Hi Colin,
Thanks for replying and confirming that it is coming hopefully in the next release of the SDK.
Regarding your question it really depends on the organisation we are working with.
Examples:
- Integration between ArcGIS and SAP PO or SAP Gateway. Every CRUD operation must be kept in sync with SAP.
There is a queuing mechanism for this. So we have scheduled tasks running nightly to move the deltas (and other
additional information) back into SAP.
- Provide a way for third party systems to easily poll for updates that happened in GIS. Because the centralized archives
are lost when you deactivate Archiving we keep track of the last 90 days deltas into a separate table which can then be accessed via SQL or through REST/SOAP.
- Have custom services that provide to client apps access to historical data
As a side note, I hope that History (not just Archiving) is implemented throughout the platform soon. I believe many people including myself would be happy with this. Or maybe having the ability to restore the archive tables with the geodatabase once you re-enable Archiving.
Cheers,
Jose