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Provide a way to disconnect database connections from ArcGIS Pro

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01-04-2021 06:56 AM
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ajelenGDi
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Occasional Contributor

Please return Disconnect option for enterprise databases to the ArcGIS Pro as was in ArcMap. With one click in Catalog Pane.

Closing the ArcGIS Pro does not disconnect the user from enterprise geodatabase. Removing connection or showing users and locks is not appropriate solution.

This issue had already the enhancement submitted: #ENH-000084097 

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D_Atkins
by
‎08-06-2025 05:09 AM

Clarifying but does this DisconnectUser count as 'the solution' for most use cases in this thread?

This operation is so infrequent and tailored to the database, I'd prefer to see a GUI button rather than having to tab over to and tinker with a script --- this morning, I rolled back to ArcMap to get this done, but I'd like to be prepared for the coming days when ArcMap is less an option...  

MarceloMarques
by Esri Regular Contributor
‎08-06-2025 08:15 AM

I agree the ability to connect and disconnect to an enterprise geodatabase in Pro is absolutely needed.
I posted this idea back in 2019 - Pro Contents Window Connected Geodatabases 

This issue already has an enhancement submitted: #ENH-000084097

This is in the queue and under consideration, just do not know when it might be implemented yet.

MarcelBeckmann
by
‎09-15-2025 12:49 AM

Wow. More than four years and status is still open. 

To me it seems so unprofessional to leave database connections just open and not being able to disconnect them. Although everybody knows the negative effects of open databaseconnections. 

TamiOnstad
by
‎10-10-2025 10:33 AM

Ran into this for the first time today and am shocked that this STILL has not been implemented.  Even changing user connection on a single connection file (changing from being connected as the SDE user and the data owner for different tasks) does NOT kill the first connection as the SDE user.  When I am done doing things as SDE I want to close that connection and switch to the data owner connection, but it is impossible to do this without closing and reopening the project, which is a HUGE hassle.  I am unfortunately trying to set up UN things, so I cannot easily move back to ArcCatalog for this work.  This is a huge, gaping hole in Pro functionality, so ESRI please provide a solution that does not involve closing and reopening my Pro project.

ScottNoldy
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‎11-18-2025 07:31 AM

C'mon ESRI, this should have never been lost in the move from ArcMap.  Yet another reason Pro is worse than ArcMap

ToddAGrissom
by
‎11-18-2025 08:05 AM

Remember @MarcelBeckmann , the user base (or target audience) is no longer "GIS Professionals" apparently.  We are on to GIS for the masses, and apparently the "masses" do not need to disconnect from geodatabases.  For that matter "How dare you direct connect to a geodatabase in 2025! Don't you realize this is the Age of Web GIS?  You should feel privileged that we don't make you reboot your machine in addition to closing your project."

Yes, I am as frustrated with this as I can be, and it is infuriating that Esri has not replied, nor acted upon this glaring deficiency.

Should I have to say "Even QGIS lets you disconnect from a database"?

MarcelBeckmann
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‎11-18-2025 11:25 PM

@ToddAGrissomAs stated in the ArcGIS Pro Roadmap (https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-documents/arcgis-pro-roadmap-november-2025/ta-p/1666080) ESRIs "goal is to build the best GIS software available." LOL!

To achieve this goal, one crucial step (in my opinion) should be to read their own community discussions and solve the problems people talk (and are frustrated, worried, annoyed, etc.) about. Even if it seems to be small and unimportant things like:

These make a huge difference. Especially for the users!