Manage contingent values

You can change contingent values, retire a value combination to prevent it from being used going forward, or delete value combinations.

Change values

You can change the values for any of the contingent value combinations.

To change values, complete the following steps:

Open the field group.
Click in the cell for the value to change, and choose a new value or define a new range.

If the field group is restrictive, do not change the value to violate existing value combinations.
If you decide not to save the changes, click the Reset button .
Click Save in the row for the contingent value definition that you altered or click Save all changes.
Repeat steps 2 through 4 as needed.

To retire a contingent value combination that applies to existing data but must not be used for new values, complete the following steps:

Open the field group.
To retire a single contingent value combination, click Retire next to the combination to be retired, and click Save in the row of the retired combination.
To retire multiple contingent value combinations, check the check box next to each one to retire, click Retire selected at the top of the list, and click Save all changes at the bottom of the list.

The retired contingent value combinations no longer appear in the Contingent values list.

To restore a retired contingent value combination, complete the following steps:

Open the field group.
Click Retired combinations .

The view changes to show a list of all retired contingent value combinations for this field group.
To restore a single contingent value combination, click Restore in the row of the definition to restore, and click Save in the same row.
To restore multiple contingent value combinations, check the check boxes next to each one to restore, click Restore selected at the top of the list, and click Save all changes at the bottom of the list.
Click Done or Retired combinations to return to the list of the active contingent value combinations for the active field group.

The retired contingent value combinations are back in the list of contingent values for this field group and are active.

To delete a contingent value combination that is no longer needed, complete the following steps:

Contingent value combinations are immediately deleted when you save and cannot be recovered.

Open the field group.
To delete a single contingent value combination, click Delete next to set of values, and click Save .
To delete all contingent value combinations for one or more field groups, do the following:
1. Open the Settings tab of the item page for the hosted feature layer or table that contains the contingent value combinations.
2. Scroll to the Feature layer (hosted) section.
3. If the hosted feature layer item contains multiple layers, choose the correct layer from the Layers drop-down menu in the Contingent values section.
4. Click Delete contingent values.
5. Check the check box next to the field group or groups for which all contingent value combinations will be deleted, and click Delete.
To delete multiple combinations for a single layer or table, check the check box next to each definition to delete, click Delete selected at the top of the list, and click Save all changes at the bottom of the list.