idea Make the summary statistics geoprocessing tool easier to use in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Make the summary statistics geoprocessing tool easier to use

ThomasDilts — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:59:57 GMT

Make the summary statistics geoprocessing tool easier to use. If I've got one hundred fields that I want summarized I currently have to go in and add each one individually and specify the summary statistic to use. This is too onerous so I tend to export my tables to excel for this step. Other geoprocessing tools have the ability to add/remove all fields. I'd also like to have the ability to highlight a block of fields and set their summary statistic automatically for all of the highlighted fields.

Re: Make the summary statistics geoprocessing tool easier to use

deleted-user-dvQnsQnLyXgr — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:13:35 GMT

Yes, I agree 100% with this idea, because I deal alot with these type of summaries and it does take a lot of time to add the fields one by one. I would rather add all fields or block for the statistics as well as all fields or block for Case fields. Thanks for the idea.

Re: Make the summary statistics geoprocessing tool easier to use

GregGoldman1 — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:28:02 GMT

Esri should model this tool after Caliper's TransCAD where the Summary Statistics tool calculates the count, sum, minimum, maximum, mean, and standard deviation at the touch of a button.

Re: Make the summary statistics geoprocessing tool easier to use

KoryKramer — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:01:43 GMT

In ArcGIS Pro you can add many or all of the fields at once:

What is still missing then would be to highlight multiple (shift+click and/or ctrl+click) and set the statistic for those all at once.

Re: Make the summary statistics geoprocessing tool easier to use

JeffEssic — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:48:51 GMT

As @KoryKramer said, there needs to be a way to batch select the Statistic Type in the Summary Statistics GUI window. If you need the default which is Sum, then it's no problem. But if you need one of the other options in the dropdown and you have a lot of fields, then it is very tedious to go through changing the Statistic Type for each field.