topic Re: How do you force a warning before a field calc outside of an edit session? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

How do you force a warning before a field calc outside of an edit session?

RobBlash — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 18:42:14 GMT

In Arc Map you have a warning before running a field calc outside of an edit session. I don't see that setting anywhere in Pro, am I missing something? Or do we need this as an idea?

I'm playing w/ 2.5 and hosted feature service editing. I am really liking the undo edits option, but you don't get that w/ field calculator, unless:

You turn on "Enable Undo"

You already have unsaved edits (in that case, the above is already done)

Re: How do you force a warning before a field calc outside of an edit session?

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:32:16 GMT

What are your settings on the Project backstage?

Settings for saving edits—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Re: How do you force a warning before a field calc outside of an edit session?

RobBlash — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 20:55:16 GMT

No setting for this (unless I'm missing it?)

Re: How do you force a warning before a field calc outside of an edit session?

JoshuaBixby — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:37:21 GMT

I think Esri considers the greyed out "Enable Undo" right next to the run button as the warning. It seems overkill to have a warning dialog box when it is pretty clear whether undo is enabled or not before hitting run.

Re: How do you force a warning before a field calc outside of an edit session?

DrewFlater — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:39:48 GMT

Thanks for your feedback. We avoid the kind of popups you described in ArcGIS Pro. But I agree it could be more clear that the tool will modify the input dataset, and you may wish to have a visual reminder to enable undo if that is important for you. It will likely be designed as a banner at the top of the tool that can be dismissed at any time, and links to the documentation about tools that modify the input dataset, and strategies for avoiding unintended data modification.