idea Need Undo for editing in ArcGIS Online in ArcGIS Online Ideas

Need Undo for editing in ArcGIS Online

MikePing — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:27:25 GMT

There should be an undo choice when editing a feature service in ArcGIS Online.

Re: Need Undo for editing in ArcGIS Online

GrantRivard — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:51:52 GMT

I had a team member click on the calculate field tab on AcrGIS Online, and inadvertently changed 1800 + unique addresses into the address number he thought he was searching for. If a undo button was available, or even a verification pop-up when making major irreversible edits or deletions, that would be a major improvement in the daily use of AcrGIS Online.

Re: Need Undo for editing in ArcGIS Online

MarcGuidry1 — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:33:37 GMT

I tried calculating a field with only some records selected. It calculated on the entire field completely. Had I not recently backed up the data this would have spoiled several weeks of fieldwork. Even with the backup I've spent the last several hours attempting to repair the data. Turns out that is a known limitation (https://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/QlVHLTAwMDExNzY3NA==), but didn't know and there is no warning...

There is some limited undo support if you are on the edit tab of a web map, but if you're editing the attribute table directly and you make a mistake then you're screwed.

Re: Need Undo for editing in ArcGIS Online

KarenShaw — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:51:48 GMT

The need for Undo button in AGOL Online is important. The field calculator tool is very easy to make errors.

Re: Need Undo for editing in ArcGIS Online

Anonymous User — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:55:44 GMT

Thank you Marc for confirming my sad realization. Calculating field applies to the whole column, not just selected records. No warning, nothing, totally screwed. Good thing we set up archive to revert back.

Here's a related thread with solution - apply a filter to reduce records and then calculate field on that set.

https://community.esri.com/thread/226541-field-calculate-selected-features-only-in-arcgis-online

Related idea to implement calculations on selected records

Apply Calculations to Selected Records AGOL Calculator

Re: Need Undo for editing in ArcGIS Online

ToddJohnson — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:45:16 GMT

An undo or delete confirmation/warning would be very helpful in Online and in my organizations case, in Field Maps especially. Our Mobile Workers have a different level of understanding of data or can inadvertently hit the wrong button due to restrictions caused by the elements of working in the field.