Generate Near Table

Question

I think I have found a bug with Generate Near Table tool. I am using it with large table, but the generate the near table function does not honour a selection or Definition Query when calculating of the input table. This doesnt appear to be an issue with the generate link table. But I have had to resort to exporting the input table before running the function.

Cheers

Paul

VenkataKondepati · Accepted Answer

You’re right. Generate Near Table ignores selections and definition queries and runs against the full dataset. This is a known, inconsistent behavior (especially compared to Generate Link Table) and isn’t well documented. Exporting the filtered input first is the correct workaround.