topic Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table in ArcGIS Web Editor Questions

Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

RuthSpell1 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:25:13 GMT

I am just getting started with Web Editor. I think it could be a great app for editing by our non-GIS staff. However, in my testing it appears that Web Editor is not respecting the edit settings of the feature service when a related table is involved. My feature service is set to disallow Delete so that staff can only add or update features and records but not delete them. Web Editor respects these settings for the features and their attributes, but is not respecting it for the related table records.

In Web Editor, the delete icon is disabled in the map and in the form for editing the attributes of a selected feature. But if I scroll to the bottom of the attribute form and select a related record, the form for editing the related record includes a delete icon.

This is a non-starter for us. We want to limit the permission to make deletions to the data owner only.

Does anyone else have the same problem? Is there a way to disable the DELETE option for the related table records?

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

AndreasHall — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:33:08 GMT

Hi, I can recreate this in ArcGIS Online. To me, it seems like a bug. I would recommend you to report it to technical support.

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

bbollin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:33:29 GMT

Hi @RuthSpell1, Thank you for bringing this up! I can see that the Delete button is enabled for records as you mentioned and we are getting this fixed 😊

Is the user (non owner /administrator) able to actually delete the table record, or does the the form refresh with the record still there?

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

RuthSpell1 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:58:14 GMT

Thank you, Andreas, for testing this out.

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

RuthSpell1 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:02:10 GMT

Ah, you are correct.... When I delete the related table record, the form refreshes with the record still there. I also exited Web Editor and checked in the web map and the record was still there. So it is not actually deleting the record.

Thanks for your attention to this!

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

bbollin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:17:19 GMT

Of course! This should be resolved in the next update of Web Editor. Appreciate you flagging this!

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

LDreyfuss — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:45:03 GMT

Hi @bbollin is there a bug number we can get attached to? We are also experiencing this issue and would like to track it. Thanks so much!

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

bbollin — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:16:23 GMT

@LDreyfuss, this was resolved in the latest update of Web Editor in ArcGIS Online. If you are still seeing this, it is probably because the editor is an owner/admin (and has the ability to supersede any editing restrictions) or perhaps you are on enterprise and using an older version?

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

LDreyfuss — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:23:07 GMT

Yes, that was it! We were testing with an ArcGIS Online user who had Admin content privileges. Thanks for the update!

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

PierreloupDucroix — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:58:29 GMT

Hello,

are there plans to patch Web Editor on ArcGIS Enterprise (11.3) to resolve that kind of bug ?

I am also experiencing issues with AGE and related records editing.

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

bbollin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:32:35 GMT

@PierreloupDucroix, no we will not be patching 11.3 for this bug. The permissions are still respected (ie if delete is disabled it won't delete) it just shows the delete button. What other issues are you seeing with related records

Re: Web Editor not respecting edit settings/permissions for the related table

PierreloupDucroix — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:59:52 GMT

Thanks for your answer.

The main issue I have is that it is not possible to add related records at all in 11.3, see here for more information : https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-editor-questions/trouble-creating-related-records-in-the-new-web/m-p/1634559