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Configuring an ArcMap edit session to perform nonversioned edits

Configuring an ArcMap edit session to perform nonversioned edits
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About configuring an ArcMap edit session to perform nonversioned edits

Note: This topic was updated for 9.3.1.

By default, ArcMap edit sessions are set to perform versioned edits. This means you can only edit data that has been registered as versioned.

To perform nonversioned edits on nonversioned data, you must first set an option on the Versioning tab of the Editing Options dialog box. Essentially, you must turn off versioned editing by unchecking Edit a version of the database with the ability to undo and redo. If you later need to perform versioned edits, you'll need to turn this option back on.

How to configure an ArcMap edit session to perform nonversioned edits

  1. Click Editor on the editing toolbar.

  2. Click Options.

  3. Click the Versioning tab.

  4. Uncheck Edit a version of the database with the ability to undo and redo.

Tips

  • If you need to create features through nonversioned edits and your fields have NOT NULL or UNIQUE value constraints, these constraints must be satisfied before you can create features. Click the Attributes tab on the Editing Options dialog box and choose the option to Display the attributes dialog box before storing new features. Click For the following layers, then check the box next to the layers that have NOT NULL or UNIQUE value constraints.

  • Once you've started editing, you cannot change the type of edit session.

  • When you start your nonversioned edit session, if you receive an error message indicating you cannot edit because all the data sources in the map are registered as versioned or you lack privileges to modify the data sources that are not registered as versioned, check to be sure that there are actually nonversioned datasets present in ArcMap, you have privileges to edit the nonversioned dataset, and the nonversioned dataset does not participate in a relationship with another dataset that is registered as versioned.

See Also

  • An overview of working with nonversioned data