idea Subtype on a TEXT Attribute in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Subtype on a TEXT Attribute

RadekFujak — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:17:47 GMT

Subtypes can be based on an integer attribute only.
Please enable subtypes to be built on a text attribute.

Example:
I have a natural key for countries as a text string "US", "UK", "AT", ...
I have to keep a surrogate integer key corresponding with the natural key in 1:1 relationship (1 ~ "US", 2 ~ "UK", 3 ~ "AT"...) and I have to ensure data integrity among these two attributes by rather complicated mechanism. This is due only to the need to create a subtype on the country...

So, cucrrently, I have to make a complex solution for basic tasks...

Please consider this functionality. This will simplyfy the application design in many cases a lot.

Re: Subtype on a TEXT Attribute - Status changed to: Closed

SSWoodward — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:56:18 GMT

This idea has been closed as a duplicate of the Data Management Idea linked below. Don't worry, you can still show your support by commenting and adding kudos to the open idea. Thanks for your contributions!

Link to open, duplicate Idea.

Re: Subtype on a TEXT Attribute

BrettGovernanti1 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:31:19 GMT

Is there any status on this idea? Will it ever be implemented?