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Relationship for attachments - related items in table

Nicole_Ueberschär — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 11:36:35 GMT

I have a point feature class with attachments. While I can see the attached items in the identify tool I cannot directly access the items through the related tables which does not make sense to me. Is that the desired behaviour? When I want to remove an attached item it is not very comfortable to look for the right file in the whole table. Instead I would expect to get the attached items through the related table function and then would easily be able to remove the desired file. Did I miss something?

Re: Relationship for attachments - related items in table

DanPatterson_Retired — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:23:14 GMT

Attachments toolset... is it a license issue?

The tools in the Attachments toolset require an ArcGIS Desktop Standard or Desktop Advanced license.

Re: Relationship for attachments - related items in table

Nicole_Ueberschär — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:32:26 GMT

No, can't be. I am running an Advanced License.

Re: Relationship for attachments - related items in table

DanPatterson_Retired — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:35:46 GMT

so you aren't using the Attachments tools then?

Re: Relationship for attachments - related items in table

Nicole_Ueberschär — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:05:46 GMT

Well, I used the create Attachments option in the context menu of the feature class. That creates the attachment table and the attachment relationship class. The attachments themselves are created and attached through a python script.

When I do the same (step by step) through the toolbox I end up with the same result. I can see the attachments with the identify tool but I cannot access them through the related table in the attribute table. That can't be wanted...

Re: Relationship for attachments - related items in table

DanPatterson_Retired — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:52:30 GMT

people are quite attached to their attachments

https://community.esri.com/search.jspa?q=attachments&place=%2Fplaces%2F478947&depth=ALL

but none cover your case, so it is either so obvious how to do it, or it can't be done, or it isn't a suggestion

Re: Relationship for attachments - related items in table

Nicole_Ueberschär — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 22:14:06 GMT

Haha, yes, either or

Well, just when I was trying to summarize for support what does not work I thought "maybe I have to relate my tables again to make that work" et voilà: It works. I would still think that having a relationship class should do the job but it doesn't...