How can I approve edits to existing assets in field maps?

[IvyLu1]

Hi everyone, I'm trying to create a field map for editing the location of existing assets (utilities). This is going to be used by mobile workers for improving location accuracy. However, I want to be able to check these edits before they are published to the web map and approve them as necessary. The only way I can think to do this is to create an editable layer and an original layer, where the edits will be added to after. Is there a more intuitive way to accomplish this?

We do not have access to Enterprise so cannot do branch versioning. 

[gis_KIWI4]

@IvyLu1  - I think this can be achieved using one feature layer and using a field e.g - edit_status. 
Any edits (creates/updates) set a calculated field (maybe hidden away from field staff) edit_status to = QA needed. 

In the back office you have an app that displays all the features where edit_status = QA needed. 
The person checks them and using the batch edit widget set the edit_status = QA passed. 

[IvyLu1]

Thanks for the reply! So with this method, would you still be able to see the original location of the feature (before the edit) as well as the location after the edit? 

[gis_KIWI4]

Unfortunately not. 
If you need to see the original layer along with the edits without using branch versioning then you have to use the 2 layer approach mentioned in your original post. 

[HannesVogel]

maybe you can use

•  tracking of the edits
• GNSS Metadata
• Definition queries or views of the hosted featureservice for the QA approved data 

not sure how good the tracking works in ArcGIS Online since I mostly use enterprise geodatabases