topic disappearing sde connections in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/disappearing-sde-connections/m-p/278213#M12108 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Using ArcGIS Pro 1.4.&nbsp; I will create an SDE connection with Insert-&gt;Connections-&gt;New Database Connection, and it will show up in my Contents pane, I'll connect, add SDE data.&nbsp; I'll save my project, exit.&nbsp; Then when I come back in, the connection is gone.&nbsp; If I create a new one, it names it with a (2) suffix, as if there's already one with that name.&nbsp; And indeed, if I go to my project directory, the old *.sde file is there, and the new one, but only the one created in the current session is usable within ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; Anyone else find a fix for this?&nbsp; Creating new connections every time one opens ArcGIS defeats the purpose of even having connection files.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:29:01 GMT ZacharyStauber1 2017-03-15T14:29:01Z disappearing sde connections https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/disappearing-sde-connections/m-p/278213#M12108 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Using ArcGIS Pro 1.4.&nbsp; I will create an SDE connection with Insert-&gt;Connections-&gt;New Database Connection, and it will show up in my Contents pane, I'll connect, add SDE data.&nbsp; I'll save my project, exit.&nbsp; Then when I come back in, the connection is gone.&nbsp; If I create a new one, it names it with a (2) suffix, as if there's already one with that name.&nbsp; And indeed, if I go to my project directory, the old *.sde file is there, and the new one, but only the one created in the current session is usable within ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; Anyone else find a fix for this?&nbsp; Creating new connections every time one opens ArcGIS defeats the purpose of even having connection files.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:29:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/disappearing-sde-connections/m-p/278213#M12108 ZacharyStauber1 2017-03-15T14:29:01Z