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Enable Archiving Tool

IMSMA Core Documentation – August 2017

The Enable Archiving tool was written to assist with geodatabase configuration. When run, the tool enables Geodatabase Archiving on every feature class in a Workspace ( an enterprise geodatabase connection file). This process completes the following steps for each feature class:

1. Check if Archiving is enabled on a feature class

2. If not, enable Archiving, which:

   a. Adds the gdb_archive_oid, gdb_from_date and gdb_to_date fields to the base table

   b. Creates a <table_name_evw database view, which only displays the latest feature from an archive table

3. ArcGIS then displays the <table_name> feature class, which is actually pointing directly at the _evw view

This tool should be used early in the process of deploying a geodatabase, as any further enabling of Archiving will require stopping all GIS web services that access those datasets.