how to retain attribute data

Question

Hi guys,

I was actually transforming polylines into polygon by using the feature to polygon command unfortunately, no attribute data retained if I did this command although I checked the preserve attributes option.

Please assist me on this.

Thank you.

NormBetland · Answer

Has anyone discovered a workable solution? I am trying to convert contour lines to polygons and so using a centroid will not work because many polygons here will have centroids within many polylines.

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

Of course if we had all read the most recent help topic

* The Preserve attributes parameter (the attributes parameter in scripting) does not work and should not be used. It will not be removed for backward compatibility of scripts or models. The output attribute schema and field values for certain input combinations may be produced as described below; most of them are unintended.

so data validation is really a good idea

shan_sarkar · Answer

Yes, I agree and that is in fact what I have done to get around this and it worked out quite nicely for me. I'll admit it is a little time consuming but it get the job done.