idea Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare

Brian_McLeer — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:45:36 GMT

In ArcGIS Desktop under Data Reviewer Tools, there was a tool that performed a GDB schema comparison.

This appears to have been deprecated with no viable replacement in ArcGIS Pro. Being able to compare GDB schemas between a parent/child or production/development database is very beneficial.

Are there any plans to bring this back into Pro? The Pro version I am on is 2.6.2.

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare - Status changed to: In Product Plan

JayCary — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:59:40 GMT

Hi,

The Geodatabase Schema Compare geoprocessing tool is planned for a future release. Here is a link to the current Data Reviewer product roadmap for reference.

Thanks!

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare

BrentKastor1 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 23:42:32 GMT

So our organization moves from ArcMap to Pro and Python 2.x to 3.x, we are having to strip this functionality from our Python code. Is there a proposed work around until this functionality is brought forward? Thanks!

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare

Anonymous User — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:24:48 GMT

Are there any work arounds in the interim?

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare

KellyMcGee_SDDCTEA — Thu, 04 May 2023 19:08:40 GMT

Is there any better timeframe for when this functionality will be added to ArcGIS Pro. Feb 2023 Roadmap says it's a Mid-term goal, which is defined as planned for subsequent releases.

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare

SimonSchütte_ct — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 07:29:46 GMT

Still listed as Mid-term goal for ~~2024 ArcGIS Data Reviewer product roadmap (January 2024) (esri.com)~~
2025 ArcGIS Data Reviewer product roadmap (January 2025)

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare

MatthewSackrison — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:13:18 GMT

Has this been removed entirely? I'm not seeing it in the current roadmap at all. Sounds like there's quite a bit of interest in having it still...

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare

SSWoodward — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:47:30 GMT

Hey all,

This was removed from Data Reviewers roadmap because it was taken over by the Geodatabase team. Users can expect to hear more news about this feature soon!

Re: Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare - Status changed to: Implemented

SSWoodward — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:03:57 GMT

Thank you everyone for your comments and participation in this Idea!

In ArcGIS Pro 3.6 the new Compare Schema GP tool allows users the ability to compare two schema using the new dynamic HTML schema report. The report allows users to compare two workspaces side by side in an interactive interface. Users can even pass two existing Excel, or JSON Schema Reports to the tool to generate a new comparison. As always, please feel free to share your feedback here and keep posting new ideas on how we can continue to improve the functionality of this report.

Keep your eyes out for a detailed blog on this new feature in the near future!