Pro 2.0: No "Save as 1.4" ?

[GünterDörffel]

Hi - only a few days into 2.0 I tried to send a project zipped to a 1.4 User ... and the project cant be opened. I also can not save it as a 1.4 version project. Is there a plan to introduce this feature into Pro?

[JayantaPoddar]

According to Save a project—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop , you cannot save a copy of ArcGIS Pro 2.0 project to 1.x project. Looks like upgrading ArcGIS Pro to ver. 2.x is the only option.

projects and project templates saved using ArcGIS Pro 2.0 or later cannot be opened by ArcGIS Pro 1.x. You cannot save a copy of an ArcGIS Pro 2.0 project that can be opened with any 1.x version of ArcGIS Pro.

Had there been a plan to implement "Save a Copy" to 1.x, it would have already been implemented in 2.0 release.

[JayantaPoddar]

Maybe an idea @ https://community.esri.com/community/arcgis-ideas?sr=search&searchId=6fbd57c6-75b8-45ba-b121-521077e...‌ would help. Either Esri will implement it in upcoming versions, or they will justify the current move.

[GünterDörffel]

"Save as" as an idea? Thought that "idea" was a standard since ArcGIS Desktop 8 🙂  
Yes - might end up adding it as an idea. You are right!

[DanPatterson_Retired]

You indicated you wanted to share... perhaps packages is where they are going.  They give no version disclaimer about loading so either this was a big omission or maybe it doesn't matter.   I would give it a try to see if it gets you over the immediate issue  ... Project packages

[Robert_LeClair · Accepted solution]

From the What's New in ArcGIS Pro 2.0 Help:

What's new in ArcGIS Pro 2.0 

• At this release, the ArcGIS Pro version number changed from 1.x to 2.0. ArcGIS Pro adheres to the semantic versioning specification, which defines versions in a "major.minor.patch" versioning scheme. This version of ArcGIS Pro is a major release. In contrast to a minor or patch release, a major release introduces backwards incompatible changes. These include compatibility changes for ArcGIS Pro project (.aprx) files and other ArcGIS Pro document formats, and breaking API changes in the ArcGIS Pro SDK for Microsoft .NET. The list below provides additional detail regarding compatibility changes between older versions and ArcGIS Pro 2.0.
  • ArcGIS Pro document files (project, project template, layer, map, and layout files): ArcGIS Pro document files are forward and backward compatible between minor releases, such as 1.4 and 1.3. Since ArcGIS Pro 2.0 is a major release, these files will be forward compatible only. This means future versions of ArcGIS Pro will be able to open them, but older versions such as 1.4 cannot. You cannot directly save a copy of an ArcGIS Pro 2.0 project that can be opened with any 1.x version of ArcGIS Pro. A project package created using ArcGIS Pro 2.0 contains 2.0 and 1.x versions of the project, so it can be opened in any version. The appropriate project for the version of ArcGIS Pro you are using will be opened. For more information, see Save a project.

[GünterDörffel]

Thanks Robert,

while the explanation and solution description are vey helpful and welcome - I mainly wrote this note since "we" were all used to be able to use "save as" to write out different versions of an mxd in ArcMap and I frankly sort of expected to find that feature in ArcGIS Pro, too. But the project feature will help. Thanks