{"id":735102,"date":"2020-02-13T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=735102"},"modified":"2025-04-17T15:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:55:49","slug":"prevent-geometry-updates-allow-attribute-updates-on-features-with-attribute-rules","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/prevent-geometry-updates-allow-attribute-updates-on-features-with-attribute-rules","title":{"rendered":"Prevent geometry updates with Attribute Rules"},"author":7511,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851],"tags":[302212,28391],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36561],"class_list":["post-735102","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","tag-attribute-rules","tag-geometry","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"In this short blog we explain how you prevent feature geometry updates with Attribute Rules but allow attribute updates","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

One of the questions we got from customers is how to let editors make changes to attributes but prevent them from moving or modifying the geometry of features? E.g. You want parcel fabric points that are marked as fixed to stay fixed. <\/span>This is now possible with Attribute Rules in Pro 2.5 & ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.<\/p>\n

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In this short blog, we explain how you can achieve that with Attribute Rules! You will need ArcGIS Pro 2.5 because you will be using a new Arcade global called $originalFeature<\/code><\/a><\/p>\n

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The file geodatabase with sample data and attribute rules for this blog can be download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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$originalFeature<\/h3>\n

The $originalFeature is a new Arcade global that presents the state of the feature before the edit giving the script author flexibility to compare the current values $feature<\/code>\u00a0with the original values of the feature. You can read more about this new Arcade global in my other blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Prevent geometry updates<\/h3>\n

You will now write a constraint attribute rule that will prevent geometry updates but will allow attributes to be changed. Follow these steps<\/p>\n