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Replication and geodatabase compatibility

Available with Standard or Advanced license.

Geodatabase replication in ArcGIS Pro provides support for multiple replication types and dataset types.

Versioning options

Branch versioning is not supported for any data source in any geodatabase replica type.

Having a combination of versioning registration types is not supported when creating a geodatabase replica:

  • Two-way replicas require data to be registered for traditional versioning.

  • One-way replicas require the source data to be registered for traditional versioning. The target data in a one-way replica can be nonversioned if you use a simple access type model.

  • Checkout replicas allow traditional versioned or nonversioned data but cannot contain a combination of both registration types. If working with nonversioned data, a combination of archive-enabled data and data without archiving enabled is not supported.

See Prepare data for replication to get started with geodatabase replication.

Dataset support

The following table lists geodatabase datasets and their compatibility with geodatabase replication in ArcGIS Pro:

Dataset

Edit using traditional versioning

Read-only

Not supported

Table

Can edit tables using traditional versioning

Feature class

Can edit feature classes using traditional versioning

Annotation

Can edit annotation feature classes using traditional versioning

Dimension

Can edit dimension feature classes using traditional versioning

Relationship class

Can edit the relationship class and datasets in it using traditional versioning

Topology

Can edit the topology and datasets in it using traditional versioning

Network dataset

Can edit a subset of feature classes in the network dataset using traditional versioning

Terrain dataset

Can edit the feature classes in the terrain dataset using traditional versioning

Mosaic dataset

Mosaic datasets are read only

Representation

Feature classes containing representations are read only

Parcel fabric

Parcel fabrics are not supported in replicas

Utility network

Utility networks are not supported in replicas

Geometric network

Geometric networks are not supported in replicas

Attribute rules

Attribute rules are not supported in replicas

Contingent values

Contingent values are not supported in replicas

Learn more about replicating datasets that participate in advanced geodatabase functionality