topic XY data field type(string and long) in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233427#M13263 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, I am a student and trying to manage xy data. I have a text, that include 4 things (x, y, Angle, Velocity). The problem is that when I display the xy data in gis, the&nbsp; anlge and velocity should be string(eg.1.231321321231). But actually, it was regarded to be Long in Gis. So most of the number cannot be illustrate in the table.</P><P></P><P>Can anyone tell me how can I change the data field type??</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:05:49 GMT DaKuang1 2015-03-22T00:05:49Z XY data field type(string and long) https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233427#M13263 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, I am a student and trying to manage xy data. I have a text, that include 4 things (x, y, Angle, Velocity). The problem is that when I display the xy data in gis, the&nbsp; anlge and velocity should be string(eg.1.231321321231). But actually, it was regarded to be Long in Gis. So most of the number cannot be illustrate in the table.</P><P></P><P>Can anyone tell me how can I change the data field type??</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:05:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233427#M13263 DaKuang1 2015-03-22T00:05:49Z Re: XY data field type(string and long) https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233428#M13264 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><IMG alt="QQ截图20150322001640.png" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/77375_QQ截图20150322001640.png" style="width: 620px; height: 323px;" />Some number in the rot miss</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:16:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233428#M13264 DaKuang1 2015-03-22T00:16:36Z Re: XY data field type(string and long) https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233429#M13265 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Use the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//001200000027000000">Table to Table tool</A> to convert cvs files or tab deliminted text files to a table first.&nbsp; It lets you set up the field mapping.</P><P></P><P>If you rely on the automatic conversion of a text file by other tools that do not let you control the field mapping, make sure the first row with a number in it is formatted as decimal.&nbsp; For example, change 90 to 90.0 or 0 to 0.0 in the first row with a number in it for each field.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 02:28:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233429#M13265 RichardFairhurst 2015-03-22T02:28:50Z Re: XY data field type(string and long) https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233430#M13266 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Oh, yes, it work after I change the first line includes 90.0 it works right .Thannk you Richard!!</P><P></P><P>Da</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:02:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/xy-data-field-type-string-and-long/m-p/233430#M13266 DaKuang1 2015-03-23T20:02:00Z