topic Re: Question regarding aliases in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Question regarding aliases

JacobGeisler — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:17:18 GMT

Hello,

At my organization, we have created a query that pulls layer attributes to create address verification maps/letters. This process is much quicker than manually creating them and works well except that every time we save the map, a new alias is created. It seems that at a certain point, too many aliases are created and we are unable to save the map and have the query work. This is a pain as the process does take time and not saving in between is not ideal. The aliases are created/managed by ESRI only. Is there a work around for this? Thank you.

Re: Question regarding aliases

CodyPatterson — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:47:08 GMT

Hey @JacobGeisler

Would it be possible to post a screenshot of the alias you're seeing? I'm not entirely familiar with a process that may create these, also what version of ArcGIS Pro are you using?

Cody

Re: Question regarding aliases

JacobGeisler — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:54:09 GMT

Hello Cody,

This forum is telling me I do not have permission to upload images. Can I email you the image separately? I am using the latest version of Pro (3.5.2)

Re: Question regarding aliases

CodyPatterson — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:51:16 GMT

Hey @JacobGeisler

You may be able to direct message me by accessing my profile, and I'll post it on here when you send it, if you can't then if you'd like to make it an imgur or other site link I can see that too!

Cody

Re: Question regarding aliases

JacobGeisler — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:20:45 GMT

https://imgur.com/a/WDOze5K

Re: Question regarding aliases

JacobGeisler — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:21:33 GMT

The numbers shown when hovering over the Alias field are what I am questioning.

Re: Question regarding aliases

CodyPatterson — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:30:34 GMT

Hey @JacobGeisler

Would it be possible to use the AlterAliasName function here with arcpy?

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/3.3/arcpy/functions/alteraliasname.htm

You could alter the name, and reset it back to an original name, and then remove any additional feature layers with the wrong names or aliases by removing them from the FGDB or similar?

Cody

Re: Question regarding aliases

JacobGeisler — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:35:48 GMT

Thank you for all the information. We will try this and see if it solves the issue!

Re: Question regarding aliases

JacobGeisler — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:40:13 GMT

Unfortunately, this code did not work with type of feature class. Is there another solution?