topic Re: Can't get rid of attribute rule in Geodatabase Questions

Can't get rid of attribute rule

ShawnShepard — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:24:21 GMT

Update: This has been resolved -

I have created attribute rules for calculating values within a feature class. I needed to correct the logic, but it still runs the old rule. I deleted the rule, and yet, the calculation is still performed. This is happening in both file geodatabase and enterprise geodatabase. I found the rule logic in one of the files in the file geodatabase, even after deleting the rule through Pro. If I edit the rule, Pro shows me the new code, yet it runs the old. Is there a way to purge an old attribute rule?

Re: Can't get rid of attribute rule

RobertKrisher — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:10:16 GMT

ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Pro will cache a copy of the rule when it first executes it. So if you aren't restarting Pro or the SOC's for the service after making the change then you run the risk of running the old version. If you kept schema locking enabled on the service this would have prevented the system from getting into this state, but this is the tradeoff you pay when you disable schema locking (you then take ownership of needing to manually restart services after making schema changes).