{"id":2070332,"date":"2023-10-27T08:40:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2070332"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:06:14","slug":"arcgis-advanced-editing-ute","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/administration\/arcgis-advanced-editing-ute","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension"},"author":6051,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37501,37101,23851],"tags":[377652,27971,766722,38331],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36571,515312],"class_list":["post-2070332","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-announcements","category-data-management","tag-edit","tag-editing","tag-extension","tag-license","product-apps","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-utility-network"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":6051,"user_firstname":"Scott","user_lastname":"Sandusky","nickname":"Scott Sandusky","user_nicename":"scottsandusky","display_name":"Scott Sandusky","user_email":"ssandusky@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:17:53","user_description":"Esri product manager, working to spread the power of spatial data technology.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":345922,"user_firstname":"Larry","user_lastname":"Young","nickname":"Larry Young","user_nicename":"lyoung","display_name":"Larry Young","user_email":"lyoung@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-09-14 18:00:21","user_description":"","user_avatar":""},{"ID":9342,"user_firstname":"Marley","user_lastname":"Geddes","nickname":"Marley Geddes","user_nicename":"mgeddes","display_name":"Marley Geddes","user_email":"MGeddes@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2019-03-28 20:48:52","user_description":"Marley is a Product Engineer on the ArcGIS Enterprise team.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"The Advanced Editing user type extension is new, with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Blog updated 10\/2\/25 to reflect changes coming with the ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 release and available today in a patch for ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 and 11.5<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Please refer to the Licensing Update for Branch Versioning<\/a> blog posted on 10\/2\/25 for updated information on the capabilities requiring the ArcGIS Advanced Editing User Type Extension.\u00a0 The changes mentioned in the blog will go into effect with the ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 release, but can also be applied to ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 and 11.5 by downloading and installing the ArcGIS Server Branch Versioning Licensing Patch<\/a>. This patch updates the licensing for creating, editing, and managing a branch version.\u00a0 After installing this patch (or the ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 release when available) users will be able to create, delete, alter, and edit within a branch version without the need for the Advanced Editing User Type Extension (UTE) when working with simple data.<\/p>\n

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Blog updated 5\/8\/24 to reflect changes with the ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 release.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Data editing, data maintenance, and data capture are core to GIS. Editing capabilities have evolved from command line workstation, to a desktop user experience, to an established client server architecture, and now a web pattern of distributed systems. To support this continued evolution, we are innovating our web editing tools and streamlining licensing of those powerful web editing capabilities.<\/p>\n

As part of this effort, we are introducing a new user type extension: ArcGIS Advanced Editing. This new user type extension streamlines licensing by replacing the existing Utility Network, Trace Network and Parcel Fabric user type extensions. It also provides access to additional advanced data editing and geodatabase capabilities.<\/p>\n

Here is what you need to know about the upcoming changes:<\/p>\n

What is the ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension is a license that enables advanced editing and geodatabase capabilities in ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, and the ArcGIS Maps SDKs. It combines and replaces three existing ArcGIS Enterprise user type extensions (ArcGIS Utility Network, ArcGIS Trace Network, and ArcGIS Parcel Fabric) into one package. It also will enable advanced editing and geodatabase capabilities as they come to web and native device apps.<\/p>\n

The ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension will be included in the GIS Professional Standard and GIS Professional Advanced user types and can be assigned as an add-on license to members with the Editor, Mobile Worker, Creator, and GIS Professional Basic user types.<\/p>\n

Who is impacted by the ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The license was introduced with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2 (Q4 2023), and will be available with ArcGIS Online and the ArcGIS Maps SDKs later in 2024. If you are using ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1 , or an earlier version, you will not be impacted by this change and no action is needed.<\/p>\n

ArcGIS Enterprise organizations currently using ArcGIS Utility Network, ArcGIS Trace Network and ArcGIS Parcel Fabric will be immediately impacted by this when they upgrade to version 11.2 (or beyond) or install new ArcGIS Enterprise deployments at version 11.2 (or beyond). Other organizations that may be impacted include the following (please see the updated information at top of this blog – 10\/2\/25<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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  1. Anyone using the following specific REST end points with custom applications:\n