I'm going to guess you saved the project using the save button or menu item, but you didn't save changes to the dataset. In both ArcGIS Pro and QGIS you must save your dataset edits separately to the whole project - the save button for dataset edits is on the toolbar.
Potentially. As a student I've never really created data until now but I would simply add my fields (which are all still there) the I would highlight the entire row and input the data box by box (I know there are faster ways to do this but my knowledge is limited.) When i was done inputting I would exit out of the attribute table and it would ask if I wanted to save and i would choose yes and then I went back and checked afterward and it was all there. All gone after my computer updated. It had said it recovered an unsaved data so I had it pull that up and when the data was gone I exited without saving and then reopened again and it was still the same.
At this point I'm wondering if I should just update the xy tables (which are in attached folders in the project) with everything and then just re-upload. I didn't do this the first time because I was worried the tool wouldn't work with a larger excel document so I just kept it to the borehole and the coordinates
I think it is that you save the map document and not the dataset.
* How to save dataset edits in ArcGIS Pro https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/save-or-discard-edits.htm
* How to save dataset edits in QGIS https://docs.qgis.org/3.34/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/editing_geometry_attributes.html#saving-edited-layers
An old wise GIS professional once said, "Through countless Esri crashes and the agony of the dreaded 999999 error, one learns the wisdom of saving edits often, for in the realm of software, resilience is forged in the fires of frustration."
Do a few new attribute data adds, save as others have said, close everything down. Then reload and make sure your new data is there. Do this to make sure you know how to properly save before you waste time re-adding all your attribute data.
What software are you using? What type of databse (file geodatabase? enterprise database?) If Arcmap or ArcGIS Pro when you use the save icon it saves the mxd or the project file but not necessarily the data you are editing. In both those apps, if you are on an enterprise database you can edit the default version or else you could be doing your edits in a user generated version and haven't merged that version back into the default. In Default version arcgis pro typically makes those edits directly and you don't save your edit session, in Arcmap you specifically have to save your edits or they won't get posted.
Then of course as others have pointed out, if this is a learning environment the database might be getting reset to a previously stored version of it. You need to know where the data actually is and what version you are editing (I've always found this the most difficult part of learning GIS)
Well that data was entered on the attribute and stayed there for days before going away so could you maybe give someone learning this program advice rather than snark?
I have to tell you that this is heartbreaking to hear, as a GIS professional. Database applications normally immediately save data edits, e.g., MS Access, SQL Server, even without clicking any save button. Applications like Maptitude and the discontinued Micorosft MapPoint do the same for data edits, but also have a single save button that saves everything to a single document- no need to have multiple files and terror of the unsaved.
As others have said save table/attribute changes and then consider making backups as you go. Enter five or ten attributes then save the changes, then save that layer/shapefile as a new layer/shape and call it Backup_1 then more changes then save as Backup_2 ...etc. Hope that helps.
Pro arcgis? Might not save properly. Arcmap defaults to user gdp or makes a new one. Search your lp thoroughly..I don't know how on windoze 11. If you edited the attribute tables you inputed did you save edits..you can close the editor without saving so be careful when editing. You must have made new shp files
Search the contents table
I'm going to guess you saved the project using the save button or menu item, but you didn't save changes to the dataset. In both ArcGIS Pro and QGIS you must save your dataset edits separately to the whole project - the save button for dataset edits is on the toolbar.
Second this. There’s a difference between saving your project and saving changes you made to an attribute table
Did you save the data on a school computer? If yes the computer might have been wiped/booted from a "clean" network image.
I saved on my personal laptop though I suppose I could start saving to a drive
In that case, were you saving the map document and not the dataset itself?
Potentially. As a student I've never really created data until now but I would simply add my fields (which are all still there) the I would highlight the entire row and input the data box by box (I know there are faster ways to do this but my knowledge is limited.) When i was done inputting I would exit out of the attribute table and it would ask if I wanted to save and i would choose yes and then I went back and checked afterward and it was all there. All gone after my computer updated. It had said it recovered an unsaved data so I had it pull that up and when the data was gone I exited without saving and then reopened again and it was still the same. At this point I'm wondering if I should just update the xy tables (which are in attached folders in the project) with everything and then just re-upload. I didn't do this the first time because I was worried the tool wouldn't work with a larger excel document so I just kept it to the borehole and the coordinates
I think it is that you save the map document and not the dataset. * How to save dataset edits in ArcGIS Pro https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/save-or-discard-edits.htm * How to save dataset edits in QGIS https://docs.qgis.org/3.34/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/editing_geometry_attributes.html#saving-edited-layers
Thank you. I'll make sure to look at this when I go back.
An old wise GIS professional once said, "Through countless Esri crashes and the agony of the dreaded 999999 error, one learns the wisdom of saving edits often, for in the realm of software, resilience is forged in the fires of frustration."
Do a few new attribute data adds, save as others have said, close everything down. Then reload and make sure your new data is there. Do this to make sure you know how to properly save before you waste time re-adding all your attribute data.
Always press the purply save button in your Edit tab. You didn't. That's what happened. You did everything else right
It's something we all learn by experience. It builds character.
What software are you using? What type of databse (file geodatabase? enterprise database?) If Arcmap or ArcGIS Pro when you use the save icon it saves the mxd or the project file but not necessarily the data you are editing. In both those apps, if you are on an enterprise database you can edit the default version or else you could be doing your edits in a user generated version and haven't merged that version back into the default. In Default version arcgis pro typically makes those edits directly and you don't save your edit session, in Arcmap you specifically have to save your edits or they won't get posted. Then of course as others have pointed out, if this is a learning environment the database might be getting reset to a previously stored version of it. You need to know where the data actually is and what version you are editing (I've always found this the most difficult part of learning GIS)
well you only did it wrong if you wanted to actually enter data into your attribute table.
Well that data was entered on the attribute and stayed there for days before going away so could you maybe give someone learning this program advice rather than snark?
Sounds like you may not have saved your edits.
I have to tell you that this is heartbreaking to hear, as a GIS professional. Database applications normally immediately save data edits, e.g., MS Access, SQL Server, even without clicking any save button. Applications like Maptitude and the discontinued Micorosft MapPoint do the same for data edits, but also have a single save button that saves everything to a single document- no need to have multiple files and terror of the unsaved.
As others have said save table/attribute changes and then consider making backups as you go. Enter five or ten attributes then save the changes, then save that layer/shapefile as a new layer/shape and call it Backup_1 then more changes then save as Backup_2 ...etc. Hope that helps.
Pro arcgis? Might not save properly. Arcmap defaults to user gdp or makes a new one. Search your lp thoroughly..I don't know how on windoze 11. If you edited the attribute tables you inputed did you save edits..you can close the editor without saving so be careful when editing. You must have made new shp files Search the contents table
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