topic Arcade script not calculating properly in ArcGIS Arcade Questions

Arcade script not calculating properly

JustinBernard1886 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:57:42 GMT

Hello,

I have a bit of a conundrum.

I have a simple arcade script that returns a calculation based on a value. When I entered "ABT", the script makes the correct calculation, but when I enter "Park" or "Street", the script returns "750"
Any reason why the else if function wouldnt work?

Here is the script

Thanks,

Justin

Re: Arcade script not calculating properly

AlfredBaldenweck — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:20:41 GMT

It worked for me? Best guess is you just don't have any values in the API field for the other two, or the value is 0.

Re: Arcade script not calculating properly

Neal_t_k — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:21:06 GMT

Have you considered a When statement instead of the nested if else?

something like:

var spClass = When( SpacTypeClass == 'ABT', 5000, SpacTypeClass == 'Street', 750, SpacTypeClass == 'Park', 750, ); return (API * 6.51) + spClass;

Also if it is just returning "750" for Street and Park, your calc may be working but API is returning 0 for those cases. Double check that an API exists for those.

Re: Arcade script not calculating properly

JustinBernard1886 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:29:17 GMT

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the help. It hit me, that the issue was the order of the attributes rules. I needed to rearrange them so the API rule calculated first. Before it was calculating AFTER the rule I posted, so it was returning zero. I reordered the rules and I am now getting the correct result.

Thanks for the help!