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Reorder Fields in Attribute table using ArcGIS Pro SDK

Teddytedo — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 15:22:34 GMT

Any API in ArcGIS Pro SDK to set the layer attribute field order. Manually Data Design used or Arcpy also another option. However, I did not see any API in Arcpro SDK. I checked "SetFieldOrderAsync" but it required the active table view. But I plan to implement the order for many layers after adding the features to the map.

Thank you for the advice

Re: Reorder Fields in Attribute table using ArcGIS Pro SDK

GKmieliauskas — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:55:09 GMT

Hi,

Look at the Community solution here. Maybe it could help you.

Re: Reorder Fields in Attribute table using ArcGIS Pro SDK

Teddytedo — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:18:01 GMT

Hi ,

I am interested in the layers on the map level, not the database level. The community solution has suggestions on database level but layer level.

Re: Reorder Fields in Attribute table using ArcGIS Pro SDK

Teddytedo — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:01:18 GMT

Ok, now I used the idea from the link you provided ... "Reordered field descriptions". What I did here is, I got the field description (list of field object) from the layer and reordered them in the new list of field descriptions...then I used the SetFieldDiscriptions method and now all looks good.

I would love to learn if there is another better option to reorder the layer field in the attribute table.

Thank you @GKmieliauskas

Re: Reorder Fields in Attribute table using ArcGIS Pro SDK

EricElder — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 22:02:08 GMT

I had no success with SetFieldOrderAsync. I ended up with the same solution as you did. Something like below:

theCIMBaseLayer = layer.GetDefinition(); theCIMFeatLayer = (CIMFeatureLayer)theCIMBaseLayer; theFieldDesc = theCIMFeatLayer.FeatureTable.FieldDescriptions; theFieldList = theFieldDesc.ToList(); int theNum = 1; theFieldDescNew = new CIMFieldDescription[theFieldDesc.Length]; foreach (CIMFieldDescription item in theFieldList) { if (item.FieldName == "Name") { theFieldDescNew.SetValue(item, 0); } else { theFieldDescNew.SetValue(item, theNum); } theNum += 1; } theCIMFeatLayer.FeatureTable.FieldDescriptions = theFieldDescNew; layer.SetDefinition(theCIMFeatLayer);

Re: Reorder Fields in Attribute table using ArcGIS Pro SDK

Teddytedo — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:06:37 GMT

hi @EricElder

Great you tested that on your end. The SetFieldOrderAsync only works if you have an active attribute view. I don't think it even updates the layer file once applied to the active attribute view.