Smart form wiped out when changing pop up?

Question

So I just spent several hours building a smart form and it turned out great. I realized I needed to make a couple tweaks to the popup in the web map, mainly the title of the pop up and remaining the table the form is consuming.

Now all of my work is gone. The Smart Form has returned to its default state wiping out hours of work.

Is this a bug?

Is there a way to undo this? if not, is there a way to save a "copy" of a customized smart form?

It seems dangerous that another member of my organization (or myself) can accidently wipe out the entire form, without any warning they are doing so, just by tweaking the pop up.

Scott_Gowan · Answer

It's certainly understandable that having various copies of the map open would cause issues. I've always created smart forms within a web map and not Field Maps. Never had an issue.

Sstowel · Answer

I have lost so many Field Maps form edits and I realized that you have to close out ALL Esri apps besides Field Maps to give yourself a small chance that things might save correctly. This means closing ArcMap, ArcPro, Web Maps, and the Field Maps app on a tablet or phone. seriously, the only thing you can have open is field maps and even then it might delete all your changes. So frustrating.

Anonymous User · Answer

I could have made the same mistake, I will have to do some further testing to see if that is what I did. I really appreciate you posting your questions and discoveries, I am somewhat new to Esri and I need as much help as I can get 🙂