Allow Subtypes to Control Non-Nullable Property of Other Fields

MicahBabinski — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 23:05:28 GMT

Subtypes applied within a feature class or table provide a great range of options for enforcing data integrity by specifying the domains and/or default values to apply to other fields for each subtype. It would be very helpful to expand the field properties which can be controlled on a per-subtype basis to include the non-nullable/read-only property.

Suppose you have applied subtypes (0, 1, 2) to Column A, and Column B contains additional details that only apply when Column A equals 1 or 2. With this idea you could specify:

For subtypes 1 and 2, Column B has a domain of "Column_B_Options"
For subtype 0, Column B default value is "N/A"
For subtype 0, Column B is read-only (so an editor couldn't erroneously enter a non-sequitur value)

Thanks for considering my idea! Please upvote if you think it's worthwhile for Esri to take a look at.

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Allow Subtypes to Control Non-Nullable Property of Other Fields