{"id":603442,"date":"2019-09-10T08:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=603442"},"modified":"2020-08-24T05:09:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T12:09:43","slug":"off-the-grid-arcgis-pro","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/off-the-grid-arcgis-pro","title":{"rendered":"Go off the grid with ArcGIS Pro: Offline editing with sync enabled feature services"},"author":9712,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,23261,22941],"tags":[27971,25381,23711,30121,98592],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-603442","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-field-mobility","category-mapping","tag-editing","tag-geodatabase","tag-mobile","tag-offline","tag-sync","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Leverage mobile geodatabases to take sync enabled feature services offline for editing in ArcGIS Pro","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The need to communicate and share information with others on-demand using text, email, and the web is essential to much of our daily work. Thankfully, we live in a connected world with more people and devices connected every day.\u00a0 Believe it or not, there are times and places where connectivity remains difficult or even impossible due to geographic isolation, lack of infrastructure, or following a natural disaster.<\/p>\n

Should you find yourself in a situation where connectivity is unavailable, we\u2019ve got you covered with Pro! While ArcGIS Pro provides a modern web integrated GIS, this doesn\u2019t mean you have to be a slave to the wi-fi.\u00a0 Feature services enable you to edit anywhere connectivity exists; mobile geodatabases and sync capabilities extend this by providing a lightweight option for you to bring data offline for map production, analysis, and even editing, to provide capabilities for syncing of edits back into enterprise environments.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

So. What exactly is a mobile geodatabase?<\/h2>\n

Haven\u2019t these been around for a while with SQLite? A syllogism to clarify \u2013 All mobile geodatabases are SQLite databases, not all SQLite databases are mobile geodatabases.<\/em>\u00a0 Mobile geodatabases (.geodatabase<\/em>) provide a feature service implementation of the geodatabase built on top of SQLite (.sqlite<\/em>) with support for functionality such as offline use with feature services. Unlike SQLite, mobile geodatabases expose the geodatabase functionality required to work with simple data using domains, subtypes, and relationship classes. Capabilities also exist to take mobile geodatabases offline for editing and take advantage of functionality such as editor tracking and use of attachments.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Okay, so you\u2019ve been syncing data for offline editing with Collector and other Runtime apps for a while now. What\u2019s new here?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While I admit creating data for offline use has been around for a few releases, capabilities continue to grow.\u00a0 Recently, we saw the introduction of map areas<\/a> within Collector for ArcGIS to enable field users with inconsistent connectivity to pre-plan their work and download data as well as base maps and tile packages for select areas using mobile geodatabases.\u00a0 While mobile apps and devices have reigned supreme in the offline territory for quite some time, there\u2019s been a new player on the scene flying under the radar until now:\u00a0 ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Precision editing in the field with ArcGIS Pro<\/h2>\n

The option to take a map offline<\/a> for analysis and editing to get your work done without the need for a network connection has been available since ArcGIS Pro 2.1.<\/p>\n

You can take maps containing sync enabled feature services <\/a>offline in ArcGIS Pro using the Download Map<\/strong> button found within the Offline<\/strong> group of the Map<\/strong> ribbon.\u00a0 This creates a local copy of your data in your project\u2019s home folder and swizzles the data sources in your map to reference this copy.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":603452,"id":603452,"title":"Offline group within ArcGIS Pro","filename":"offlinegroup_Pro.png","filesize":3280,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/off-the-grid-arcgis-pro\/offlinegroup_pro","alt":"Offline group on the Map ribbon of ArcGIS Pro","author":"9712","description":"","caption":"Download Map is one of the options available within the Offline group to manage offline data within ArcGIS Pro. ","name":"offlinegroup_pro","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":603442,"date":"2019-09-10 15:50:18","modified":"2019-09-10 16:11:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":140,"height":92,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","thumbnail-width":140,"thumbnail-height":92,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","medium-width":140,"medium-height":92,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","medium_large-width":140,"medium_large-height":92,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","large-width":140,"large-height":92,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","1536x1536-width":140,"1536x1536-height":92,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","2048x2048-width":140,"2048x2048-height":92,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","card_image-width":140,"card_image-height":92,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/offlinegroup_Pro.png","wide_image-width":140,"wide_image-height":92}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Borrow a license to authorize ArcGIS Pro to work offline<\/a> and you are ready for the road!\u00a0 You can now take advantage of the advanced editing capabilities of ArcGIS Pro from anywhere your legs can take you.<\/p>\n

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Check it out<\/h3>\n

If you are familiar with the concept of geodatabase replication<\/a> and have used checkout replicas to edit from ArcGIS Desktop in a file geodatabase you\u2019ll find the experience to be similar, yet we\u2019ve improved upon this workflow in a few keys ways:<\/p>\n