https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/sync-enabled-feature-service-with-archiving-seems/m-p/1534357#M40500 <P>I've learned a *little* more about this behavior, but still don't understand it.&nbsp; We've found that when we follow similar steps in ArcPro (download the mobile geodatabase, make updates in Pro to the service, then sync to the mobile geodatabase) that the gdb_from_date was only updated for features that actually changed.&nbsp; Which is different than the behavior we see when a sync is performed using the runtime API.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>So, I guess this is a little more data, but not more knowledge.</P> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:56:24 GMT EdwardBlair 2024-09-03T13:56:24Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/sync-enabled-feature-service-with-archiving-seems/m-p/1526853#M40406 <P>We're experimenting with use of sync-enabled feature services to support a mobile application.&nbsp; We're using archiving as opposed to versioning to detect changes.&nbsp; In a simple test I added a new feature to the parent feature class in the enterprise geodatabase to see if it would sync down to the client (a runtime geodatabase on a laptop).&nbsp; Eventually the new feature showed up on the client -- which is good.&nbsp; &nbsp;However, I noticed that ALL of the features in the runtime gdb had the same gdb_from_date value as my new feature.&nbsp; I would have expected my new feature to have a layer gdb_from_date than all other records.&nbsp; &nbsp;Which prompts my question, what/how much information is actually transferred to the client on a "sync"?&nbsp; &nbsp;I thought it would be only the changes since the last "create replica" or "sync replica" operation.&nbsp; &nbsp;But it seems like it might be re-sending the entire dataset.</P><P>Any insights would be much appreciated.</P> Sun, 25 Aug 2024 14:16:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/sync-enabled-feature-service-with-archiving-seems/m-p/1526853#M40406 EdwardBlair 2024-08-25T14:16:06Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/sync-enabled-feature-service-with-archiving-seems/m-p/1534357#M40500 <P>I've learned a *little* more about this behavior, but still don't understand it.&nbsp; We've found that when we follow similar steps in ArcPro (download the mobile geodatabase, make updates in Pro to the service, then sync to the mobile geodatabase) that the gdb_from_date was only updated for features that actually changed.&nbsp; Which is different than the behavior we see when a sync is performed using the runtime API.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>So, I guess this is a little more data, but not more knowledge.</P> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:56:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/sync-enabled-feature-service-with-archiving-seems/m-p/1534357#M40500 EdwardBlair 2024-09-03T13:56:24Z