https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-attribute-permanence/m-p/1130795#M49583 <P>Could you try changing the field order and visibility from the catalog window or catalog pane instead of the table of contents.</P><UL><LI>The catalog window/pane deals with feature classes in a geodatabase,which is stored in the data source.</LI><LI>The table of content deals with layers, whose configurations/modifications are only stored in that particular map. Hence, the "resetting" behavior when the same feature class is added to a new map.</LI></UL><P>Best regards,<BR />Kanin&nbsp;</P><P><FONT color="#999999"><EM>If this answer solved your question, please mark it as "Accept as Solution" to help others who have the same question.</EM></FONT></P> Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:30:13 GMT Kanin 2022-01-05T14:30:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-attribute-permanence/m-p/1130574#M49556 <P>Pro 2.9, I am trying to change the order and visibility of fields.<BR />I have successfully changed length but whenever open a new instance of the layer 'Visible' and the field order are reverted to the default.<BR /><BR /></P> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:57:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-attribute-permanence/m-p/1130574#M49556 QJones 2022-01-04T20:57:02Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-attribute-permanence/m-p/1130589#M49557 <P>These properties are linked to the layer.</P><P>You should think about saving the layer as a layer file. Add the saved layer file instead of the feature class next time.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JayantaPoddar_0-1641332320916.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/30767i6AD6945589BEE537/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JayantaPoddar_0-1641332320916.png" alt="JayantaPoddar_0-1641332320916.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:39:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-attribute-permanence/m-p/1130589#M49557 JayantaPoddar 2022-01-04T21:39:09Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-attribute-permanence/m-p/1130795#M49583 <P>Could you try changing the field order and visibility from the catalog window or catalog pane instead of the table of contents.</P><UL><LI>The catalog window/pane deals with feature classes in a geodatabase,which is stored in the data source.</LI><LI>The table of content deals with layers, whose configurations/modifications are only stored in that particular map. Hence, the "resetting" behavior when the same feature class is added to a new map.</LI></UL><P>Best regards,<BR />Kanin&nbsp;</P><P><FONT color="#999999"><EM>If this answer solved your question, please mark it as "Accept as Solution" to help others who have the same question.</EM></FONT></P> Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:30:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-attribute-permanence/m-p/1130795#M49583 Kanin 2022-01-05T14:30:13Z