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ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

JohnReese1 — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:11:57 GMT

To preface, the platform is oracle and I have already updated my oracle client to 64-bit.

The connection works perfectly at first, but breaks when I attempt to modify the name of the connection. To do this, I am right-clicking the database connection and clicking rename. I assumed this would rename an alias, but instead, it breaks the connection. I need to modify the database connection name because we are using a multi-user SDE environment, and it gets confusing real fast if the only difference in the names is SDEname, SDEname(2), SDE name(3).

Any help would be appreciated

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

JoshuaBixby — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 03:10:09 GMT

What build number or update number are you running?

Complaints about not being able to rename database connections started surfacing 7 or so months ago in the beta community forums. At the time, a bug was logged: NIM101677 - Provide a way to rename database connections. A few months ago, Esri developers stated that renaming connection files would "be supported in Prelease." It appears either the functionality isn't supported yet or there are still some bugs to work out with it. Either way, I encourage you to open an Esri Support case so they can fix what is wrong or know more customers really want this before final release.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

AsrujitSengupta — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:05:04 GMT

Yes, you are hitting that same Bug that Joshua mentioned. Seems that this has not been fixed yet and is still being worked upon by the Dev team.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

JohnReese1 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:12:32 GMT

Thanks for the reply, Josh. I am using 1.0 Prerelease Update 2, Build 1692. Thank you for pointing out that it was a previously logged bug. I will go ahead and open an Esri Support case and share any pertinent information here, if I see fit.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

JohnReese1 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:54:44 GMT

After opening an Esri Support Case, I was told this bug had been assigned (as Joshua mentioned) to Esri's development team. There is currently no listed workaround for this issue.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

DavidTriggs — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:53:22 GMT

Hi John,

It depends on how you do it, the Project View or the Project Pane. It seems to fail in the Project View, but if you swithch to Pane which looks just like ArcCatalog, you can rename there and it appears that the project properties are retained.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

SusanLeonard — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:49:37 GMT

Still an issue with Pro 1.4

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

deleted-user-ZTub55yWbsya — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:00:23 GMT

I'm also experiencing this issue in Pro 1.4.1.

For example, I create a new database connection and it gets named "GISServer". After adding a second connection to this server "GISServer" (but a different database) and then renaming this second one as "AD.GISServer.Utility", it displays the name as "GISServer(2)". If I click my cursor on the connection name to be able to edit the text it will display the modified connection name, but no matter what I type after clicking away it goes right back to "GISServer(2)".

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

deleted-user-ZTub55yWbsya — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:54:09 GMT

UPDATE: Very simple fix - press the Enter button on your keyboard to finish renaming a project item rather than clicking away and losing focus.
ESRI already logged this as a bug to be addressed sometime after version 1.4.1.
Bug: 000105265 - Unable to rename the database connections or folders in ArcGIS Pro

Re: ArcGIS Pro Database Connection (rename issue)

Haverlah_Daniel — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:09:23 GMT

Still having this issue many years later... You should be able to click away (or anywhere else) without the whole application crashing. I never had this issue in the old ArcCatalog. Now on version 2.9x and still ArcGIS Pro is full of bugs, much less responsive, and just overall sluggish in regard to performance.