topic Re: Enable editor tracking geoprocessing tool no longer allows <None> for creator or editor in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Enable editor tracking geoprocessing tool no longer allows for creator or editor

LyonMNGIS — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:50:10 GMT

Hello,

I recently upgraded to ArcPro 3.5 and noticed that the Enable Editor Tracking Geoprocessing tool will no longer allow us to leave Creator or Editor blank. I can manually enable editor tracking through the manage tab in my Geodatabase, but I would like to automate the process.

Am I missing something?

Thank You

Re: Enable editor tracking geoprocessing tool no longer allows for creator or editor

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:19:11 GMT

Questions - is Editor Tracking being enabled on a feature class or a stand alone table? File or Enterprise geodatabase?

Re: Enable editor tracking geoprocessing tool no longer allows for creator or editor

AyanPalit — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:30:52 GMT

@LyonMNGIS The basic concept of editor tracking requires storing user and time of creation or update of features.

When Enable Editor Tracking Geoprocessing tool, you can choose ArcGIS defaults as below or point the tool to specific fields in your schema.

created_user (Text)
created_date (Date - low precision)
last_edited_user (Text)
last_edited_date (Date - low precision)

So Editor Tracking must be mapped to 4 fields; either ArcGIS defaults or user chosen. There is really no way to have editor tracking, leaving the fields empty.

Re: Enable editor tracking geoprocessing tool no longer allows for creator or editor

LyonMNGIS — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:41:40 GMT

Ayan,

In Catalog-->Manage-->Editor Tracking we can still specify which properties should be tracked. For example, I can set the create and edit date field while ignoring the creator and editor fields as I don't need the latter two.

Unfortunately, the geoprocessing tool in model builder now requires all four fields which is a different behavior than previous versions of ArcGIS Pro.

Re: Enable editor tracking geoprocessing tool no longer allows for creator or editor

AyanPalit — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:27:48 GMT

@LyonMNGIS Ok, I now better understand that you want to selectively enable Editor Tracking and the GP is not letting you do so. All my use cases involve tracking all the fields for full editor tracking.

As a workaround, could you try Enabling and then use Disable Editor Tracking, to remove the fields you don't want tracked.