NIM059851 for No Product Found

Bug ID Number	NIM059851
Submitted	August 10, 2010
Last Modified	April 2, 2025
Applies to	No Product Found
Version found	9.3.1
Status	Will Not Be Addressed

Additional Information

As designed. The layer contains its own connection information, which is independent of the connection file.

Workaround

When using 'Set data source' for an existing map document, change the connection file to a different connection type than originally saved, in addition to having 'Save the transactional version name with the connection file' checked / unchecked. Workaround: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open the .mxd in ArcMap. 2. Open the Version Manager from the Versioning toolbar, and create a dummy version. 3. Use the Change Version option to repoint all layers to use this dummy version. 4. Save the .mxd and close ArcMap. 5. In ArcCatalog, open the Version Manager and delete the dummy version. 6. Reopen the .mxd file. 7. The .mxd has now lost all connection information and is showing the red exclamation marks. 8. Open the Set Data Source option and repoint all layers to layers that come from a connection file that has the 'Save the transactional version name with the connection file' option unchecked (select one of the available versions in the geodatabase to load the layers from.) 9. Save the .mxd and close ArcMap. 10. Reopen the .mxd file. The user is forced to select a version from which the layers are loaded.