https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/archiving/m-p/1349965#M37685 <P>I'm looking to enable archiving on a feature dataset in our SQL DB to track historical changes. It just so happens several layers participate in a topology so we don't have gaps and overlaps. When reading the documentation (<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/geodatabases/overview/the-archive-process.htm#GUID-4CFD7A4B-228D-4A0C-BA78-0ADC214E5F50" target="_blank">https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/geodatabases/overview/the-archive-process.htm#GUID-4CFD7A4B-228D-4A0C-BA78-0ADC214E5F50</A>), it states that certain editing functions insert vertices, including validating a topology. Does that mean if I try to use archiving and we occasionally validate the topology, our historical tracking will get messed up because the validation will "edit" features, thus making it appear that changes were made? Just looking for some clarification.</P> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:07:34 GMT Anonymous User 2023-11-15T21:07:34Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/archiving/m-p/1349965#M37685 <P>I'm looking to enable archiving on a feature dataset in our SQL DB to track historical changes. It just so happens several layers participate in a topology so we don't have gaps and overlaps. When reading the documentation (<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/geodatabases/overview/the-archive-process.htm#GUID-4CFD7A4B-228D-4A0C-BA78-0ADC214E5F50" target="_blank">https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/geodatabases/overview/the-archive-process.htm#GUID-4CFD7A4B-228D-4A0C-BA78-0ADC214E5F50</A>), it states that certain editing functions insert vertices, including validating a topology. Does that mean if I try to use archiving and we occasionally validate the topology, our historical tracking will get messed up because the validation will "edit" features, thus making it appear that changes were made? Just looking for some clarification.</P> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:07:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/archiving/m-p/1349965#M37685 Anonymous User 2023-11-15T21:07:34Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/archiving/m-p/1357045#M37870 <P>...</P> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:55:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/archiving/m-p/1357045#M37870 Anonymous User 2024-03-25T12:55:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/archiving/m-p/1357061#M37871 <P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/geodatabases/overview/the-archive-process.htm#GUID-4CFD7A4B-228D-4A0C-BA78-0ADC214E5F50" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The archive process—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A><BR /><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="MarceloMarques_0-1701803027954.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/88101i2E9BE509B5F35755/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="MarceloMarques_0-1701803027954.png" alt="MarceloMarques_0-1701803027954.png" /></span></P><P>If you validate a geodatabase topology then as stated above, it might insert vertices on existing features to maintain coincidence between adjacent features, hence this becomes an edit operation, then if you save the changes then the change will be recorded in the archiving table.</P> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:07:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/archiving/m-p/1357061#M37871 MarceloMarques 2023-12-05T19:07:25Z