https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/editing-feature-layer-data-overwrites-layer/m-p/1087623#M1514 <P>By the way, I was able to fix the problem by overwriting the JSON with the appropriate symbology rendering properties.&nbsp; I'm assuming you could do it by overwriting the feature layer as well.&nbsp; Although I've figured out a fix, I'm mostly wondering if anybody else has experienced this issue or has any insight into why it happens?</P> Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:51:00 GMT JoshuaFlickinger 2021-08-10T18:51:00Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/editing-feature-layer-data-overwrites-layer/m-p/1087590#M1513 <P>I'm experiencing an unexpected behavior in Field Maps.&nbsp; Here's the situation:</P><P>I published a hosted feature layer from ArcGIS Pro to ArcGIS Online.&nbsp; I added the feature layer to a web map in the new map viewer and then configured the web map in the Field Maps app as I needed it.&nbsp; Up to this point, no issue.&nbsp; After inspecting the map in Field Maps, I noticed one of my fields was populated with data that I did not want.&nbsp; I opened my feature layer on AGOL, navigated to the 'Data' tab, switched to the 'Fields' view, and deleted the erroneous field.&nbsp; I re-created the field with the same name, so I'd have a nice &lt;null&gt; value in the whole column.&nbsp; I re-opened the Field Maps online app, added my new field to the smart form, and re-generated all my offline map areas to make sure my change would be recognized offline.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>Here was the 'gotcha'.&nbsp; When I re-downloaded my map on my tablet, the symbology of my feature layer had been overwritten.&nbsp; This was a surprise, because the attribute that I deleted and re-added was not referenced by my symbology properties and I did not re-open the web map to change symbology after making the schema edit.&nbsp; I re-opened my map in the web viewer on AGOL and, sure enough, the symbology was not as I left it.</P><P>What's going on here?&nbsp; Is this a bug?&nbsp; I have a bad feeling it has something to do with a discrepancy between the new map viewer and the visualization tab of the feature layer (even though I didn't even open the visualization tab), but this is a wild guess.</P> Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:56:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/editing-feature-layer-data-overwrites-layer/m-p/1087590#M1513 JoshuaFlickinger 2021-08-10T17:56:14Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/editing-feature-layer-data-overwrites-layer/m-p/1087623#M1514 <P>By the way, I was able to fix the problem by overwriting the JSON with the appropriate symbology rendering properties.&nbsp; I'm assuming you could do it by overwriting the feature layer as well.&nbsp; Although I've figured out a fix, I'm mostly wondering if anybody else has experienced this issue or has any insight into why it happens?</P> Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:51:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/editing-feature-layer-data-overwrites-layer/m-p/1087623#M1514 JoshuaFlickinger 2021-08-10T18:51:00Z