topic Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Changes to feature class alias won't save

TrentonWalker — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:54:13 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to change the alias of a feature class, but after I type it out and hit "OK," it only saves one additional letter. For example, I have a line feature class called "ALD." I'm trying to update the alias from what I originally had ("Anoxic Limestone Drain") to "Anoxic limestone drain" to match the capitalization of the other feature classes in this geodatabase. When I delete the current alias and type out "Anoxic limestone drain," the first time it'll save the alias as just "A." Then when I do it a second time, it'll save the alias as "An." Third time: "Ano."

I'm doing this from the catalog view by right-clicking on the feature class and selecting "Properties," then renaming it in the Alias field under the Source tab. If there's a better way to do this, please let me know. I would really like to avoid remaking this entire geodatabase just because a handful of the original aliases were capitalized inconsistently...

Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save

Bud — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:46:13 GMT

What version of Pro and what kind of geodatabase?

I’d suggest reporting the issue to Esri Support as a bug.

Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save

BarryNorthey — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:49:52 GMT

This might be relevant at least for a file geodatabase.

Edit alias using Python

Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save

rappr — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:55:06 GMT

When attempting to modify a feature class alias after being upgraded to ArcGIS Pro 3.3, I now experience the same exact behavior @TrentonWalker described. Has anyone reported this to Esri technical support as a bug?

Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save

JohnstonK — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:27:51 GMT

I also experienced this same bug as described on 3.3.1.

A workaround that I found was to paste in the new alias from another text box. In my case, I used a web browser search bar.

No idea what's causing the bug or if this workaround is 100% reliable, but hopefully this works for anyone else who encounters the issue before they fix it.

Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save

JamesBurton1 — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:50:49 GMT

I'm on Pro 3.3.1 and I'm experiencing this. Changes to the alias are very buggy. I'm seeing the one letter at a time, but also I'm unable to delete the final letter and I'm stuck with an alias of "D".

Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save

Jim_Anbazu — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:07:12 GMT

This issue was identified in earlier versions of 3.3.x and has been fixed in later releases (https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/BUG-000168443). Please consider upgrading to version 3.3.4/5 or 3.4.

Re: Changes to feature class alias won't save

JacobPfingsten — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:52:08 GMT

I just tried to change the alias of a field in a relationship class in a sde.

It didn't work out directly in the arcgis pro project or using the field-view at all, as the "Data Design"-Views do not exist in the context menu for a relationship class when accessing it directly using a sde-connection-file.

If i am not missing something, i dont't think the bug is completely fixed with this limitation.

However, I managed to change the alias using arcpy.management.AltierField():
table = os.path.join(sde_file, "rel-class")
arcpy.management.AlterField(table, "fieldname", new_field_alias="New Aliasname")

I am using ArcGIS Pro 3.3.7