ArcGIS Enterprise StartMultiuserEditing returns Workspace or data source is read only.

Question

Hello Experts,

I'm new to ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise SDK. I'm creating an editing tool in ArcGIS Pro. I'm facing "Workspace or data source is read only" error while trying to start edit. Here is details about the issue.

I'm using ArcSDE and connected through connection properties. But when I try to start editing it returns the error.

var config = Properties.Settings.Default;

IPropertySet propertySet = new PropertySet();
propertySet.SetProperty("Database", config.SDE_Database);
propertySet.SetProperty("INSTANCE", "sde:sqlserver:" + config.SDE_Server);
propertySet.SetProperty("USER", config.SDE_UserName);
propertySet.SetProperty("PASSWORD", config.SDE_Password);
propertySet.SetProperty("VERSION", config.SDE_Version);
return propertySet;

var workspace = GetWorkspace();
return (IFeatureWorkspace)workspace;[

_workspaceEdit = (IWorkspaceEdit)featureWorkspace;

IMultiuserWorkspaceEdit muWorkspaceEdit = (IMultiuserWorkspaceEdit)featureWorkspace;
muWorkspaceEdit.StartMultiuserEditing(esriMultiuserEditSessionMode.esriMESMVersioned);

_workspaceEdit.StartEditOperation();

sjones_esriau · Answer

You can also examine the EditOperation.ErrorMessage property for more information if it is a known error.

RichRuh · Answer

First, I assume that __user__ has read/write access to the default version, right?  A great way to verify this is try to make an identical edit using the ArcGIS Pro user interface.

Another thing to try would be to use the low-level geodatabase routines- using Geodatabase.ApplyEdits, etc.  Not good for a production app- for example, you'd have no undo/redo, but the error messages might be better.

--Rich

Vasu80 · Answer

I am working with Siva (the author of this post) and as you suggested I tried ArcGIS Pro SDK to edit the Enterprise Geodatabase record.

I am using the below code to edit the feature:

// Create an edit operation
var editOperation = new ArcGIS.Desktop.Editing.EditOperation();
editOperation.Modify(feature, fieldIndex, fieldValue);

// Execute the edit operation to save the changes
var result = editOperation.Execute();
if (result != true)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Edit Error:" + editOperation.ErrorMessage);
}

I am getting the "Edit operation failed." error all the time. I can't find what is the actual cause of this error.

I copied the same feature class into a File Geodatabase and changed the ArcGIS Pro SDK code to connect with the File Geodatabase. There it is working perfectly and I can see the updates in the feature class.

It looks like the Enterprise Geodatabase EDIT is not working from my ArcGIS Pro environment programmatically.

Advise what else I can try to troubleshoot this edit failure.