topic Re: Delete Domain when not Owner in Data Management Questions

Delete Domain when not Owner

Chung_Jennifer — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:09:47 GMT

Hi,

An employee created 40 domains with their OS account and are no longer with the company so it is not possible to connect as them. How would I go about deleting these domains?

Thanks

Re: Delete Domain when not Owner

BillFox — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 23:58:34 GMT

Did you try the delete button for a file or personal geodatabase?

or, for enterprise, ask IT to create a "matching AD account" to use for deleting those domains.

Re: Delete Domain when not Owner

Chung_Jennifer — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:05:36 GMT

Yes I tried delete in database properties and the delete domain tool. Its an enterprise database, I can try to ask IT but they are pretty strict...if its my only option. I saw someone posting about XML, but I am not strong with XML.

Re: Delete Domain when not Owner

George_Thompson — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:07:26 GMT

You first have to remove the domain from usage within any feature class. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/geodatabases/overview/create-modify-and-delete-domains.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_8861363F668F406B8A51B65B85AD3BDD

Once you do that, you can try to delete them as the GDB admin.

Re: Delete Domain when not Owner

Chung_Jennifer — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:54:29 GMT

I ended up having to ask IT to make a matching AD account as it was actually written in an old format so they were okay with me asking them temporarily to create it!

Re: Delete Domain when not Owner

BillFox — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:15:25 GMT

This tip from @AsrujitSengupta may help you too:

https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/changing-domain-owner/td-p/571696