topic Re: How to add new field in an attribute table? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

How to add new field in an attribute table?

deleted-user-vI4FgtGn3D1S — Wed, 23 May 2018 14:13:16 GMT

Dear, does any one know how to add a new filed in an attribute table? First I open the attribute table of a shape file, and click the upper left button of "add field". After it pops up a new tab of attribute table, I get totally lost, couldn't figure out what to do next. The add field button on the top is grey, and the operation is so much different from GIS 9.3.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

RickeyFight — Wed, 23 May 2018 14:34:31 GMT

Henry,

Look at this help document.

Create, modify, and delete the fields of a layer or table—Geodatabases | ArcGIS Desktop

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

JoeBorgione — Wed, 23 May 2018 15:16:22 GMT

Still trying to figure out Adobe Captivate, so this video isn't quite Oscar material.....

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Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

MatthewForsberg — Wed, 23 May 2018 15:22:26 GMT

You can't be in an Edit Session if you are trying to create a field, is that the issue?

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

JoeBorgione — Wed, 23 May 2018 22:35:00 GMT

Aren't you always in an edit session with ArcGIS Pro?

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

deleted-user-vI4FgtGn3D1S — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:22:09 GMT

Thank you. I followed exactly what you did. However, there is no 'add new field' at the bottom.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

JoeBorgione — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:40:11 GMT

Looks like you have an extensive attribute table: have you used the scroll bar to go to the bottom of the Table?

Also, once you turn on the fields view ,

The Fields Tab becomes active and provides an Add New Field button:

When you click that, it'll add a new field called Field for you....

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

KoryKramer — Thu, 24 May 2018 19:21:53 GMT

Editing is always available in Pro but starting to edit something is still an intentional act.

Maybe what Matthew meant is that there were unsaved edits. With unsaved feature edits, you can still add a field to the schema, you just can't save that until your edits are first saved.

Henry Zhuhanzhen‌ if you just click on Add from the attribute table, it should automatically open the Fields View and set you up to add a new field.

Does that not work for you?

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

deleted-user-vI4FgtGn3D1S — Fri, 25 May 2018 00:09:24 GMT

There is no 'Click here to add a new filed' in my GIS pro in the end of current fields. I don't know why. See the pic.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

deleted-user-vI4FgtGn3D1S — Fri, 25 May 2018 13:02:49 GMT

Hello guys, I found a solution myself. I can add a new filed through 'Data managing/add new filed' to accomplish this function. Though I still can't do it with the ways you guys mentioned. Anyway, it's solved.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

KoryKramer — Fri, 25 May 2018 13:39:48 GMT

Are you using a shapefile? And do you have a Basic license of ArcGIS Pro?

If so, the following bug is logged [BUG-000101840: Unable to add fields via the New Field feature for shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro using an ArcGIS Pro Basic license.]

You could also try working with a file geodatabase.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

GregRumpel1 — Fri, 25 May 2018 13:45:22 GMT

Kory...Is it possible to talk to you on the phone regarding my question that you responded to regarding drawing...from segment to curve back to segment

Greg

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

MichaelVolz — Fri, 25 May 2018 14:03:08 GMT

Was this bug fixed in Pro 2.1.3? I ask because I changed my Named User Pro license from Standard to Basic and I then created a shapefile where I was able to add a new field and save this change to the shapefile.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

KoryKramer — Fri, 25 May 2018 14:12:23 GMT

Michael, no this isn't marked as fixed. I tested with a shapefile and basic license in a Pro 2.2 build yesterday and reproduced the behavior.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

MichaelVolz — Fri, 25 May 2018 14:16:30 GMT

What kind of licensing are you using Kory - Named User, Concurrent Use, Single Use?

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

KoryKramer — Fri, 25 May 2018 14:17:59 GMT

Named User - Basic - Just tried in Pro 2.1.3 and the problem persists.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

PaulaGiryn — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:58:52 GMT

I also have this problem still. I am using a concurrent license- Basic-I just tried in Pro 2.4.1 and the problem still persists even now.

Re: How to add new field in an attribute table?

KoryKramer — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:23:16 GMT

Are you certain that you've installed Patch 1?

If what you're seeing is related the the bug referenced above, it was addressed in Patch 1: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/get-started/release-notes.htm

I just tried:

and was able to add a new field to a shapefile using both the Fields View (UI) as well as the Add Field gp tool: