topic Re: ArcGis Pro losing data in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGis Pro losing data

MichaelPorter2 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:36:36 GMT

I am working on a map of a small island in Maine. This map has property lines with first and (sometimes) last dates for each segment. This has been working OK, but lately I notice some property lines have disappeared, and some others have lost attributes.

Reviewing the attribute tabe shows that the lines in question are really gone, or that a particular attribute is missing.

Whatr could be making this happen?

Re: ArcGis Pro losing data

DavidSolari — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:05:07 GMT

Priority number 1: make sure you're reviewing the data from the source and double-check your layers. I've had panic attacks caused by people adding definition queries behind my back! If it's Enterprise Geodatabase data, see if any missing data is visible in a regular SQL query against the database. For anything on the file system, see if the drive it's stored in has backups, either a full copy system or a shadow copy that you can see by right clicking on the file/folder and selecting "Restore previous versions." Hosted data is the trickiest, check with your admins to see if they've done any backups of the data store, either directly with ESRI backup tools or with full system imaging.

Re: ArcGis Pro losing data

MichaelVolz — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:22:33 GMT

Do you have backups of the data to compare to see that the data has been lost and also use these backups to recover lost data

Where is the data being stored?

Re: ArcGis Pro losing data

MichaelPorter2 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:17:16 GMT

Thank you! The data are just on my computer (to which no one else has access), in a file database. I can recover/recreate the data, but I am really wondering why this is happening.

Re: ArcGis Pro losing data

MichaelPorter2 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:18:49 GMT

The sata are on my computer, in a file database. Yes, I can recover/recrate them, but I am really wondering why this is happening and how I can prevent it in the future.

Re: ArcGis Pro losing data

DavidSolari — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:02:18 GMT

I've never had any ArcGIS project lose file geodatabase data in the way you're describing so unless this thread gets a lucky traveler I suggest contacting your support rep and see if you can replicate this with some test data. This could be a rare bug with Pro but it could just as likely be issues with your disk drive or Windows install.

Re: ArcGis Pro losing data

MichaelVolz — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:32:53 GMT

The data is being saved to a local drive (e.g c or e-drive) as opposed to OneDrive which might appear like it's saving data locally but it is cloud storage which ESRI does not yet support?

Re: ArcGis Pro losing data

MichaelPorter2 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:48:27 GMT

I'l check with support. It could be an issue with my computer, but I'm, a little skeptical, since I run other complex and menory-hungry software (e.g. AutoCAD, Illustrator) with no problems.