Editor tracking

The Value Method field in the DynamicValue table defines the actions that occur when the Attribute Assistant is enabled and features are modified or created in ArcMap. Four fields in the DynamicValue table (Value Method, Table Name, Field Name, and Value Info) must be configured to use an Attribute Assistant method. The remaining fields define when the Attribute Assistant method should be applied.

The following three Attribute Assistant methods can be configured in your DynamicValue table:

Method	Description
Current Username	Populates the current user name.
Map Info	Stores information from the current map document metadata or the version info of the layer being edited.
Timestamp	Populates the current date and time.

Current Username

Populates the current user name.

To configure this method, populate the following in the DynamicValue table:

Table Name	Field Name	Value Method	Value Info
Table or feature class	Field to store the user name	CURRENT_USER	{Format}

This rule can only be configured on String fields.

Parameters

The method parameters are as follows:

Parameter	Value	Description
Format (Optional)	W	Full Windows login name as domain\user name
	U	Windows user name
	D	Connected database user for the edit session
	Null (Default)	Connected database user name if available; otherwise, full Windows login name as your domain\user name

Examples

Stores the windows user including the domain in the LASTEDITOR field in the wLateralLine layer:

Table Name: wLateralLine
Field Name: LASTEDITOR
Value Info: W

Stores the user information used to connect to an enterprise database in all layers:

Table Name: *
Field Name: LASTEDITOR
Value Info: D

Map Info

Stores information from the current map document metadata or the version info of the layer being edited.

To configure this method, populate the following in the DynamicValue table:

Table Name	Field Name	Value Method	Value Info
Table or Feature Class	The field in which the value will be stored	MAP_INFO	Property Type\|{Field to Monitor}

This rule can only be configured on text fields.

Parameters

The method parameters are as follows:

Parameter	Value	Description
Property Type	AUTHOR	The map document author.
	NAME	The map document name (filename without extension).
	PATH	The map document path (folder containing the map document).
	TITLE	The map document title.
	VERSION	The version name of the layer being edited. When editing a non-versioned dataset, `FGDB` will be stored.
Field to Monitor (Optional)	Field name	The field to monitor for changes.

Examples

Stores the author from the map document properties in the AUTH field in the ProposedSites layer:

Table Name: ProposedSites
Field Name: AUTH
Value Info: AUTHOR

Stores the workspace version of the ProposedSites layer whenever a value in the LASTEDITOR field is changed:

Table Name: ProposedSites
Field Name: AUTH
Value Info: VERSION|LASTEDITOR

Timestamp

Populates the current date and time.

To configure this method, populate the following in the DynamicValue table:

Table Name	Field Name	Value Method	Value Info
Table or feature class	Date or string field	TIMESTAMP	{Format}

This rule can only be configured on String fields if you select the YEAR, DAY, or MONTH parameters.

Parameters

The method parameters are as follows:

Parameter	Value	Description
Format (Optional)	`<Null>` (Default)	Use the current date and time.
	DATE	Date only.
	TIME	Time only in 12-hour format.
	TIME24	Time only in 24-hour format.
	DAY	Day only.
	MONTH	Month only.
	YEAR	Year only.
	CUSTOM	Specify format; for example, hh:mm:ss tt = 09:30:00 AM, MMMM = Month in text, such as March, and HH = Hour of the day, such as 23.

Examples

Stores the current date and time in the EDITDATE field in the wLateralLine layer:

Table Name: wLateralLine
Field Name: EDITDATE
Value Info: <Null>

Stores the current date in all layers:

Table Name: *
Field Name: EDITDATE
Value Info: DATE

Stores the current date in long time (for example, Monday, June 15, 2009):

Table Name: wLateralLine
Field Name: EDITDATE
Value Info: dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy