How to downgrade a parcel fabric version?
Why downgrade a parcel fabric version?
I have heard of two use cases:
1. User error: with new and exciting new capabilities of ArcGIS Pro, a person upgrades the parcel fabric version using the geoprocessing tool Upgrade Dataset. Then they realize they cannot match their enterprise environment. Conclusion: always upgrade a copy of the data first.
2. When you want to use the latest software because of certain capabilities it has (quality management, cleanup tools...) but confined to deploy it using an older ArcGIS Enterprise version.
How?
1. Before you upgrade your parcel fabric version to the newest version, in Catalog, right-click on the feature dataset and export it to an XML Workspace Document. Make sure you only export the schema (without the data):
2. Use the geoprocessing tool Upgrade Dataset to upgrade your parcel fabric to the latest version and use that version if you need to. When working with the new version you want to refrain from any schema changes.
3. Use the geoprocessing Append Parcels to append from the newest version to the old parcel fabric version.