ArcGIS Pro 2.8.4: The “join field” tool gets ALL the source fields transferred to the destination attribute table,

JamalNUMAN

ArcGIS Pro 2.8.4: The “join field” tool gets ALL the source fields transferred to the destination attribute table,

 

I couldn’t figure out why the “join field” tool gets All the source fields transferred to the destination attribute table despite the fact that none of the source fields are checked in the “transfer fields” option

 

Is this by design to transfer ALL the source fields transferred to the destination attribute table without having them selected in the “transfer fields” option?

 

 

DanLee

Hi Jamal,

The parameter, Transfer Fields, of the tool is an optional parameter. Any optional parameter always has a default by design. If you don't know what the default behavior is, you can always look for information in the tool's documentation. Here is the documentation for the tool in Pro 2.8:

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/join-field.htm

• If no fields are selected for the optional Transfer Fields parameter, all fields from the Join Table value will be joined to the output.

I am not sure what you expected to happen when you didn't specify any fields to transfer. Hope now you know how to select the fields that you need to transfer.