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To create new features (page 686)
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To check in features (page 694)
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To check out features automatically (page 696)
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To check out features (page 696)
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To cancel check out (page 698)
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To update edits automatically (page 700)
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To edit features (page 701)
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To work offline (page 722)
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To return online (page 722)
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To clear the cache (page 723)
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To rebuild the cache (page 723)
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To create a new version (page 725)
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To activate a version (page 725)
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To commit changes back to the data store (page 726)
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To discard a version (page 726)
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To address errors (page 726)
Overview of Working with Features
When you connect to a geospatial data source and add it to your map, you
can see and edit the feature data. Features must be checked out to be edited.
By default, features are automatically checked out upon editing.
NOTE This functionality is for geospatial features only. For information about
working with drawing objects, see
Working with Drawing Objects (page 727).
You can use most AutoCAD editing commands to edit feature data. For some
of the more advanced commands, you can use Update Feature Geometry (page
716) to convert a GIS feature to pure AutoCAD geometry. Once you have done
this, you can use these other AutoCAD commands, and then update the feature
without losing or affecting any of its attributes.
You can also
create features from AutoCAD geometry (page 691). This gives
you the same functionality as Update Feature Geometry, but it creates a new
feature rather than changing an existing one.
Working in a Multiuser Environment
If you share data in a multiuser environment, be aware of the locking status
of the following providers.
■ Oracle and ArcSDE support feature level locking that is persistent when
the connection with the source is closed and you go offline.
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