Keep attachments but need to use dissolve polygons

Question

I have a polygon layer of properties with some properties containing multiple polygons. In order for each property to have a Global ID, I want to dissolve them so that one property only has one row in the attribute table before I assign global IDs. However, a lot of these properties already have attachments (pdf maps). I'm curious if there is a workaround for this issue, because it seems dissolve won't maintain the attachments.

Any help is appreciated!

ElizabethOswaldDNR · Answer

I will try this, thank you!!

clt_cabq · Answer

I haven't done this but you might want to look at the various attachment tools, especially the generate match table tool (generate attachment match table documentation ). This feels like a multistep process where you may need to export your attachments to a directory which can create sub directories based on your dissolve attribute, do your dissolve, and then run the generate attachment match table and then the add attachment tool (which uses the match table). My steps listed above may be out of order as I haven't a dataset to test this against, so, keep backups!!