Reporting changes with the Change Reporter tool

This topic applies to ArcInfo only.

The Change Reporter tool allows you to find changes made to individual feature classes or an entire geodatabase between specified dates and times. The changes reported are feature additions, modifications, and deletions. Once found, these changes are automatically committed to the Reviewer table for further examination.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap.
2. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Data Reviewer.
3. Browse to the geodatabase location where you want the Reviewer records stored.
4. Start a Reviewer session.
   Tip:

   It is highly recommended that you use the Use Default Spatial Reference (WGS-84) option.

5. Click Close on the Reviewer Session Manager dialog box.
6. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Aeronautical Data Management.
7. Click the Change Reporter button on the Aeronautical Data Management toolbar.

   The Change Reporter dialog box appears.

   Note:

   The Change Reporter tool is also available as a geoprocessing tool in the Aeronautical Tools toolbox.

8. Click the ellipsis button (...) next to the Select Geodatabase text box to choose a geodatabase.
   Note:

   The Change Reporter tool can only be used to report changes on an ArcSDE software-enabled geodatabase.

9. You can change the beginning date and time by performing one of the following steps in the Beginning Date field:
   • Select a date by clicking the drop-down arrow.
   • Select a date/time field and press the UP and DOWN arrow keys on the keyboard.
   • Type directly over the default date/time listed.
   Note:

   Be sure to not set a start date earlier than when archiving was enabled on the geodatabase. This will result in every feature in the database being marked as a change.

10. You can change the End Date by performing one of the following steps:
    • Select a date by clicking the drop-down arrow.
    • Select a date/time field and press the UP and DOWN arrow keys on the keyboard.
    • Type directly over the default date/time listed.
11. Choose the type of changes to be reported by checking the Adds, Modifications, and/or Deletes check boxes in the Change Types area.
12. Check the check boxes next to the feature classes and tables to be interrogated in the Feature Class(es) To Process list.

13. Click OK to start processing.

    A message appears and notifies you when processing is complete.

14. Click OK.
15. Click Close on the Change Reporter dialog box.