topic Edit fields not working in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Edit fields not working

AvaFarouche — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:54:59 GMT

Greetings!

I am not able to edit my data table. I've done this countless times. I just did it yesterday in a different attribute table in the same project. I've added two attribute fields so I can add two separate, additional numerical identifiers to property parcels. So I added the attributes, but now when I go in to add/ edit the text in the table it just disappears as soon as I move on to the next entry and returns to a "0" entry. I restarted my software and my machine. I'm in an edit session with the appropriate layer selected.

Any ideas??

Thank you so much!!

Re: Edit fields not working

MErikReedAugusta — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:34:03 GMT

When I first saw the title of this, I assumed the issue was going to be one of two things:

Your user account didn't have permissions to edit that feature class in your Enterprise or similar system
You do have permissions, but in your currently-active map, the feature layer is unchecked in the Selection Tab of the Contents Pane (see image below)

What's weird, though, is that if either of those were true, then the fields should be greyed out in the attributes pane and wouldn't allow you to alter any cells on the attribute table.

What your post seems to describe is that you're able to make an edit, but the edit immediately reverts as soon as you move to another field. If that's the case, there are (again) only two reasons I can think of:

You're attempting to add a value of the wrong type to the field. (e.g., it's an integer field, and you're trying to input text)
The field(s) in question have an Attribute Rule or something similar tied to them, and the script written in the rule is overriding your entry. You'll need to review the logic in that rule and figure out if there's a logic error somewhere.

Re: Edit fields not working

AvaFarouche — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:23:03 GMT

Greetings!

Yes, you are correct. I actually figured it out myself before I saw your response. When I created the field, I designated it as Short because I intended to only use numbers, but then I changed my mind and decided to include an alpha prefix in the same field, and that's what messed it up. Thanks for chiming in! And I love your signature quote. It's better to be happy than right.