Downgrade Attachments (Data Management Tools)

Summary

Downgrades the attachments functionality of a feature class or table.

If you used the Upgrade Attachments tool to upgrade the attachments functionality on the data and want to roll back the upgrade, run this tool.
The Upgrade Attachments tool sets a minimum client release version when it runs. This means that older clients may not work with the attachment table once it has been upgraded. Use the Downgrade Attachments tool to downgrade the attachments functionality to allow older clients to work with the attachment table.
This tool removes fields from the attachment table added by the Upgrade Attachments tool—KEYWORDS, EXIFINFO, ATT_TITLE, ATT_ALT_TEXT, ATT_CAPTION, and ATT_CREDIT. Any values stored in these fields will be lost when the attachments are downgraded.
If the data is stored in an enterprise geodatabase, this tool must be run as the data owner.
When the Downgrade level parameter is set to Exif Only, the minimum client version of the attachment table is set to ArcGIS Pro 2.6.
When the Downgrade level parameter is set to Base, the minimum client version of the attachment table is set to ArcGIS Pro 1.0.

Label	Explanation	Data type
Input Dataset	The feature class or table that will have its attachments functionality downgraded.	Table View
Downgrade level (Optional)	Specifies the level to which the attachments will be downgraded. The downgrade level determines which fields will be removed from the attachment table. Base—The attachments will be downgraded to the base state. This option removes the alternative text fields, `ATT_TITLE`, `ATT_ALT_TEXT`, `ATT_CAPTION`, and `ATT_CREDIT` fields, from the __attach table. The `EXIFINFO` and `KEYWORDS` fields will also be removed. This is the default. Exif Only—The attachments will be downgraded to the EXIF fields level. This option removes the alternative text fields, `ATT_TITLE`, `ATT_ALT_TEXT`, `ATT_CAPTION`, and `ATT_CREDIT`, from the __attach table. The `EXIFINFO` and `KEYWORDS` fields will be retained.	String

Label	Explanation	Data type
Output Dataset	The input dataset with downgraded attachments.	Table View

arcpy.management.DowngradeAttachments(in_dataset, {downgrade_level})

Name	Explanation	Data type
in_dataset	The feature class or table that will have its attachments functionality downgraded.	Table View
downgrade_level (Optional)	Specifies the level to which the attachments will be downgraded. The downgrade level determines which fields will be removed from the attachment table. `BASE`—The attachments will be downgraded to the base state. This option removes the alternative text fields, `ATT_TITLE`, `ATT_ALT_TEXT`, `ATT_CAPTION`, and `ATT_CREDIT` fields, from the __attach table. The `EXIFINFO` and `KEYWORDS` fields will also be removed. This is the default. `EXIF_ONLY`—The attachments will be downgraded to the EXIF fields level. This option removes the alternative text fields, `ATT_TITLE`, `ATT_ALT_TEXT`, `ATT_CAPTION`, and `ATT_CREDIT`, from the __attach table. The `EXIFINFO` and `KEYWORDS` fields will be retained.	String

Name	Explanation	Data type
out_dataset	The input dataset with downgraded attachments.	Table View

DowngradeAttachments example (Python window)

Downgrade attachments on a feature class using the DowngradeAttachments function.

import arcpy
arcpy.management.DowngradeAttachments("C:\\MyProject\\MyGDB.gdb\\MyFC")

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.