https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/custom-basemap-won-t-update/m-p/1222728#M61209 <P>I usually work in projects where I create several maps with different theme layers ontop of a common basemap. It sounds like basemap would be the perfect solution for this but for unkown reasons it is not.</P><P>My workflow now:</P><P>- Create a map which contains the background information I want avaible in all (or nearly all) maps in the project.</P><P>- Convert the map to basemap</P><P>- Create several new maps and pick the new custom basemap from the basemap gallery - <STRONG>so far so good.</STRONG></P><P>Some days later I realize something needs to change in the basemap and hence I do the edits to symbology or add layers and the like. I would expect these changes to update in each map that have the basemap nestled into them. but no. Instead the basemap in each different map is a 'dumb' still view of how the basemap looked when it where first added (and I can make other changes to it as I wish in the separate maps). Why is this the case? Is this really how basemaps are supossed to work??</P><P>What is the idea on how your supposed to work with basemaps if not as I expect them to behave? Why would I wan't to create a basemap if it can't function as a living basemap on which I create my theme maps?</P><P>What is a good workaround? How do you solve similar instances?</P> Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:16:33 GMT Göran 2022-10-18T09:16:33Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/custom-basemap-won-t-update/m-p/1222728#M61209 <P>I usually work in projects where I create several maps with different theme layers ontop of a common basemap. It sounds like basemap would be the perfect solution for this but for unkown reasons it is not.</P><P>My workflow now:</P><P>- Create a map which contains the background information I want avaible in all (or nearly all) maps in the project.</P><P>- Convert the map to basemap</P><P>- Create several new maps and pick the new custom basemap from the basemap gallery - <STRONG>so far so good.</STRONG></P><P>Some days later I realize something needs to change in the basemap and hence I do the edits to symbology or add layers and the like. I would expect these changes to update in each map that have the basemap nestled into them. but no. Instead the basemap in each different map is a 'dumb' still view of how the basemap looked when it where first added (and I can make other changes to it as I wish in the separate maps). Why is this the case? Is this really how basemaps are supossed to work??</P><P>What is the idea on how your supposed to work with basemaps if not as I expect them to behave? Why would I wan't to create a basemap if it can't function as a living basemap on which I create my theme maps?</P><P>What is a good workaround? How do you solve similar instances?</P> Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:16:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/custom-basemap-won-t-update/m-p/1222728#M61209 Göran 2022-10-18T09:16:33Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/custom-basemap-won-t-update/m-p/1227445#M61770 <P>Anyone now if this is the intended functionality? Anyone from ESRI? Am I missing something obvious?</P> Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:54:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/custom-basemap-won-t-update/m-p/1227445#M61770 Göran 2022-11-01T13:54:01Z