idea Set Default Editor Tracking Field Names in Data Management Ideas

Set Default Editor Tracking Field Names

MatthewGeorge — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:09:03 GMT

I'd like to be able to set the default editor tracking field names used in ArcGIS Pro rather than having to enter these every time to meet the business standards.

Re: Set Default Editor Tracking Field Names - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

SSWoodward — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:33:56 GMT

Thanks for the idea @MatthewGeorge ,

Can you help me clarify it?

Are you saying that you'd like the default editor tracking field names to populate in the input fields of the 'Enable Editor Tracking' GP tool when you open it so that you do not have to type them in?

Or is the idea that you can set a unique defaults for the names of the four editor tracking fields entirely so that, for instance, instead of having the 'create_user' field be the default for that editor tracking property, you could set it to 'created_by' or another name defined by your business standards?

Re: Set Default Editor Tracking Field Names

MatthewGeorge — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 22:11:29 GMT

Thanks for responding @SSWoodward

When you right click on a Feature Class in Catalog, select Properties, go to the Manage menu and then select Enable Editor Tracking - the fields that populate by default here are the ones I'd like to be able to predetermine. So, for example, rather than created_user and created_date I could have CreatedBy and CreatedDate as the defaults for the create fields.

I hope that explains it a bit more clearly but let me know if you need more info.

Cheers,

Matt

Re: Set Default Editor Tracking Field Names - Status changed to: Open

SSWoodward — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:00:18 GMT

That makes sense. Thanks for helping us understand.

Re: Set Default Editor Tracking Field Names

LaurenAlt — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:29:01 GMT

Yes I would love to be able to change these defaults as well!

Re: Set Default Editor Tracking Field Names

M_TLBC — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:53:58 GMT

I am looking for this capability as well! It is quite time consuming to have to change it each time I set editor tracking..