Ontology Save Failure Due to County Object Mapping and Dependency Conflict

[Harrisonvann]

I am very new to Foundry so please bear with me. I’m running into an ontology issue that I haven’t been able to resolve on my own and would appreciate your help. I was working on adding county geometry to my ontology. Originally, I had an object called (havann) County backed by a dataset without geometry. I later built a new pipeline that correctly parses county boundaries into a geometry column and created a new object called (hv) County to start fresh and avoid conflicts. Here’s where things are breaking down:

The new backing dataset for (hv) County contains all expected columns (GEO_ID, NAME, STATE, COUNTY, CENSUSAREA, FID, and a parsed geometry column).

Column types in the dataset preview show correctly (including geometry type class), and property mappings in the object appear to match their corresponding column types.

However, any attempt to save changes to the ontology fails with the error: Failed to save changes to the ontology. These object types could not be found These object types may have been deleted or you may lack permissions to view them.

Additional context that may be relevant:

I am unable to delete the original (havann) County object due to lingering dependencies (object views and a workshop app previously referencing it). Even after removing links and attempting to clean up references, the object cannot be fully deleted.

I suspect there may be a broken or stale reference in the ontology metadata tied to the old County object that is preventing any changes (even unrelated ones) from saving.

I’ve also tested removing geometry mappings entirely from the new object, and the save error still occurs. At this point, it seems like the ontology may be in an inconsistent state due to the earlier County object and its dependencies (which I couldnt delete). Could you please investigate whether there are hidden or corrupted references tied to the old (havann) County object, or reset/repair the County object type(s) so I can proceed with a clean setup using (hv) County? As of now any time I try to save to ontology (for anything), it errors. Thanks very much for your help.

Best, Harrison

[helenq]

Hey Harrison!

Just to clarify, are you making these object types in Pipeline Builder and then editing in Pipeline Builder and saving or editing in the Ontology Manager and trying to save?

For this issue:
I am unable to delete the original (havann) County object due to lingering dependencies (object views and a workshop app previously referencing it). Even after removing links and attempting to clean up references, the object cannot be fully deleted.

Can you look at the County object in Workflow Lineage and see what dependencies still show up on the graph? You can do this by going to the Workflow Lineage app directly and adding you object or from your object doing the shortcut CMD + i or clicking Open in Workflow lineage

[Harrisonvann]

Hi thanks for the reply! I was able to close this issue out. I had some actions that were auto created that were linked which I believe were the lingering dependencies, as right after I deleted those, I was able to save my ontology.