topic Re: Unable to save your template changes in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions

Unable to save your template changes

JamesRains — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:09:11 GMT

I have created a Portal web map for editing a feature layer from our database. I have configured the Form for editing and that works well. When I go to configure the Template for that same layer, it seems like it works fine until I go to save my changes. That's when I get this error message:

Unable to save your template changes

Check the layer settings and confirm that you have the privileges required to make changes.

A similar issue is occurring in ArcGIS Online:

Configure Editing template won't save

I am an Administrator for our Portal. I am also the owner of this layer and map. I don't understand why I don't have the privileges to update the Template. Any ideas?

Re: Unable to save your template changes

ZandBakhtiari1 — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:53:38 GMT

Ever figure out what was going on? I'm coming across the same issue.

Re: Unable to save your template changes

JamesRains — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:22:50 GMT

@ZandBakhtiari1 nothing so far. I'm still getting that same error message. The only way I have been able to get around it is to go back into ArcGIS Pro in the Create Features pane and Manage Templates for each item in that layer. Once done, I then republished the layer and Overwrite Web Layer. This was my workaround.

I still think something is wrong with altering Templates within the web map or even in Field Maps Designer.

Re: Unable to save your template changes

ZandBakhtiari1 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:39:47 GMT

Yup that's how I worked around it too! I also noticed that there are some things that work in the Editing Forms within the map or an app but not in field maps.

Re: Unable to save your template changes

JamesRains — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:57:37 GMT

@ZandBakhtiari1 What types of things have you run into that don't work in Field Maps? We're new to using Field Maps so I'm still getting use to it. We've always used Web App Builder applications but now that's going away. At the UC this summer I saw ESRI had made a lot of improvements to Field Maps so when we migrated out of 10.8.1 to 11.3 (now 11.5) I decided to switch some of my applications over to that instead of Experience Builder.

Re: Unable to save your template changes

JetBuxton — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:31:45 GMT

Having the same issue. Hoping they patch this bug soon.

Re: Unable to save your template changes

ZandBakhtiari1 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:38:39 GMT

Well I thought I was having and issue where the calculated fields I had made in Forms worked in the Map\App but not in Field Map but I think It had just been a long week of going down rabbit holes. We just upgraded to 11.5 from 10.9.1 and I'm shocked at how many apps still haven't been migrated into experience builder.

Re: Unable to save your template changes

ArizonaGIS2 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:13:10 GMT

Having the same issue in Enterprise 11.5 when trying to update the display name for a feature service. Seems like it would be a simple fix.

Re: Unable to save your template changes

NadiaEvans — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 02:46:17 GMT

I am also having the same issue - where I can't save a Form template (we're on Enterprise 11.3, soon to be upgraded to 11.5).

I was hoping this would be a work around for me loosing my form configuration when I republish the layer which the form is based on. *when I republish the layer, the form gets completely wiped!

Re: Unable to save your template changes

markovic_m — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:40:27 GMT

Same issue here