topic Re: arcmap merge polygons in Alaska GIS Users Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/alaska-gis-users-questions/arcmap-merge-polygons/m-p/788769#M5 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dissolve....</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/dissolve.htm" title="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/dissolve.htm">Dissolve—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>but keeping all the attributes isn't going to happen since you only have one table record per feature.</P><P>I would recommend against just having a multipart feature dataset because at some stage you are going to want single part features.&nbsp; If you must... keep both dataset.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:20:03 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2019-09-18T22:20:03Z arcmap merge polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/alaska-gis-users-questions/arcmap-merge-polygons/m-p/788768#M4 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Greetings!</P><P>I am fairly new to Python.&nbsp; My dataset contains 29 feature classes - some have more than 1 polygon. If a dataset has more than 1 polygon, then the script needs to merge the dataset's polygons + keep all attributes.&nbsp; Any ideas?</P><P></P><P>Thx! Gail in Alaska</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:16:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/alaska-gis-users-questions/arcmap-merge-polygons/m-p/788768#M4 GailMorrison 2019-09-18T19:16:16Z Re: arcmap merge polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/alaska-gis-users-questions/arcmap-merge-polygons/m-p/788769#M5 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dissolve....</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/dissolve.htm" title="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/dissolve.htm">Dissolve—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>but keeping all the attributes isn't going to happen since you only have one table record per feature.</P><P>I would recommend against just having a multipart feature dataset because at some stage you are going to want single part features.&nbsp; If you must... keep both dataset.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:20:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/alaska-gis-users-questions/arcmap-merge-polygons/m-p/788769#M5 DanPatterson_Retired 2019-09-18T22:20:03Z