topic Re: ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields, in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

JamalNUMAN — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:24:46 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

I couldn’t figure out why the “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields.

In the screenshot below, F3 field is moved to be to the left of F1. As the tool is run, the output keeps the fields in their original positions!

What could be the issue here? Is this a bug?

Re: ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

LeonS — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:04:33 GMT

I ran into the same issue using this tool when going from feature class in a file geodatabase (FGDB) to another file geodatabase. However, when I chose a shapefile for the output the fields were reordered. So you could probably do an intermediate step of your source data to shapefile, then copy it into your geodatabase.

Re: ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

JamalNUMAN — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:11:06 GMT

Thanks LeonS.

The issue with shape files is that the names of fields are truncated as they exceed 8 characters, and thus these names get no longer meaningful

Re: ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

JamalNUMAN — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:33:45 GMT

i hope esri experts can provide input about this

Re: ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

JamalNUMAN — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 06:12:07 GMT

Who has experienced this issue?

Re: ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

Anonymous User — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:39:19 GMT

I've been running into this as well. It seems like it works some of the time, but frequently won't translate the field edits made into the new feature class. Something's buggy about the dialogue box. I've found that if I enter all relevant attributes on the "Parameters" tab, then move to the "Environments" tab and make any changes, then press OK, I get nearly a 100% success rate. Any more messing around or going back and forth between tabs seems to break it, and the changes don't get applied. Hope that helps! It's certainly frustrating that the only way to change field order in Pro seems glitchy. . .

Re: ArcGIS Pro 2.6: “feature class to feature class” tool fails to reorder the fields,

JamalNUMAN — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 05:43:16 GMT

This issue is also discussed here in the ideas section:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcgis-pro-2-6-how-to-enhance-the-feature-class-to-feature-class/idi-p/1002182

I hope that esri experts can review the feedback of users