ArcGIS Pro Design Field could support full field lengths

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08-12-2019 11:13 AM
Status: Closed
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TimMinter
Frequent Contributor

At the moment, I only get to specify 29 characters for a field name when using ArcGIS Pro 2.4.1 with an enterprise geodatabase in SQL Server 2016.  When I try to enter the 30th character, the input field stops receiving and reflecting the character I typed.  I tried copy/pasting the field name string, but ArcGIS Pro would not acknowledge that I had entered anything.  Seems inadequate when it is said in the documentation that ArcGIS Pro supports 31 character field names in SQL Server and 64 character field names in file geodatabases.

 

How I got there:  ArcGIS Pro 2.4.1 > (file or enterprise) geodatabase > table > right-click > Design > Fields

 

What I'll try next:

  • using ye olde ArcMap to change the field name
  • dumping an XML Workspace document, loading it into Sparx Enterprise Architect, twiddling the field name, exporting it, importing using ArcGIS Pro
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KoryKramer

This is the bug describing the behavior: BUG-000106643: The fields view in ArcGIS Pro does not allow creatin.. 

A workaround listed there is "Use the Add Field tool in ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap to create a field with a longer field name."

TimMinter

Thanks Kory!

SSWoodward
Status changed to: Closed

This Idea has been closed as a duplicate of an existing Idea on the ArcGIS Pro Ideas Exchange. I have linked the idea below. Thank you for your contributions!

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcgis-pro-design-field-could-support-full-field/idi-...