Versioning: Post and reconcile

Question

Hi,

I was wondering if it's possible to set back the parent geodatabase to a previous time/date; to retrieve the data that were in before a post has been made. For example, if you reconcile and post a child version, but then realize that the changes you posted on the parent version are wrong. Is there a way to set the mother version back to an earlier date/time in Arcgis Pro?

Thanks

BillFox · Answer

To eliminate conflicts, do each of your editors have their own "Posting" version off of DEFAULT?

Example:

DEFAULT > PostingJoe > EditingJoe

DEFAULT > PostingBob > EditingBob

IB3 · Answer

We are a couple of people working on the same database. Everyone works on their own version (version of the default database). Normally everything goes well, but today we observed strange conflicts.

I worked on points features while my colleague was working on lines. So not at all on the same Object ID. Normally we don't get conflicts, but today we do. I'm getting conflicts from lines. I don't understand why and I would like to understand why.

Do you perhaps have an idea why?

LeonS · Answer

You are correct only, conflicts are managed during the reconcile process.  Since no conflicts were detected during the reconcile process, all the edits that were in default prior to you posting would still be there.

This topic should explain the reconcile process and what would be picked up as a conflict:

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/2.9/help/data/geodatabases/overview/manage-traditional-version-conflicts.htm