Please enable Feature Dataset(s), Feature Class(es) and Fields descriptions... As a GIS Administrator, ensuring complete metadata—including field descriptions—is a crucial part of our workflow before any dataset is loaded into our enterprise system. With the ArcGIS Xray Add-In, we have been able to document field descriptions, make them available citywide, and publish them to our Open Data site. This makes it easier for staff to understand the data, especially as experienced employees retire and new staff take over responsibility for maintaining the datasets.
Our workflow relies on exporting the Xray metadata as an Excel sheet, allowing the requestor to populate field descriptions before we import them back into the FGDB. This ensures that when the feature class is published, users can access the metadata directly in ArcGIS Catalog to understand field values, data sources, and workflows (whether back-office or mobile collection).
It would be extremely beneficial for the new ArcGIS Pro Schema Report to support Feature Dataset, Feature Class, and Field descriptions. Without this capability, we lose an essential documentation tool that provides transparency and maintains data integrity across our organization. Ideally, when the .xlsx report is converted to an XML workspace document, the descriptions should be preserved or seamlessly imported into metadata.
I would love to see this functionality included so we can maintain our metadata-driven workflows in ArcGIS Pro!
