topic Geodatabase Check out / in and incremental attributes in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/geodatabase-check-out-in-and-incremental/m-p/720669#M5245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have an ArcPad project where I will have several teams in the field collecting new well inventory data with disconnected editing.&nbsp; I have designed a geodatabase (GDB) and related tables structure to hold this information and have customized forms.&nbsp; I have several questions regarding the check out / check in process.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>1.&nbsp; Do I need to do a check out for each mobile device ? (If so, what is the best way to load my customized forms)&nbsp;&nbsp; Or do I only do it once (structure only)&nbsp; and then load the files to each device?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>2.&nbsp; When doing a check in (I assume on a daily basis from each survey team) do I just check in each file using ArcPAD data Manager and all data from each survey team is appended to the orginal GDB?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>3.&nbsp; What happens to auto increment fields that are unique in the GDB.&nbsp; Does the ArcPad data manager adjust these on the fly during check in?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help with this is appreciated as well as any other suggestions for&nbsp; the data collection check in check out process</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Pete</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:30:49 GMT peteWitt 2012-08-30T15:30:49Z Geodatabase Check out / in and incremental attributes https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/geodatabase-check-out-in-and-incremental/m-p/720669#M5245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have an ArcPad project where I will have several teams in the field collecting new well inventory data with disconnected editing.&nbsp; I have designed a geodatabase (GDB) and related tables structure to hold this information and have customized forms.&nbsp; I have several questions regarding the check out / check in process.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>1.&nbsp; Do I need to do a check out for each mobile device ? (If so, what is the best way to load my customized forms)&nbsp;&nbsp; Or do I only do it once (structure only)&nbsp; and then load the files to each device?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>2.&nbsp; When doing a check in (I assume on a daily basis from each survey team) do I just check in each file using ArcPAD data Manager and all data from each survey team is appended to the orginal GDB?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>3.&nbsp; What happens to auto increment fields that are unique in the GDB.&nbsp; Does the ArcPad data manager adjust these on the fly during check in?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help with this is appreciated as well as any other suggestions for&nbsp; the data collection check in check out process</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Pete</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:30:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/geodatabase-check-out-in-and-incremental/m-p/720669#M5245 peteWitt 2012-08-30T15:30:49Z