999999 error when calculating field

Question

I was stumped by an error when calculating over global ID's from my records to a parcel layer (a lot easier than manually doing it for a half a million parcels).

It seemed that there was a bug because it would get to 5%, freeze up and error out.  The error message was extremely general.  Just a 999999 error.  After a week of trying to work around it I realized it was actually because you can't edit a feature from the fabric out of an edit session.

It would save a lot of ArcGIS Pro fabric users heart ache if that edit session error were more clearly stated or there was a way to detect that before trying to run the process.

Thanks

JacquieKovarik · Answer

Here's the solution that worked for me:
https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/edits-are-not-applied-and-the-error-message-error-code-bug-000112974

AmirBar-Maor · Answer

@JamesTchorzynski1

This is a Geoprocessing bug. You should never see a '999999' error.

It has nothing to do with parcel fabrics.

It would be for the best if you log it with technical support.

@KoryKramer

I think this "idea" should be moved to the geoprocessing idea exchange.

JamesTchorzynski1 · Answer

There is a small toggle on the bottom of the geo-processing tool to "Enable Undo".  That's what I'm referring to as an edit session.  The only way I can get it to occur regularly is to join a table and calculate data from the input to the target (parcels).  Also, may be something related to calculating on a global ID field.  Either way, I just check the box no matter what and if I do I don't have any issues at all.