https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/if-a-field-is-deleted-added-to-a-layer-have-that/idi-p/1574441 <P>I’m currently performing an extensive database cleanup, which involves adding and deleting various fields, as well as adding metadata to each layer. During this process, I noticed that fields that were deleted still appeared under the "Fields" tab in the metadata. I reached out to support, hoping there was a way to sync the attribute table fields with the metadata fields. However, they explained that this is expected behavior and suggested submitting an idea to the community.</P><P>My goal is to find a way to automatically sync these fields, so I don’t have to manually add and delete fields in both the layer and the metadata each time a change is made.</P> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:23:42 GMT Laura 2025-01-10T18:23:42Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/if-a-field-is-deleted-added-to-a-layer-have-that/idi-p/1574441 <P>I’m currently performing an extensive database cleanup, which involves adding and deleting various fields, as well as adding metadata to each layer. During this process, I noticed that fields that were deleted still appeared under the "Fields" tab in the metadata. I reached out to support, hoping there was a way to sync the attribute table fields with the metadata fields. However, they explained that this is expected behavior and suggested submitting an idea to the community.</P><P>My goal is to find a way to automatically sync these fields, so I don’t have to manually add and delete fields in both the layer and the metadata each time a change is made.</P> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:23:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/if-a-field-is-deleted-added-to-a-layer-have-that/idi-p/1574441 Laura 2025-01-10T18:23:42Z