topic Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector in ArcGIS Collector Questions

Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

RyanEckdale-Dudley — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:31:10 GMT

How do I disable geometry edits in ArcGIS Online using a AGOL hosted feature service? I would still like to be able to add, edit new related records and feature attributes, (Using Collector) but make sure field staff are not accidentally moving points after selecting a feature. It seems like this is a common issue, just not sure this is possible unless the feature service is hosted on ArcGIS Server, which allows geometry edits to be disabled. Is an update in the works?

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

MitchHolley1 — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:46:39 GMT

When you're publishing the service, under the 'Capabilities' -> 'Feature Access' -> 'Properties' section, there is a check box to enable/disable geometry updates.

This should work.

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

RyanEckdale-Dudley — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:41:17 GMT

Hi Mitch,

That option appears to be available when publishing to ArcGIS Server, but not when publishing to ArcGIS Online. Am I missing something? Thanks for your response.

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

PeteCrosier — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:45:41 GMT

Is this option in AGOL the one you want to set after publishing? ('Only update feature attributes')

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

RyanEckdale-Dudley — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:42:56 GMT

That option disables geometry edits, but also disables the ability to add new related records, which in our case is what we are doing.

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Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

zkovacs — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:19:03 GMT

Have a look at this:

http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/share-maps/manage-hosted-layers.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_FFEC223155964B2195C03F43BEC4D2B9

"Further control of edits for layers

...

To allow the public or groups with a large number of users to see the layer but still allow a small group of people edit it, a default administrator in your organization can create a group that is configured to allow editing of all contents. Add or invite organization members to this group who you want to edit items. All items shared to this group can be updated by group members, including hosted feature layers that do not have editing enabled."

I hope this helps.

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

DougMorgenthaler — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:15:45 GMT

If you are only interested in having them add/update/delete inspection records, you could disable editing for the parent feature layer in the web map. This will prevent field workers from updating the feature attributes or geometry.

Currently there's no way to configure both attribute only-update for the feature and still support adding new inspection (related) records.

-Doug

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

deleted-user-yC5VkbyXzrQR — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:29:49 GMT

Did you find an answer to this ?

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

deleted-user-yC5VkbyXzrQR — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:50:20 GMT

Doug has this issue been fix yet. I am looking to the same. I want to disable editing for geometry however I want to be able to add related records.

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

keithjoiner — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:16:08 GMT

I am also looking for a fix to this issue. Need to add related records, but not move or alter points.

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

DarraghO_Keeffe — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:15:39 GMT

Would also like to see this functionality. I have a need to edit feature attributes without the option to move or alter points, and then add related records to record field inspections.

I added this as an enhancement request to ideas also

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

Bartlett_Sam — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:28:32 GMT

Does using the smart editor widget help in this situation? You have to click the checkbox within the edit form to alter geometry, leaving it unchecked prevents the feature being moved during editing.

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

deleted-user-aT9BCrgkP4kc — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 18:54:09 GMT

Did anyone ever get a response on this?

Re: Disable Geometry Edits in Collector

TaupoDistrict_Council — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:46:25 GMT

I am having a similar issue. I have a layer which is used within collector to update information, but somehow the geometry gets accidently edited as well. I can't turn off geometry editing for this layer as it is also used in a webapp where they do want to purposefully edit features (just not in the field).

I think the way around it currently would be to make a view of the layer which has geometry editing disabled but keep the original layer and have geometry editing on that layer. In the case above where they might be creating new areas within Collector, I would suggest having both layers in the map, but have the geometry editing one turned off by default so that they have to purposefully turn it on (but then also remember to turn it off) for creating new areas.

I've added an idea which sums up the desire to be able to turn on/off editing at the map level. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-ideas/option-to-disable-geometry-editing-in-collector/idi-p/1104993/jump-to/first-unread-message