks that indicate broken layers.
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  3. Right-click one of the broken layers and select Properties.
  4. Click Source, and click the Set Data Source button.

    Use the list below to create the new path to the layers.

    Major Lakes -?\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Business Analyst\Data\StreetMapData\hydro. Double-click on the Lakes_NA.sdc. Highlight Lakes_NA to add.

    States labels (US) - : ?:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Business Analyst\Data\StreetMapData\census. Double-click on states.sdc to open it. Double-click on states_4 to add.

    States border (US) - ?:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Business Analyst\Data\StreetMapData\census. Double-click on states.sdc to open it. Double-click on states_4 to add.

    States labels - ?:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Business Analyst\Data\StreetMapData\census. Double-click on states.sdc to open it. Double-click on states_4 to add.

    States labels (Regional) - ?:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Business Analyst\Data\StreetMapData\census. Double-click on states.sdc to open it. Double-click on states_4 to add.

    Countries - ?:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Destop10.0\Business Analyst\Data\StreetMap\Background. Double-click on the nation.sdc and select nation_4.sdc.

    County labels - ?:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Business Analyst\Data\StreetMapData\census. Double-click on the counties.sdc.

Article ID:000011245

Software:
  • ArcGIS Business Analyst Desktop

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