ArcMap 10.6 Reconcile & Post certain features for layers

JordanMiller4

Is anyone aware if it's possible to reconcile and post certain objects for particular layers? We have a version called GIS which is a child version of Default and we'd like to review certain jobs that our operators GPS out in the field and move them to the default. Maybe there is a better way to move objects between versions?

JonathanFarmer_oldaccount

Hi Jordan,

I see this is posted in the Enterprise section but this looks to be more of a Desktop editing workflow, at least the reconcile and post part. But let me know if I am off on any of my assumptions here.

It sounds like you are working with one feature class, called say GPS. That feature class has a child version of Default called GIS. The feature class has been published (to Server? Portal?) and the published Feature Layer is being used in an app like Collector to add new data and edit data in the field.

After they are done editing, they sync which brings down the changes to the underlying geodatabase and you are looking to perform the rec and post operation in Desktop correct? But you'd only like to rec and post a subset of the data? Like maybe OID's number 1-5? 

If my assumptions are correct, there is not a way to do this currently. When you reconcile and post you are working with all of the data in the given feature class. The objective being to first pull down any updates from the parent version (reconcile), find and then resolve any conflicts, and then push up changes from the child version (post). But it is done on the entire feature class.

Now, there may be some workflows you could use to get around this but it depends on a few things. For example, if you know that on a given day the workers in the field are going to be working on jobs A, B, and C then you could create child versions off of Default for those jobs. Then you could decide to only rec and post child version A and not the others. Or you could potentially split editing out into separate feature classes (and separate feature layers) to keep things separate? Just some thoughts. 

Hope that helps!

Jonathan