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Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

Rohanrajan — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 01:19:51 GMT

Hi,

I am using branch versioning to make edits to a UN dataset.

Scenario 1:

I make a child version
Make edits in it (Insert, Update, Delete) in more than 1000 records
Reconcile
No Changes to display after Reconcile

Scenario 2:

I make a new child version to duplicate the Default version being intact (before posting the above said edits from Scenario 1)
I Post the Scenario 1 edits
Now I reconcile the Duplicate Default version with the Default that has Scenario 1 edits
No Changes to display after Reconcile

Q1: Is this editing workflow correct?

Q2: Why can I not see the differences between the branches I merge / Reconcile-Post?

Q3: How do I review the changes between the branch and default versions before Posting it?

Any advice on this is much appreciated.

Thanks

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

gis_KIWI4 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:55:44 GMT

@Rohanrajan - I can confirm the editing workflow is correct.

What version of ArcGIS Pro are you using?
After 3.4 there is a "Version Changes" functionality that you can use to see the changes.
Here is an example from ArcGIS Pro 3.5 that shows the Version changes.

Hope that helps!

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

Rohanrajan — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:36:56 GMT

ArcGIS Pro version is 3.4.4
Yes, this option is available but changes don't appear after reconcile.
Actually it used to show changes for small edits.
This edit was a bulk one. And it did not work.
Does it affect it in anyway?

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

gis_KIWI4 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:01:33 GMT

It could be! Some gp tools bypass the version tracking.
Are you writing the bulk changes via the feature service or direct SDE connection? Feature Service method is the recommended way.

Others things to check are

if the layers to which the edits are being made are present on the map.

Have you saved and committed your edits to the version.

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

Rohanrajan — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:24:39 GMT

The Edits were made using the Append Geoprocessing Tool to the Feature Service Layers and they were in the Active Map

And Yes, I did commit the edits to the branch version and posted to Default

But even after the append process the Default Version Layers were intact without the changes. Only the branch had the changes.
Only After I posted, Default got the changes.

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

PierreloupDucroix — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:32:07 GMT

I think this is the correct behavior.

In a named version, you will only be able to see changes that correspond to edits made in the version (i.e. appends in your case).

If you reconcile, you won't see edits / changes that come from Default in the "version changes" tool in ArcGIS Pro.

And only after you post, your named version edits will be visible in Default

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

gis_KIWI4 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:39:14 GMT

@Rohanrajan The Version Changes depend on "edit event" logic in the feature service. I believe the Append Geoprocessing tool bypasses the version changes.

So even though you can see the edits in your version, they will not appear in the Version Changes pane.

I tried this in my test area and it is as expected.

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

Rohanrajan — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:03:08 GMT

Then, Is there a right way to do bulk edits in versions so that they appear in the changes. Is using Cursors a recommended way?

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

RobertKrisher — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:52:24 GMT

As long as you're appending edits to the version using Esri software (GP Append, Cursors, Arcade, etc), you cannot bypass the logic used to track branch version changes. If you could, this would mean that the changes wouldn't show up in your version. What could be happening is that your code is applying the edits directly to default (which is easy to verify) or there is an error that is happening that is canceling and rolling back the edit operation, which should be presented through the UI or caught by your script..

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

Rohanrajan — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:37:00 GMT

Ok. But, I used the Append GP Tool from the toolbox directly, not in a script or code. And Yes, I did append to the layer inside of a branch version. And there was difference between the Default and the Branch versions in record counts and attributes before the reconcile and post.
Even then when i reconciled, it did not return the changes.

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

RobertKrisher — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:03:17 GMT

Can you please confirm the following:

After running append, the version differences tool shows the changes in your version.
Please post a screenshot or python snippet including all the parameters you're using for reconcile (if you're using a GP tool)
Show the version differences dialog after running reconcile.

As long as you didn't post, all the changes that were in your version before the reconcile should be there after the reconcile. But, as @gis_KIWI4 noted, it won't show any of the perceived changes to data caused by the reconcile with default. This is because those differences are changes that were applied to your version, but are rather differences that were applied to default that your version now sees.

If you are concerned that there is a bug, you should consider opening a case with support.

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

UntitledMap — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:42:24 GMT

Several of our GIS analysts are experiencing the same issues. Pro v3.4.3, Enterprise 11.5, PostGIS database hosted in Azure.

User creates a branch version, then runs the Append tool to add data to that version.

After running the Append tool, the added data is not visible in the layer inside Pro, even after reconciling and posting. It is visible in the web layer though, before reconciling and posting. Seems like it Appended directly to the default branch.

We've tried adjusting account permissions, but that doesn't seem to be the issue either.

@RobertKrisher - Do you know if this is a bug with the tool or specific version of Pro?

Re: Reconcile of Branch Version not displaying Changes

RobertKrisher — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:59:17 GMT

If the layer is pointed to a version and you're seeing it appear in default, I would log a case with support on that.