topic Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules in ArcGIS Field Maps Questions

Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules

drWood — Mon, 20 May 2024 17:56:41 GMT

Hello all.

I have an Attribute Rule in place on the items within a feature dataset (ArcGIS Pro 3.2 and Enterprise 11.2) that is executing inconsistently. It is designed to grab the nearest road segment from another feature class in the feature dataset and populate a field with relevant information upon Inserting a record.

The rule was designed and tested with no errors in a test environment and then replicated in our production environment. The rule worked fine to start and is now throwing error messages within Field Maps when trying to submit new records. When replicating the creation/insert process in both the Enterprise Portal Web Map through a web browser or within ArcGIS Pro using a direct database connection, there are no error messages thrown when submitting a record.

Any ideas as to what may be causing this issue?

Re: Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules

CodyPatterson — Mon, 20 May 2024 18:02:24 GMT

Hey @drWood

Would you happen to have any of the error messages or screenshots of the error? It may be something involved with the data or signal in the area not reaching back to trigger these rules, which may cause some type of data issue, but that's just a theory.

Cody

Re: Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules

drWood — Fri, 24 May 2024 16:16:01 GMT

Hey Cody, here is a screenshot one of our field staff sent in

Re: Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules

CodyPatterson — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:15:02 GMT

Hey @drWood

I apologize for the late response, are these field optional or are all required? If possible, you may try inputting one field at a time and observing if one or all produce the error. Looking at the fields, I'm guessing that the hyperlink may be causing some issues, but that's just a guess.

Cody

Re: Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules

drWood — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:22:20 GMT

@CodyPatterson, The fields are not set to required for any of them so there's no constraints being implemented there. The issue is still persisting in Field Maps, but creation of new records works without a hitch in both the web map via the REST service and in ArcGIS Pro using a direct connection to the enterprise geodatabase.

However, when I try to create a record using the REST service in ArcGIS Pro I am met with the same error shown in Field Maps.

Re: Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules

GerbenWolf — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:10:47 GMT

Hi,

Did you already found a solution? I have a very similar situation and problem as you describe.

In my case I work with Enterprise 11.2 and ArcGIS Pro 3.4.2. The Attribute Rule is designed to return the name of the (sub)project area from another feature class in the feature dataset and populate a field with relevant information upon Inserting a record. In so, I check the number of intersected area's and return the name of the area when the count equals 1. However, I get an error message that it encounters an unexpected null value while returning. So this implies a certain contradiction. In addition, null values are allowed.

Re: Inconsistent Execution of Attribute Rules

drWood — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:27:28 GMT

Hello,

We never found a solution and had to scrap use of the attribute rule for the time being and revert to a manual population during in-office QC workflows on our new field data collections.