Manage attribute rule errors

Evaluation of batch calculation and validation rules creates errors to highlight data that violates attribute rules. Each error is stored as an error feature in the error layers. Error features can be reviewed through the Error Inspector during quality assurance workflows.

The Error Inspector shows the attributes of each error feature in the workspace to help identify data issues that the batch calculation or validation rules are configured to report. You can interact with the error feature or select the underlying feature or record that created the error. After reviewing an error and correcting the feature that created the error, you'll need to evaluate attribute rules to remove the error feature from the error layers.

Error Inspector table

The following describes the error feature attributes shown in the Error Inspector table.

Columns of the Error Inspector table for attribute rules

Error feature attribute	Description
Shape	The shape of the error feature. The error feature inherits the shape of the feature that created the error.
Rule Type	The rule type of the error feature.
Exception	Specifies whether the error is an exception. If blank, the error is not an exception. See Mark or clear error exceptions.
Source Layer	The Source Layer column corresponds to the Feature Class ID column of the error layers. When the Source setting is a geodatabase, it is the feature class name. When the Source setting is a feature service, it is the feature service layer name. When a source layer is not in the same service, the Feature Class ID will be displayed.
Feature ObjectID	The ObjectID of the feature that created the error.
Feature GlobalID	The GlobalID of the feature that created the error.
Error Number	The attribute rule error number.
Error Message	The attribute rule error message.
Rule Name	The attribute rule name.
Description	The attribute rule description.
Severity	The attribute rule severity, as specified in the rule properties.

View details about an error

Once you've evaluated datasets with attribute rules, use the Error Inspector table and the Details tab to view information about each error feature.

To view details about an error feature, complete the following steps:
1. On the Insert tab, in the Project group, click New Map .
2. On the Map tab, in the Layer group, click Add Data. Browse to the data source and select the feature classes or tables to evaluate. Click OK.
   • For data shared as a feature service with the Validation capability, the data source is under Portal .
   • For data in a geodatabase, the data source is under Project or Computer.
3. In the Contents pane, right-click the layer and click Add Error Layers .

   The associated error layers are added as a single group layer, which will be used to review errors in the Error Inspector.

4. On the Edit tab, in the Manage Edits group, click Error Inspector .
5. On the Error Inspector toolbar, click the Source drop-down menu and choose the error layer.

   The error features appear with their attributes in the grid.

   
6. In the error table, select an error feature by clicking the leftmost column of the data grid. To browse to the error feature, right-click and select an option for the desired function:
   • Flash
   • Zoom To
   • Pan To
7. Click the Details tab to review the individual details of each error feature.
To remove an error feature, make edits to correct the error, and reevaluate the rule. You can also use the Attribute Rules view to view the details of the rule associated with the error feature.

Select features that created the error

Once you are able to view details about an error in the Error Inspector, you can select records in the map that created the error feature. This will allow you to review the feature or record that created the error, make edits, and resolve any issues the error identified.

To select features in the map corresponding to error features, complete the following steps:
1. Select and highlight one or more errors in the Error Inspector table by clicking the leftmost column of the data grid.
2. On the Error Inspector toolbar, click the Features button .
The underlying feature that created the error is selected in the map.

Note:

For nonspatial tables, open the attribute table to view the selected records.

Mark or clear error exceptions

Once you are able to view details about an error, you can mark errors as exceptions. Attribute rules represent an ideal situation, but geodatabases are flexible enough to handle exceptions to the rules found in real-world data. Violations of attribute rules are stored as error features, but where appropriate, you can mark them as exceptions through the Error Inspector. An exception can be cleared when the error is no longer an exception to the rule.

Errors marked as an exception are for the purpose of reviewing errors through the Error Inspector and may affect the Validation Status attribute of the feature that created the error. If a feature creates an error during evaluation, the feature's Validation Status attribute is marked as has error(s). If that error is marked as an exception, the feature's Validation Status attribute switches to no error. A feature can also be associated with multiple errors from different rules. If only one of the errors is marked as an exception, the feature's Validation Status attribute will continue to be marked as has error(s).

Features with errors marked as exceptions are still evaluated based on the Validation Status attribute.

To mark or clear error exceptions using the Error Inspector, complete the following steps:
1. Select and highlight one or more errors in the error table of the Error Inspector by clicking the leftmost column of the data grid.
2. Right-click and select one of the following:
   • Mark As Exception —Updates the isException field of the error feature to True. The domain value for True is 1.
   • Clear Exception —Updates the isException field of the error feature to False. The domain value of False is 0.
The isException property for the error feature is updated. This is visible in the Error Inspector grid view for the Exception column header.