topic Re: Field Descriptions from Metadata in ArcGIS Online Questions

Field Descriptions from Metadata

CynthiaWanschura — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:35:22 GMT

Anyone know how to populate field descriptions from existing metadata?

This question has been asked before, but no one has responded with a solution: Populating field descriptions.

I spent some time trying to do it using ArcGIS API for Python without success. It appears that the field descriptions are attributes of the layer but are a nested dictionary with Description and Field Value Type under the fields.

I can view the description and field type by printing the fields information, but I can't figure out how to update it.

Any ideas? Am I missing something obvious?

Re: Field Descriptions from Metadata

LisaBerry — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:13:25 GMT

Hi Cynthia,

Here is a python3 script that can add alias names, field descriptions, and field value type to the REST service, and also updates the popup decimals and thousands separators in bulk. https://github.com/lisaberrygis/AliasUpdater

Re: Field Descriptions from Metadata

CynthiaWanschura — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:55:28 GMT

THANK YOU!!!!! This script worked beautifully!!!!

Re: Field Descriptions from Metadata

CynthiaWanschura — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:57:19 GMT

@LisaBerry - Is it OK if I make a couple of changes to prompt for inputs and share with my colleagues? You will definitely be getting the credit for it. 🙂

Re: Field Descriptions from Metadata

LisaBerry — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:18:34 GMT

Of course! Use however is most helpful to you and your team. Glad it was helpful!

Re: Field Descriptions from Metadata

ShareUser — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:18:27 GMT

I am hoping to export full groups and have all of the layers within them for update. Is there a way to do this?