Can a calculation rule update a record in the same feature class, same field, as the edited record?

Question

For example, if a user edits the common_name for OID1, I want the attribute rule to additionally update the common_name for OID 2. Is this possible?

OIDcustom_idcommon_name1"Group A""Name A"2"Group A""Name A"3"Group B""Name B"4"Group B""Name B"

Aнастасия88 · Answer

Hi Jake, appreciate for your follow up regarding the problem that I have come across.

I still have not been able to figure out what the cause is. Hope someone will find a solution.

Jake_S · Answer

Any thoughts on this issue? Calculation works and does not work depending on number of features.

Seems this user is using your code and is running into an issue. I can replicate this issue.

@Aнастасия88

~Jake

JohannesLindner · Answer

Yes, that is possible.

You just have to take precautions against infinite loops (feature 1 updates f2, which in turn updates f1, which then updates f2, etc).

// Calculation Attribute Rule on TestPoints
// field: empty
// Triggers: Update
// Exclude from application evaluation!

// get the old and new value
var old_value = $originalfeature.TextField1
var new_value = $feature.TextField1

// abort if value did not change
if(new_value == old_value) { return }

// get all features with the old value that aren't the current feature
var gid = $feature.GlobalID
var other_features = Filter(FeaturesetByName($datastore, "TestPoints"), "TextField1 = @old_value AND GlobalID <> @gid")

// create and fill an update array
var updates = []
for(var f in other_features) {
    Push(updates, {globalID: f.GlobalID, attributes: {TextField1: new_value}})
}

// instruct ArcGIS to update the other features
return {
    edit: [{
        className: "TestPoints",
        updates: updates
    }]
}

Before:

After refreshing the table: