topic Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

Matt-Huser — Tue, 03 May 2022 13:55:35 GMT

This is an area where it does not appear like the ArcGIS Platform plays by the same rules. For example, in Collector and Field Maps, the user is able to see a domain drop down list that displays the Description value. This is true for Text or Integer domains.

When it comes to ArcGIS Pro, fields with Integer domains display only the code while editing as well as in the attribute table. This behavior is different from a Text domain where the user only sees Description while editing as well as viewing the attribute table.

Am I missing something or is this by design?

Thanks!

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

jcarlson — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:09:50 GMT

If it's displaying some of the domains, it ought to be displaying all of them.

I would go into the Data Design → Fields view in Pro, or the Data → Fields page in your portal, to make sure that there is actually a domain in place.

If there is truly a domain there, just double-check whether the setting Show domain and subtype descriptions is checked or not in the Attribute Table.

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

KenBuja — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:11:09 GMT

Unless I'm missing something, I don't see that in my project. I have integer fields that use a domain and I see the description, not the code when I edit them.

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

Matt-Huser — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:18:58 GMT

Thanks @jcarlson and @KenBuja this is not my experience. Here are some screenshots of what I see on 2.8.3.

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

jcarlson — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:20:46 GMT

And you've confirmed that the domain actually exists in the Fields view?

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

Matt-Huser — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:22:18 GMT

Is that different from my first screenshot of the last post? Also here is the domain to confirm the values

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

jcarlson — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:32:45 GMT

Oh! Sorry about that, the screenshots showed as the same width in your post, and I saw it as a single image. Well, shoot! This is definitely an unusual issue, and seems like it could be a bug.

Well, does this happen on any layer with an integer field domain? Can you see if it's doing this with a hosted or published service layer, rather than an SDE connection? Does it do this with a local FDGB layer?

Basically, is this issue specific to your SDE (could be a database-specific issue), or is it happening to other layers, indicating something at the program level?

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

Matt-Huser — Tue, 03 May 2022 15:25:16 GMT

Turns out this is not consistent between other features in the database. The common thread I can see is that the features where the domain does not properly display are on features that use a Subtype. If a feature does not have a Subtype, it works just as you and @KenBuja noted in your screenshots.

I assume this is a bug and will contact ESRI Support.

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

RhettZufelt — Tue, 03 May 2022 16:49:32 GMT

Have had this issue off and on for years. As you found out, it is normally associated with FC's with subtypes.

That is why all my text field Domains have the same Code as they do Value. Now, I never know if it is displaying the code or the descriptions, but it is correct 🙂

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

majdi_turkman — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:28:47 GMT

I have the same issue but I have no subtypes defined for the published layer.

Any ideas?

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

mkaburis — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:02:24 GMT

@Matt-Huser Can you please send a screenshot of what your Data Design>Subtypes view looks like?

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

_RaphaëlGadbois-Langevin — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:06 GMT

I have the same problem where the Table View displays only the coded value (Long Integer) and not the text description....at least until I try to edit the data, at which point it does switch to the descriptions for all fields, but only for that entity.

Also no subtypes for the feature classes...

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

nadja — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:10:26 GMT

Hi @Matt-Huser I have the same issue. Did you contact esri support? is there already a solution?

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

Matt-Huser — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:30:40 GMT

There were a couple things that helped resolve the issue.

1) Make sure that each subtype has the domain assigned to the field. There were some instances where we had a subtype that had default settings for the fields and were missing the association of a domain. With the field being an integer, only numbers were showing until we associated that field in that subtype with a domain

2) If you are publishing a service to ArcGIS Server and that feature uses subtypes, I've had to set the cartography on the subtype value as my unique values field association. If I did not do this, the descriptions would not display instead just the codes.

Hope this helps!

Re: Integer field domains display Codes not the Description value?

User35489 — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:15:42 GMT

Incorrect values in domain field caused this issue, in my case.