topic Re: Domain Coded Values or Manual Entry in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Domain Coded Values or Manual Entry

JorgeKappa — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:58:37 GMT

Hi,

Is it possible to create a domain where the user can pick a coded value or enter a non coded value manually?

TIA

Re: Domain Coded Values or Manual Entry

JohannesLindner — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:05:57 GMT

AFAIK, it's not possible to change the manual editing workflow to "select one of the domain codes or type in your own value".

But you can insert features with "wrong" values using Python (and probably Arcade, though I haven't tested that):

with arcpy.da.InsertCursor("Table", ["Field"]) as cursor: cursor.insertRow([5]) # Coded Value Domain [0, 1]

Re: Domain Coded Values or Manual Entry

JorgeKappa — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:16:27 GMT

Thank you, Johannes. This is clever. Not something the guys in the field could do, but clever nevertheless.

Re: Domain Coded Values or Manual Entry

Kevin_MacLeod — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:49:07 GMT

Greetings Jorge and @JohannesLindner

I was wondering the same thing but one step further. Ideally we would like a domain of inspector names for a field, "InspectedBy". They could pick their name. If the name is not in the domain list, they could type in their name manually, and it would create a new domain value, so that the next time they create a record, the new value (the new inspector's name) would appear in the list to choose from the dropdown menu. This is possible with many applications built upon SQL Server and so I was wondering if this is possible in the Esri stack. If not, Feature Enhancement.. I will be happy to create an Idea. I can see it as a common scenario. I am guessing it's still not possible but I wanted to 'rule it out' before posting an Idea for this as a new feature. This is a 'plumbing' issue of basic functionality I hope can be added, along with other fundamental features like this, if there is pivot from the significant Esri development focus across the stack on 3d.