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Or you could have a field work copy of your GDB and only the feature class they are supposed to edit gets imported back into your "real" geodatabase and it wouldn't really matter if they edited something else by accident because you wouldn't move those layers back. It would be an extra step and you'd be managing 2 geodatabases but it might give you a temporary work around. Or does that defeat the purpose? Meg Sent from my iPhone On Oct 15, 2014, at 3:54 PM, "Scott Sharlow" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: True. You would have to configure offline DB in locally on the device which may be overly complex. Unfortunately I don’t drink the latest ESRI cool aid too quick so I don’t have experience with Collector/Portal. That being said, what I am proposing is that you split the geometry and the data, and provide a means to update the data separately from the geometry. Could even be a form with drop down for the feature (to link/join back to the geometry when it’s online). Was at NEARC and one of the UCONN folks spoke of an offline form and I know of others that are doing offline forms. Would be nice not having to go down this road. Scott Sharlow Information Systems Director Town of Bloomfield, CT 800 Bloomfield Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-769-3539 From: Unmoderated discussion list for Connecticut GIS Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicholas McNamara Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:00 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [CTGIS-L] Collector Offline Users Scott, Then you could not sync it in Collector, and even if I created another app to get feedback or just have them send me paper, having no editable layers would prevent the use of Collector altogether. Really, I just want them to have one editable layer for redlining stuff and I’ll take a look at that and edit the GIS data. You need at least one editable layer to use Collector, and if you are using it with ArcGIS Online, you can make some of the layers read only. But if you are using Portal and Collector in a disconnected state, you have to make all of the layers editable, so Esri tells me. Nicholas A. McNamara, GISP GIS Coordinator South Norwalk Electric and Water Phone: (203) 866-4446 ext. 2035 Fax: (203) 854-0609 Nick From: Scott Sharlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:45 PM To: Nicholas McNamara; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: Collector Offline Users What if you put the data you want the folks to edit in a database that is not within the ArcGIS umbrella? Keep the “shape” away from the “data” and join it back later. Scott Sharlow Information Systems Director Town of Bloomfield, CT 800 Bloomfield Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-769-3539 From: Unmoderated discussion list for Connecticut GIS Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicholas McNamara Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:37 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [CTGIS-L] Collector Offline Users Yes as far as the background maps go, but there are assets that are there for reference that need to be able to be queried, but not edited. For example, we may want them to do hydrant inspection, but not edit the hydrant information itself, or the mains that they are connected to. Nick From: Meghan McGaffin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:35 PM To: Nicholas McNamara; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: Collector Offline Users Can you use one of the pre-canned background maps so you don’t have editable layers other than what they’re collecting? If you submit your basemap data to the Community Basemaps program you would have a background map that you trust. Meg McGaffin GIS Analyst City of Milford CT 70 West River St Milford, CT 06460 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 203-783-3393 From: Unmoderated discussion list for Connecticut GIS Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicholas McNamara Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 4:39 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: [CTGIS-L] Collector Offline Users I wonder if anyone who knows about collector knows of a workaround for this. Right now, if you want to use Collector in an offline mode, Esri told me you have to allow all layers to be editable. The way it is, your field crews can accidentally (or intentionally) destroy data and bypass the normal QA/QC process and GIS editors. There needs to be the ability to only allow layers to be edited that we want to be edited, while leaving other layers for query purposes only. This really seems like a reckless implementation to me… it short-circuts the GIS editor and leaves the data that we try so hard to get right open to get messed up. Why would they do such a thing? I added an entry to ArcGIS Ideas to add this feature. If you agree, would you please promote it? (just log in and hit the thumbs up). I’m not sure how to link to it, but it is called “Collector Offline - Control Editing by Layer.” Is it possible to block editing on some layers when the user tries to sync edits back up to the server, while allowing edits in the Collector app just to satisfy it? I just want to have one layer for redlining, where the user will make notes and they can be synced back up with the server. Maybe something we can do on the SQL side of things or in ArcGIS Server or something? I’m open to any workaround, otherwise it looks like the app is a dealbreaker for us using mobile, because there really are no other good disconnected options. Nicholas A. 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