topic Re: Replace polygon but keep rest of attributes in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Replace polygon but keep rest of attributes

HectorBorro1 — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:53:17 GMT

I have a layer with polygons and its identifier (attribute table is 3 fields: FID, polygon and Place_ID) I need to replace this polygon with the one in another layer (attribute table has 20 fields).

A tool that comes to mind is Append, but it will add a new row, which I dont want as the rest of the attribures will be lost.

Any ideas on how to replace these geometies? They are only 5 of them...

Re: Replace polygon but keep rest of attributes

JayantaPoddar — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:09:54 GMT

Maybe you could start with Attribute Transfer Mapping to transfer the attribute to the new polygons.

http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/editing-existing-features/transferring-attributes-between-features.htm

Then you could go for Append or Update whichever is preferable.

Re: Replace polygon but keep rest of attributes

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:25:57 GMT

In Pro it would be Transfer Attributes—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Re: Replace polygon but keep rest of attributes

HectorBorro1 — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:37:07 GMT

mhh sounds like a good tool to use, thanks!

It seems its for lines, but I'll see if it works for polygons...

Re: Replace polygon but keep rest of attributes

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:42:16 GMT

You are right... mea culpa

Re: Replace polygon but keep rest of attributes

HectorBorro1 — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:38:58 GMT

Thanks, I went first by manually deleting the rows, then appending the needed polygons and merging.

thanks all