topic Spatial Join and Dissolve in ArcMap Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/spatial-join-and-dissolve/m-p/12694#M48 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Guys,&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I'm stuck with a bit of a challenge. I have a grid and multiple polygons (buffered points). Each polygon has attributes and may cross multiple grid squares. I need to know for each grid what the polygon is with the highest value for a particular attribute, but also all of the other attributes.</P><P></P><P>A spatial join of grid to polygon gives me every polygon and it's corresponding intersected grids. In theory I then need to dissolve these to be left with only the polygon per grid with the highest value for the particular attribute. I just cannot achieve this? The dissolve leaves me with the grid and highest attribute, but not all of the other attributes for that polygon.</P><P></P><P>Any ideas? ArcMap basic licensing..&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:52:57 GMT KyleMcDonald1 2020-10-19T06:52:57Z Spatial Join and Dissolve https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/spatial-join-and-dissolve/m-p/12694#M48 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Guys,&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I'm stuck with a bit of a challenge. I have a grid and multiple polygons (buffered points). Each polygon has attributes and may cross multiple grid squares. I need to know for each grid what the polygon is with the highest value for a particular attribute, but also all of the other attributes.</P><P></P><P>A spatial join of grid to polygon gives me every polygon and it's corresponding intersected grids. In theory I then need to dissolve these to be left with only the polygon per grid with the highest value for the particular attribute. I just cannot achieve this? The dissolve leaves me with the grid and highest attribute, but not all of the other attributes for that polygon.</P><P></P><P>Any ideas? ArcMap basic licensing..&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:52:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/spatial-join-and-dissolve/m-p/12694#M48 KyleMcDonald1 2020-10-19T06:52:57Z Re: Spatial Join and Dissolve https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/spatial-join-and-dissolve/m-p/12695#M49 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dissolve does an aggregation of the attributes based on the dissolve field and the&nbsp;<SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 300;">statistics_fields that are specfied</SPAN></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/dissolve.htm" title="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/dissolve.htm">Dissolve (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A>&nbsp;</P><P>You would need the ID of the shape containing the maximum in order to join the rest of the data back</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 07:24:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/spatial-join-and-dissolve/m-p/12695#M49 DanPatterson 2020-10-19T07:24:53Z