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Repairing Data sources with Exclamation point: Repair all broken links, regardless of workspace factory type.

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12-16-2024 03:40 PM
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AlfredBaldenweck
by MVP Regular Contributor
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Pro version 3.1.3

I've been running into this problem recently.

In short, using the Exclamation point to fix broken links has limited functionality.

TLDR: the Exclamation point will repair Esri data types (except mobile geodatabases) + and maybe one thing else, even if everything is in the same folder.

This is not a problem if using the catalog pane to update a map's sources with a find/replace.

In the screenshot below, I have several layers and views pointing to data of the following types:

  • TINs
  • File Geodatabase Vector and Tabular Data
  • Mobile Geodatabase Vector Data
  • CAD data
  • Excel Data
  • Shapefiles
  • KMLs

AlfredBaldenweck_14-1734391540865.png

Here's the thing. All of these data sources, as you can see, are in the same folder.AlfredBaldenweck_15-1734391581718.png

If I use the exclamation point to repair the sources, I get the following results: 

Note: I am starting from a fresh map each time.

 

Thing repairedYieldPicture for proof
DBF or SHP or TIN or file Geodatabase Contents or standalone rasters
  • SHP,
  • TIN, 
  • DBF,
  • Standalone raster datasets
  • File Geodatabase feature classes and tables
  • Also caused graphical bug where the broken file geodatabase persisted despite having nothing pointing to it.
AlfredBaldenweck_9-1734390986062.png
CAD data
  • SHP,
  • TIN, 
  • DBF,
  • Standalone raster datasets
  • File Geodatabase feature classes and tables
  • And exactly one repaired CAD layer, even though there are 10 others in the same place
AlfredBaldenweck_11-1734391187061.png
Mobile geodatabase
  • SHP,
  • TIN, 
  • DBF,
  • Standalone raster datasets
  • File Geodatabase feature classes and tables
  • Mobile Geodatabase contents
  • Also caused graphical bug where the broken file geodatabase persisted despite having nothing pointing to it.
AlfredBaldenweck_12-1734391260273.png

 

Geopackage
  • SHP,
  • TIN, 
  • DBF,
  • Standalone raster datasets
  • File Geodatabase feature classes and tables
  • Geopackage contents
  • Also mistakenly repaired the link for layer pointing to a feature class of the same name in a mobile geodatabase
AlfredBaldenweck_6-1734390625663.png
KML
  • Repaired that KML and nothing else
AlfredBaldenweck_7-1734390710340.png
Excel Sheet
  • SHP,
  • TIN, 
  • DBF,
  • Standalone raster datasets
  • File Geodatabase feature classes and tables
  • That Excel sheet
AlfredBaldenweck_8-1734390825295.png

 

 

Please improve the functionality of this workflow to properly repair all data sources at once.