https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/optimizing-delete-field-tool/idi-p/1305936 <P>I know that this idea might have already submitted but, it might be worth sharing it again. The `delete field function` is extremely slow in ArcGIS Pro 3.1. Now, this might due to the structure of a feature class?</P><P>So, why not create a function that first converts a feature class to a dataframe &gt; drop the columns &gt; change back to a feature class? The reason why I recommend this is because dropping columns in a dataframe even in&nbsp;<SPAN>interpreted languages</SPAN>&nbsp;is much much faster than using the delete field tool on a feature class.</P><P>Or why not use C++ snippets in the code to&nbsp; may be further fasten the function?</P><P>Thank you,&nbsp;</P><P>PS I am not a daily programmer so please correct me where I am wrong.</P> Wed, 05 Jul 2023 22:06:57 GMT Ed_ 2023-07-05T22:06:57Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/optimizing-delete-field-tool/idi-p/1305936 <P>I know that this idea might have already submitted but, it might be worth sharing it again. The `delete field function` is extremely slow in ArcGIS Pro 3.1. Now, this might due to the structure of a feature class?</P><P>So, why not create a function that first converts a feature class to a dataframe &gt; drop the columns &gt; change back to a feature class? The reason why I recommend this is because dropping columns in a dataframe even in&nbsp;<SPAN>interpreted languages</SPAN>&nbsp;is much much faster than using the delete field tool on a feature class.</P><P>Or why not use C++ snippets in the code to&nbsp; may be further fasten the function?</P><P>Thank you,&nbsp;</P><P>PS I am not a daily programmer so please correct me where I am wrong.</P> Wed, 05 Jul 2023 22:06:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/optimizing-delete-field-tool/idi-p/1305936 Ed_ 2023-07-05T22:06:57Z