idea Enhancing Copy/Paste Functionality with Field Mapping in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/enhancing-copy-paste-functionality-with-field/idi-p/974802 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>When one uses the Copy/Paste functionality in ArcMap to paste a set of features from one feature class to another, there is no way to account for differences in the schemas of the two data sets. <BR /><BR />Could we add the ability to map fields when using the Copy/Paste functionality, or is there a better solution already available? <BR /><BR />One reason for this approach: Load Data in ArcCatalog does not offer the immediate interaction with the data that Copy/Paste does.<BR /><BR />One point against this approach: perhaps this functionality is supposed to be low-level in functionality because of the other available tools to use for the purpose. <!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bt28 --> </BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:41:44 GMT RobertHibberd 2011-12-16T16:41:44Z Enhancing Copy/Paste Functionality with Field Mapping https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/enhancing-copy-paste-functionality-with-field/idi-p/974802 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>When one uses the Copy/Paste functionality in ArcMap to paste a set of features from one feature class to another, there is no way to account for differences in the schemas of the two data sets. <BR /><BR />Could we add the ability to map fields when using the Copy/Paste functionality, or is there a better solution already available? <BR /><BR />One reason for this approach: Load Data in ArcCatalog does not offer the immediate interaction with the data that Copy/Paste does.<BR /><BR />One point against this approach: perhaps this functionality is supposed to be low-level in functionality because of the other available tools to use for the purpose. <!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bt28 --> </BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:41:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/enhancing-copy-paste-functionality-with-field/idi-p/974802 RobertHibberd 2011-12-16T16:41:44Z Re: Enhancing Copy/Paste Functionality with Field Mapping https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/enhancing-copy-paste-functionality-with-field/idc-p/974803#M10266 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is basically what Append tool does.</P><P></P><P>What could marry Copy&gt;&gt;Paste to Append is if we could feed Append a selection set. E.g. <EM>select a bunch of features &gt;&gt; r-click &gt;&gt; Data &gt;&gt; Export to tool &gt;&gt; {select GP tool}, </EM>which would be<EM> </EM>Append in this case.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:01:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/enhancing-copy-paste-functionality-with-field/idc-p/974803#M10266 MattWilkie3 2019-06-11T19:01:24Z