https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1410958#M81958 <P>My understanding is that annotation is the text stored within an invisible bounding polygon shape.</P><P>"The Fields view lists the fields in the annotation feature class. The following fields are required and can't be deleted:</P><UL><LI><SPAN class="">ObjectID</SPAN></LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN class="">Shape</SPAN>—Polygon shape representing the outline of the annotation"&nbsp;</STRONG></LI><LI><STRONG>&nbsp;. . .</STRONG></LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN class="">Shape_length</SPAN></STRONG></LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN class="">Shape_area</SPAN></STRONG></LI></UL><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="BarryNorthey_0-1713365230631.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/101227i954F89CD28E66B3A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="BarryNorthey_0-1713365230631.png" alt="BarryNorthey_0-1713365230631.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:55:06 GMT BarryNorthey 2024-04-17T14:55:06Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1410905#M81953 <P><EM>ArcGIS Pro 2.9.12; File Geodatabase (and Oracle 18c 10.7.1 EGDB):</EM></P><P>I've created a feature-linked annotation FC using the Create Feature Class wizard in Catalog:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Bud_0-1713361349541.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/101220i0E4A668F1A01FA07/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Bud_0-1713361349541.png" alt="Bud_0-1713361349541.png" /></span></P><P>Why is the annotation FC shown as SHAPE = Polygon in the attribute table?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Bud_2-1713361411112.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/101222i87CC091EB544ADD2/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Bud_2-1713361411112.png" alt="Bud_2-1713361411112.png" /></span></P><P>I would have expected the SHAPE to be Annotation, not Polygon.</P> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:17:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1410905#M81953 Bud 2024-04-17T14:17:31Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1410958#M81958 <P>My understanding is that annotation is the text stored within an invisible bounding polygon shape.</P><P>"The Fields view lists the fields in the annotation feature class. The following fields are required and can't be deleted:</P><UL><LI><SPAN class="">ObjectID</SPAN></LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN class="">Shape</SPAN>—Polygon shape representing the outline of the annotation"&nbsp;</STRONG></LI><LI><STRONG>&nbsp;. . .</STRONG></LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN class="">Shape_length</SPAN></STRONG></LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN class="">Shape_area</SPAN></STRONG></LI></UL><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="BarryNorthey_0-1713365230631.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/101227i954F89CD28E66B3A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="BarryNorthey_0-1713365230631.png" alt="BarryNorthey_0-1713365230631.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:55:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1410958#M81958 BarryNorthey 2024-04-17T14:55:06Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1411178#M81976 <P>Idea:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/attribute-table-show-annotation-shape-as/idi-p/1410967" target="_self">Attribute Table — Show annotation SHAPE as Annotation, not Polygon</A></P> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:55:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1411178#M81976 Bud 2024-04-17T19:55:30Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1418288#M82680 <P>Related (SDE.ST_GEOMETRY):</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Bud_0-1714676066365.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102872i261BE75FF3604493/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Bud_0-1714676066365.png" alt="Bud_0-1714676066365.png" /></span></P><PRE>select<BR /> sde.st_entity(shape),<BR /> sde.st_geometrytype(shape),<BR /> a.*<BR />from<BR /> gcsm_hc_anno a</PRE><P><A href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/using-sql-with-gdbs/st-entity.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/using-sql-with-gdbs/st-entity.htm</A></P><P><A href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/using-sql-with-gdbs/st-geometrytype.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/using-sql-with-gdbs/st-geometrytype.htm</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 02 May 2024 18:55:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/annotation-shown-as-shape-polygon-in-attribute/m-p/1418288#M82680 Bud 2024-05-02T18:55:46Z