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Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

JacobGeisler — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:31:30 GMT

Hello,

I am sure there is a simple solution to this but I am drawing a blank... I am in the process of splitting a road (line segment) into two sections. My issue is that when I split the road, the section to the north is maintaining attributes and the new section to the south is the new segment. However, I would like this to be reversed (south needs to retain attributes and north needs to be the new segment). Is there a way to set the parameters so I can choose which section retains attributes? I know I can transfer attributes but the road is tied to several relates and it would just be much easier if I knew how to set the attribute retainment rule to the appropriate section. Thank you!

Re: Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

SteveCole — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:49:08 GMT

I wonder if the course of action it takes is related to the line's direction (from/to nodes)..

Re: Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

Robert_LeClair — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:46:39 GMT

I tested reversing the line direction followed by an interactive split and it seemed to do what you're looking to accomplish. The interactive way to flip a line direction is as follows: Reverse the direction of a polyline—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Re: Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

JMutunga — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:23:23 GMT

@JacobGeisler could you clarify if the desired result is to 'retain' just the ObjectID or all attributes?

Re: Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

JacobGeisler — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:53:10 GMT

Thank you for the help. I test this and it still didn't work for me. The attributes were still retained on the south segment. I may have done it wrong though.

Re: Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

JacobGeisler — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:53:38 GMT

Hello,

My desired result is to retain most attributes, especially the name of the road.

Re: Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

Jennifer_Parmeley — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:49:00 GMT

I feel like there's a place you can set split information. I, of course, cannot find it right now, but poke around in settings in editor and/or that layer. You'll find it when you least expect to.

Re: Splitting a road (line segment) and maintaining attributes question

JMutunga — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 23:17:06 GMT

Okay.

If you have Relationship Classes, I'd suggest this online Help about Setting Up Split Policy for Relationship Classes .

Otherwise, if you are working with Domains, you can use the Alter Domain geoprocessing tool to change to a policy that works for your scenario.

I am assuming you are not working with Location Referencing because special tools provided by the Extension manage splitting differently.