Export Features Geoprocessing Tool and Attribute Rules

Question

I was wondering what the expected behavior is for using the Export Features Geoprocessing Tool on a feature class with Attribute Rules from an enterprise geodatabase to a file geodatabase.

Is the expected behavior that the Attribute Rules are preserved on the exported feature class or do the Attribute Rules get removed from the exported feature class?

Any insights on this process are greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

SurabhiGupta1 · Answer

@MichaelVolz If you are using Export Features tool, it is not going to copy the attribute rules associated with the feature class. 
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/geodatabases/overview/create-modify-and-delete-attribute-rules.htm#:~:text=Data%20migration%20tools%20such%20as%20Feature%20Class%20To%20Feature%20Class%20and%20Table%20To%20Table%20do%20not%20transfer%20the%20attribute%20rules%20with%20the%20underlying%20dataset.

You need to either use Export XML tool or use copy-paste.

RobertKrisher · Answer

@MichaelVolz If you want something a novice can do, copy/paste is going to be the right approach, since it ensure the class and all its rules will be editable. If you just copy the class, without the objects referenced by the attribute rules, the rules will fail to import and you will need to manually remove/adjust the rules before importing them. If you are letting users edit this data and plan to import it back into your database, you will need to make sure that removing those attribute rules isn't going to cause any data integrity issues.

MikeVolz · Answer

I have not tried the export/import rules as I was looking for the simplest workflow that more novice GIS users would be more likely to follow.  I will test the export/import rules, but there might also be some issues between items that are available to enterprise gdbs compared to file gdbs that might throw some errors as well.