topic Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table in ArcGIS Pro Questions

General Function Failure; failed to open table

SamMontoia1 — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:34:42 GMT

At some point during my use of ArcGIS Pro 2.3, I confront with this image. It comes when I have tried to open a data table from a feature class that's in my project. My feature classes link to a SQL Server table that's immutable. Anyway, is the issue that my data linkages are unindexed?

The ole' turning it back off and back on again (restarting ArcGIS pro) seems to fix the issue at least temporarily.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

RobertHouston1 — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:30:29 GMT

I was getting the same message when trying to open an attribute table for a feature class in a file geodatabase. Restarting Pro 'fixed' the issue.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

marjorie_jerez — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:44:58 GMT

I had the "Error: External component has thrown an exception" message and closing/opening Pro worked. I had never seen that message before.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

SamMontoia1 — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:07:52 GMT

I have had the same experience of restarting Pro and "fixing" the issue.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

Kris_AB — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:29:42 GMT

I also have similar issues. Map also is not drawn with the attribute tables.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

Robert_LeClair — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:57:01 GMT

Is the data on a network drive? If so, test this - copy the data to a local file geodatabase. Add the data to a new map in a new project and try to open the attribute table. Does the error persist? If not, then it sounds like there's something up with the settings for the network drive perhaps.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

Kris_AB — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:51:38 GMT

Thank you, Robert.

Yes, Data is in the network drive. I added more and more layers in the pro. Then after it started hesitating to show up attribute table and map. I think I should remove unnecessary layers. Once I close the software and reopen again. It works perfectly.

This is shapefile. This may be a reason. I should have work on the geodatabase in first place.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

Robert_LeClair — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:02:03 GMT

It is possible there is some degree of network latency accessing the data. If you convert the shapefile to a geodatabase, you should see some improvement as converting a shapefile to a file geodatabase feature class generally decreased the file size 40-60% - thus decreased file size, faster response (outside of network issues of course).

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

AndrewHargreaves1 — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:48:45 GMT

I am suffering from this issue. Data is accessed via password protected feature services. Is there any known fix?

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

ZakaryLegarda — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:43:31 GMT

I received the same error and the error corrected itself after restarting pro. Thanks for sharing!

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

salmanseahmed — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:34:26 GMT

I had the same issue. Was solved after restarting ArcGIS Pro.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

DorianneDysart — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:59:43 GMT

I had an almost identical error message that stated, “External component has thrown an exception” and the feature class attribute table would not open. I have never seen this before. Just prior to this, I was prompted to sign into ArcGIS Pro through AGOL license account. I had forgotten password, but after a few attempts, got it right. Normally I am automatically signed in though our organization, so wondered if this activity had to do with the error message. Closing Pro down and reopening also cleared it for me.

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

JMOceanographic — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:02:06 GMT

Having the same issue in the newest ArcGIS Pro 3.0. Saved the project using the same version. I essentially lost all the progress I made. "Failed to load table", "Failed to load map view". The project is stored on an HD. Since I have started working with ArcGIS Pro two weeks ago I needed to restart my work two times already. is any fix possible after this happens? Seems quite unreliable at the moment

Re: General Function Failure; failed to open table

JMOceanographic — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:46:06 GMT

Also the tools I developed within the project "Fail to open".