Unexpected field alias behavior when renaming field via Fields View

Bud — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:03:00 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 3.1.2; mobile geodatabase standalone table

In the Fields View, if I rename a field, the field's previous name gets used as the field alias.

Why is that happening?

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Re: Unexpected field alias behavior when renaming field via Fields View

Bud — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:20:48 GMT

Esri Case #03362627 - Unexpected field alias behavior when renaming field via Fields View

These are the steps to reproduce:
Create two mobile gdbs: mgdb1 and mgdb2
In mgdb1, create a non-spatial table with a text field: T1.
Copy the table to mgdb2.
In the table in mgdb2, delete the field alias. Save.
Rename the field from T1 to T2. Save.
Notes:
The field alias for T1 in the table in mgdb1 does not need to be delete before copying.
The behavior only occurs if the table is copied from another mgdb. The behavior does not occur in the table in mgdb1.
The Field table must be opened by right-clicking on the table in the Catalog > Data Design > Fields. The issue is not reproducible if the Fields table is accessed by right-clicking on the table from the Contents. This is why I was not able to reproduce originally. Opening the Fields table from the Contents would be the workaround to use until the bug is fixed.

BUG-000159633: In a mobile geodatabase table in ArcGIS Pro, the field alias gets automatically set to the previous field name.

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