Can Arcade be used to UPDATE a feature's geometry?

[ToddTurner]

I observe that Arcade can be used to READ a feature geometry.  It can be used to CREATE a feature geometry.  But, is there a way to UPDATE a feature geometry?  Can I alter a point's X and Y values through Arcade?

[DanPatterson]

Updates to geometry in any environment are done in an edit session

[DavidBlanchard · Accepted solution]

No, Arcade cannot be used to modify geometry in a dataset.

The only Arcade profile which allows edits is Field Calculate. However, modifying the SHAPE field will only result in data corruption.

You should instead look into Python and specifically ArcPy as this scripting language has powerful geometry editing capabilities.

[Jake_S]

May be late to the party here but this functionality exists. Here is some documentation for you.