Edit Widget and Symbology by Category

Question

To All Edit Widget Flex Viewer Users:

I had the Edit Widget working where I had single symbol symbology.

I then changed the symbology to be Categories -> Unique Values.

I then tried to add a new feature where the field that defined the Category was filled in with all the existing values.  I chose one of the values and then digitized a new polygon with mouse clicks.  When I clicked OK to accept the attributes for the new polygon, it disappeared and was not added to the SDE feature class.

Is there a problem adding new features when you have Symbology set to Categories -> Unique Values in the source mxd?

Any help or hints are greatly appreciated.

xanderm · Answer

I am having the same issue. When my single featureclass is symbolized by unique values I only have the option to update attributes from the 2 existing,categorized, values. I have other status values I'd like editors to use, I just don't have features holding these values yet.

FV 3.4
ArcServer 10.1

Got it. I needed to set up additional edit values in the mxd.

Right click on your layer in the TOC>Edit Features>Define New Types of Features

xanderm · Answer

I am having the same issue. When my single featureclass is symbolized by unique values I only have the option to update attributes from the 2 existing,categorized, values. I have other status values I'd like editors to use, I just don't have features holding these values yet.

FV 3.4
ArcServer 10.1

MikeVolz · Answer

Anthony:

I did choose one of the particular categories.  I now realize, based on your previous thread, that even though I chose the template to be a specific category, I changed the category when I was filling out the attribute information.

So even though you have the ability to change the category in the drop-down menu after selecting a template to draw with, you should not do this as the category you chose disagrees with the template, even though no error is displayed, because the new record will not get added to the SDE feature class.

I hope my explanation makes sense as that is what seems to be occurring.