https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/assign-default-field-with-datatype-guid/m-p/1123314#M48753 <P>At the suggestion of Amir, I am reposting this question here.&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN>In my parcel fabric design I have created additional feature classes that I want a field type to be "GUID" for a specific field (such as "created by record") and use these fields in my editing process.&nbsp; The fields function as all other fields do except when I go to use&nbsp; the "Set Default Attribute Tool".&nbsp; Unfortunately, the Set Default Attribute Tool&nbsp; appears to not allow this.&nbsp;<STRONG> Is there some reason why?</STRONG>&nbsp; The tools works as expected for all other field types.&nbsp; When using the "Assign Default to Field" interactively the field with a type of GUID does not appear (see below) and when I try to run the tool as a python script it errors. out.&nbsp; The work around I am using is to set the field type to be a Textfield but that is kind of annoying and&nbsp; its just not right.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DeanAnderson2_0-1638883986234.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28976iB4947593431E733F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DeanAnderson2_0-1638883986234.png" alt="DeanAnderson2_0-1638883986234.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:34:45 GMT DeanAnderson2 2021-12-07T13:34:45Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/assign-default-field-with-datatype-guid/m-p/1123314#M48753 <P>At the suggestion of Amir, I am reposting this question here.&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN>In my parcel fabric design I have created additional feature classes that I want a field type to be "GUID" for a specific field (such as "created by record") and use these fields in my editing process.&nbsp; The fields function as all other fields do except when I go to use&nbsp; the "Set Default Attribute Tool".&nbsp; Unfortunately, the Set Default Attribute Tool&nbsp; appears to not allow this.&nbsp;<STRONG> Is there some reason why?</STRONG>&nbsp; The tools works as expected for all other field types.&nbsp; When using the "Assign Default to Field" interactively the field with a type of GUID does not appear (see below) and when I try to run the tool as a python script it errors. out.&nbsp; The work around I am using is to set the field type to be a Textfield but that is kind of annoying and&nbsp; its just not right.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DeanAnderson2_0-1638883986234.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28976iB4947593431E733F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DeanAnderson2_0-1638883986234.png" alt="DeanAnderson2_0-1638883986234.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:34:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/assign-default-field-with-datatype-guid/m-p/1123314#M48753 DeanAnderson2 2021-12-07T13:34:45Z