Add a Remainder Parcel Record Assignment Option to the Split and Divide tool for Parcel Fabric Workflows

CathyAppleton — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:16:49 GMT

Enhancement Request: Add a Remainder Parcel Record Assignment Option to the Split and Divide tool for Parcel Fabric Workflows

NOTE: this idea is similar to https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-parcel-fabric-ideas/parcel-fabric-clip-tool-enhancement/idi-p/1688990/jump-to/first-unread-message

I have been meaning to add this suggestion for awhile. We do splits/divides for hundreds of parcel fabric layers yearly. We are requesting an enhancement to the Split and Divide geoprocessing tool so that, when used on Parcel Fabric features, it provides a toggle or parameter to control which Record the remainder parcel is assigned to (either the remainder’s original Record or the new Record being created).

Frequently when a new development plan splits out a portion from the larger existing development, the portion removed is assigned to the new plan/record, but the remainder parcel (the portion of the development that has not been impacted by the newly integrated development plan) must retain its association with its original Record.

Example 1: In the example below, a new development (SimultaneousConveyance) record supersedes two other development records.

The issues is not limited to only the development (SimultaneousConveyance) layer, but is affecting other layers too. Lots/Units (SimultaneousConveyanceDivision), RightofWay layer, etc.

Example 2: in the example below, you can see highlighted lots and lines (SimultaneousConveyanceDivisions) are under the wrong developent (SimultaneousConveyance) record name..

We also have issues with RightofWay features. In our data, a right of way record may contain many features. This is because during the parcel fabric creation, we needed to create a record for the right of ways. We broke them down by geographic township. However, we have found that when a tax parcel split or division is done, the remainder of a RightofWay features become associated with the new record tax parcel record, which it is not.

Example 3: In the example below, the highlighted RightofWay is associated with a tax parcel record, when the remainder from this split or divide should still be kept under the original record.

Without a remainder assignment option, editors must manually fix the record assignment, creating additional steps and room for errors.

We are requesting that a new parcel fabric-aware parameter/toggle/etc. be added to the Split and Divide tools when used on parcel fabric features.

Possible way to handle this is to allow editors to assign specific feature layers to new/active record with the remainder feature layers keeping their original record.

This improvement would:

Preserve correct parcel lineage without additional manual cleanup or custom workarounds
Reduce editing time in plan integration workflows (due to said custom workarounds)
Maintain data quality and integrity across fabric edits, especially in scenarios where mappers may forget to assign the remainder to the original record
Support required patterns of parcel management in the least number of workflow steps as possible

Thanks and shout out to @DavidHendry for writing up the other suggestion 🙂

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Add a Remainder Parcel Record Assignment Option to the Split and Divide tool for Parcel Fabric Workflows