topic Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

TimFast — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 21:39:19 GMT

I have been tasked with adding metadata to many of our shapefiles. In Pro when I go t set the metadata style, the dropdown is grayed out and the only option is FGDC CSDGM Metadata. We need to add metadata in either the ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification or the ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification GML3.2 style, See below.

How can I activate the dropdown? I can enter the information in the ISO style in Arcmap but not Pro.

Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

curtvprice — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:14:59 GMT

I believe the metadata needs to be upgraded to ArcGIS format before you can edit it.

Upgrade metadata to the ArcGIS format—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop

Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

Anonymous User — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:05:29 GMT

Yes but the Upgrade options are disabled. I have the same issue as Tim Fast. When I click upgrade the options are grayed out. If I hover over the options it has a dialogue box that reads: This command is currently disabled. It says the layer needs to support metadata, have metadata content, and be writable. I believe my feature checks all these boxes so am unsure where I am going wrong.

Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

curtvprice — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 14:50:16 GMT

I suggest upgrading the metadata in ArcMap, and reporting the issue to Esri Support. This functionality is a recent addition to Pro so the developers really need to hear about issues to fix.

Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

Anonymous User — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:32:21 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

JillianRizzo — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:42:33 GMT

I had this problem too... turns out I was editing the metadata in the catalog pane at the same time. Try closing out of your metadata edit session and try again

Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

EricSeguin — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:25:27 GMT

All previous posts are antiquated.

I'm not sure if ESRI dealt with the issue yet but I have a roundabout solution to activate the possibility of changing the metadata. Simply save and close your project document. Open a new project, without actually creating one, click on settings and then go through options > metadata; and apply your new metadata format. Once you exit and reopen your existing project the metadata the selected metadata will be applied.

Re: Cannot Select a Metadata Style in Pro

Geobunga — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:30:49 GMT

Thank you Eric, we had the same problem and your solution worked.