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Multiple Users on 1 Arcgis Pro project

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02-13-2017 02:47 PM
TonyHowze
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Currently, in our ArcMap workflow, my staff will sometimes have a need to work on getting multiple maps edited for the same report simultaneously.  This usually isn't a problem, aside from users having the same mxd open at once.  This will send off an "Unable to save" document, but give the user a chance to save a copy for any edits they have made, then with a few shouts we can figure out how to resolve.  This works fairly well because of the single mxd workflow.  We have multiple maps for reports, and I can have my staff tackle as a group.  

Now with Pro, all the maps/layouts will be bundled together in one .aprx.  We have just tested having multiple users open the same aprx, make changes, save changes.  There is no notification that any other user is accessing the document, nor has saved the document.   It appears, the first user to open and save, has control of the document.  Other users can make changes, save (no error), but the saves will not be stored.  I foresee this is a HUGE problem.  Am I missing something or has ESRI tackled this issue with a very limited scope (only work on your hard drive)?   If I can't get a notification that another user has the same aprx opened, or if not all user's changes can be saved this will be a non-starter for us to move away from ArcMap.  How are we to address this? Is this a bug??  An enhancement request (which is just silly to me)?      

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SaraPaolaRamosRodriguez
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Hello to everyone, 

These messages were written long time ago. However, I am still looking for solutions to the same problem. Does anyone have found how several persons could work (and save changes) in the same projekt? 

The case in the company I work for is: 

  1. We create a folder with a geodatabase that will be used in numerous MXD files. 
  2. For each map (layout) we need, we create a MXD file. 
  3. In this way, we can create several maps simultaneously for a same projekt. 

The problem with ArcGIS Pro (as described before by @TonyHowze is that, if all the layouts are saved in one Projekt, only one person could make changes at a time or create new layouts. 

This is very problematic for us. 

Thank you so much for your comments about this issue 🙂

Best regards, 

Sara Ramos

 

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TonyHowze
Frequent Contributor

Hello Sara,

ESRI seemed to fix my problem which was there was no notification of any kind if another user had an aprx open and locked.  The save would proceed like everything was fine.  Now the aprx will have [Read Only] in the aprx title and will provide a pop up if you try to save.  This is all standard windows locking.  As for your issue, one thing we do as a workaround is the read only users create the maps and layouts as needed, then save the layout as a layout file.  The process is real simple, right click in the catalog view on the layout, "save as layout file", then the owner user imports the layout to the final aprx.  Hope that helps.

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