topic Re: How to force to populate fields with Null or Empty values when cerating a new feature in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182619#M10308 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Yes I would like to add some logic that requires editors to populate some fields before they save the record. I thought that Checking Allow Null Values in the feature class description will do that, but it doesn't.</P><P></P><P>I want to do it in real-time as a user inputs text.</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:34:34 GMT JoseSanchez 2014-11-24T20:34:34Z How to force to populate fields with Null or Empty values when cerating a new feature https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182617#M10306 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,</P><P></P><P>Is there a way in ArcMap to force to populate fields that are declared "Allow Null Values to No"&nbsp; with values different from Empty when creating a new feature.</P><P></P><P>I changed in the feature description the Field Property: Allow Null Values to No, but when I create a new feature it populates this field with blank. Is there a way to check that the value entered is not blank?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:25:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182617#M10306 JoseSanchez 2014-11-24T19:25:22Z Re: How to force to populate fields with Null or Empty values when cerating a new feature https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182618#M10307 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are you wanting to change the default value for a field?&nbsp; Does the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//001700000048000000">Assign Default To Field (Data Management)</A> tool not work for you?</P><P></P><P>Regarding your last question about finding a way to check whether the valued entered is blank or not, are you talking about doing this in real-time as a user inputs text or going back through the records to see which ones are blank and not blank?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:57:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182618#M10307 JoshuaBixby 2014-11-24T19:57:48Z Re: How to force to populate fields with Null or Empty values when cerating a new feature https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182619#M10308 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Yes I would like to add some logic that requires editors to populate some fields before they save the record. I thought that Checking Allow Null Values in the feature class description will do that, but it doesn't.</P><P></P><P>I want to do it in real-time as a user inputs text.</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:34:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182619#M10308 JoseSanchez 2014-11-24T20:34:34Z Re: How to force to populate fields with Null or Empty values when cerating a new feature https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182620#M10309 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not allowing nulls is one way of forcing users to populate a field, but it sets the bar pretty low in terms of data quality expectations.&nbsp; If users are forced to enter something because nulls aren't allowed, and there are no restrictions on what can be entered, people will get creative on what they enter.&nbsp; In these situations, not allowing nulls is worse than allowing them because at least when nulls are allowed and a field is populated, the odds are better than not someone didn't just make up a value.</P><P></P><P>If you want to make users populate a field and you also want to increase the odds of having decent data, then it might make sense to look into <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//001s00000001000000">Attribute Domains </A>and <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//005r00000001000000">Subtypes</A>.&nbsp; If you want to allow non-null, free-form text than some level of programming will likely be needed to achieve what you are after.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:50:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182620#M10309 JoshuaBixby 2014-11-24T22:50:58Z Re: How to force to populate fields with Null or Empty values when cerating a new feature https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182621#M10310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you!</P><P></P><P>I am going to use Esri Attribute Assistant add-in.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/localgovernment/10.2/index.html#/Attribute_Assistant_add_in_overview/028s0000008n000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/localgovernment/10.2/index.html#/Attribute_Assistant_add_in_overview/028s0000008n000000/">ArcGIS for Local Government 10.2</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:48:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-force-to-populate-fields-with-null-or-empty/m-p/182621#M10310 JoseSanchez 2014-11-25T12:48:58Z