GDBT to ArcGIS 10.1?

[ChrisQuick]

Will there be a new version of this for ArcGIS 10.1?  If not, does anyone know if the 10.0 version still works with 10.1?

Thanks,

CSQ

[BrianOevermann]

Chris,

If you had ArcGIS 10.0 installed and then upgraded to 10.1, GDBT will work.  If your situation is like mine, where IT just replaced your machine and a fresh 10.1 install is in place (no previous 10.0 install), you are out of luck.  The install checks the registry for some 10.0 entries apparently.  Seems like it could be an easy fix for ESRI to do, if they just took a few minutes to work on it.  Or better yet, make it part of core.

I believe there is an ArcGIS idea about that.  You might wish to promote it.

[DerekLaw]

Chris, Brian:

Regarding these comments:

Will there be a new version of this for ArcGIS 10.1?

Or better yet, make it part of core.

Actually, almost all of the GDBT geodatabase administrative functionality was added to core ArcGIS Desktop in 10.1. Please review this help topic,

What's new for geodatabases in ArcGIS 10.1
(look under the section titled New ArcGIS tools to administer enterprise geodatabases)

The only thing missing from the GDBT is the "state tree viewer" functionality.

Hope this helps,

[PaulMedley]

Chris, Brian:

Regarding these comments:





Actually, almost all of the GDBT geodatabase administrative functionality was added to core ArcGIS Desktop in 10.1. Please review this help topic,

What's new for geodatabases in ArcGIS 10.1
(look under the section titled New ArcGIS tools to administer enterprise geodatabases)

The only thing missing from the GDBT is the "state tree viewer" functionality.

Hope this helps,

Actually, the "state tree viewer" is one of the things I like and use often. Too bad!  Always chasing that next version... 

Does upgrading so often really solve more problems than it creates?  Sorry, I don't mean to be so philosophical, but I get weary of fixing the crap that breaks every version change and waiting for the things that are working for me now to catch up with the latest version so I can do almost the same thing that I am doing now.  I can't be the only one that likes the state tree viewer.

[TimDine]

Chris, Brian:

Regarding these comments:





Actually, almost all of the GDBT geodatabase administrative functionality was added to core ArcGIS Desktop in 10.1. Please review this help topic,

What's new for geodatabases in ArcGIS 10.1
(look under the section titled New ArcGIS tools to administer enterprise geodatabases)

The only thing missing from the GDBT is the "state tree viewer" functionality.

Hope this helps,

A google search trying to find a way to view the state tree in ArcGIS 10.1 brought me here...  I had hoped it would be a solution rather than other people looking for the same answer.  I'm still searching for a way to find this.  I've used that state tree lots of times for various troubleshooting situations.

[DerekLaw]

Hi Tim,

Please add your feedback to this item:

ArcGIS Ideas: State Tree Diagram for 10.1 and above


Hope this helps,

[ClaraDair]

Hello Derek, I've been answering this question at your and others' request in other forum threads for several years now.  I am still seeing requests from users in all these threads asking for the return of the state lineage tree.

Actually, if one is lucky enough to be using a machine that had previously had 10.0 installed on it, it is still available.  I am grateful to have a machine with 10.3 that retains its ability to view the state tree diagram.  As new folks learn ArcSDE who have never seen this tool, they simply do not know what they are missing, but those of us who has used it, know the tables and lists in the new admin UI do not convey the same information.

The state tree/versioning lineage diagram is the best way to convey the relationships between versions.  Even esri-sponsored writings, such as bug reports know this, and use a form of it in conveying information related to ArcSDE versioning.  Please empower us customers by letting us know what is the most effective way to bring back an effective and powerful troubleshooting, monitoring, and teaching tool.  Thanks, Clara

[AsrujitSengupta]

Clara Dair​ You can check this:

Using our favourite GDBT toolset with Desktop 10.1 or later release

[DerekLaw]

Good to hear from you again Clara and apologies for the late reply. I was really busy with the Esri UC last week in San Diego and am trying to catch up on emails this week.

And it looks like Asrujit provided a good workaround for you, where you can enable the GDBT functionality within a more recent ArcGIS Desktop release. Which is great - thanks Asrujit!

Hope this finds you well,

[BrianOevermann]

Derek,

What I--and it appears many others--want from GDBT is the state lineage tree. Quite honestly, there were few other tools in GDBT that I actually used beyond the tree. As Clara stated, the visual representation makes it easy for newbies and experts alike to understand relationships between all of your versions.

The number of GDBT downloads should indicate to esri that it is an important tool for its customers. While you are correct that many (most?) of the tools are now in core, it appears that esri convened the wrong focus group when determining which functionality out of GDBT was most important to users.

While I applaud Asrujit for providing a workaround, that is precisely what we should not need to be doing 2 major releases beyond 10.1 when users brought the issue to esri's attention.

Esri, set aside your story map playtime for two seconds and make the state lineage tree part of core! Then we won't need to deal with a workaround.