topic Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

BrandonVan_Horn — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:50:34 GMT

Good morning, I am doing some editing and I now cant keep my source attributes between copy and paste.

Both tables have the same source fields, they are identical.

Source fields

I select them, with the select tool, then copy and paste special

Data when pasted

Is anyone else seeing this problem, this used to work unit I updated to 2.7.

Do you have a solution? Thank you for your help.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:49:07 GMT

Hi @BrandonVan_Horn

Is Field Mapping set up correctly between the two layers?

In the screenshot below I have Field Mapping settings open and the fields (A,B,C) from 2 layers (table_A and table_B) are matched up. FYI - circled in red in the screenshot is the launcher button that opens up these settings:

Documentation links:

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/copy-and-paste-using-the-clipboard.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_6D850E50B3B04EDEACD8461459E1B310

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/configure-field-mapping.htm

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

BrandonVan_Horn — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:03:56 GMT

It was not set up initially.

It is now, and still did the same thing.

But if the fields are exactly the same why would I need to field map?

Just did another copy paste same thing. The left table is the source right is destination

If I change my template to another default, it uses that one. It seems like the check box for keep source attributes is not working

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

BrandonVan_Horn — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:45:59 GMT

Here is a GIF of me copy and pasting.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:51:33 GMT

Hi @BrandonVan_Horn

If the field names match, then I wouldn't expect to have to set up Field Mapping - and so far, I can't reproduce problem in 2.7.

One thing I don't understand about your screenshot: FLD_ZONE has a value of "D" in the table on the left and "A" in the table on the right. If the software was ignoring the "Keep source attribute values checkbox", I would expect null values in the right table (the target), not "A" So the mystery to me is where did the "A" come from?

One idea: Could it have came from an expression set up in the Field Mapping? I tried to replicate the schema you have and this is the expression that is automatically generated for me (note that I am on the Expression tab of the Field Mapping settings):

What does the expression look like for you?

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:57:15 GMT

Oh, I see now from the GIF, you have subtypes on the target layer and that could be where the "A" came from. Hmm...

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

BrandonVan_Horn — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:17:25 GMT

Yes the fld_Zone should be D from the copy. In the template if I change that value it always puts the template value in it. For instance I used A as a template then copy and pasted multiple features they were all A, I then changed the template to AE, which is what is in the gif and it pasted it and the values were AE.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:32:49 GMT

Hi @BrandonVan_Horn

UPDATE: I can reproduce the issue now. It's related to pasting values into a layer that contains a subtype field. The subtype is assigned a value from the first template for the target layer instead of the copied value from the source layer. A workaround that you can try to use is to copy and paste into a template instead of a layer:

It should assign the correct subtype using this method.

Thanks for reporting this, and it will be fixed in the next release.

-Scott

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

BrandonVan_Horn — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:21:15 GMT

Thank you for looking into this. While it is a work around as long as you are only copying one type of feature, but if you are coping multiple features, it does not work. Especially when the values of multiple fields are important. I appreciate the prompt reply though! Thank you. I will be patiently waiting for the next release. Have a great day!

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:51:20 GMT

@BrandonVan_Horn

No problem. Thanks for reporting it. Regarding the workaround: I'm not seeing where attributes of multiple features are lost when pasting into a template. In the GIF below, I'm pasting multiple selected features from 3 different layers into a template. The subtype is correctly assigned (based on the chosen template) and a different field (driving the labels) maintains the original attributes.

Is there something different about your workflow?

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

BrandonVan_Horn — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:02:08 GMT

Same workflow, and yours is only keeping the template, of the AA. So it does not keep the field value in the type of field.

I have 3 fields with Domains on them. When I copy the values are null. Attached is my table schema. I am using Fld_Zone, and Zone_Subty as my symbology layer. When I copy all of the fields that are not Fld_Zone are null.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

LukeGilner1 — Wed, 04 May 2022 13:26:29 GMT

Has there been any movement on this? I am experiencing the same issue. It used to work fine in 2.7, I then upgraded to 2.9, but was having issue with the Split tool, so have downgraded to 2.8 and now the paste special is not bringing all the attributes from the source feature. It will bring some of them to the new feature, but not all.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Wed, 04 May 2022 14:09:27 GMT

@LukeGilner1 the problem that @BrandonVan_Horn reported in this thread was fixed in 2.8 (also patched in 2.7 for 2.7.2). It sounds like there is something else going on in your scenario. It's hard to tell without more information. FYI Esri Support is the best place to report and track bugs - especially when issues are highly data (schema) and workflow specific.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

LukeGilner1 — Wed, 04 May 2022 16:47:55 GMT

Thanks for the response and info Scott. I've determined the issue. I am copying/paste special from/to hosted feature services. I had changed the editability on the source layer. If a field is not editable, it will not copy/paste special to the target layer. This is not ideal. I don't feel that the ability to edit should have anything to do with copy/pasting attributes. See below - if Editable is set to "No", it will not copy/paste special.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Wed, 04 May 2022 17:49:41 GMT

@LukeGilner1 Thanks for the feedback. I assume you mean you are pasting from one layer to another and the source layer has some fields that are marked as non editable but you want to preserve those attributes in the target layer, which has the same attributes that are marked as editable. Is that correct or is the scenario different in some way?

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

LukeGilner1 — Wed, 04 May 2022 18:40:31 GMT

Yes, that is correct.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

Scott_Harris — Wed, 04 May 2022 21:28:22 GMT

@LukeGilner1 I can reproduce that behavior so thanks for reporting it. This will be fixed in a future release of ArcGIS Pro.

Re: Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working

LukeGilner1 — Thu, 05 May 2022 11:20:45 GMT

Thank you!