topic Field Calculating Coded Values in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-calculating-coded-values/m-p/364236#M20807 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey everyone,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to add a field to an existing attribute table and I want to field calculate it based on another field. The second field has coded vales. When I try to calculate the new field with the second field, it populates the coded value, but I want to calculate the description value. Does anyone know how to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mike</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:46:41 GMT MikeMacRae 2011-11-17T17:46:41Z Field Calculating Coded Values https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-calculating-coded-values/m-p/364236#M20807 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey everyone,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to add a field to an existing attribute table and I want to field calculate it based on another field. The second field has coded vales. When I try to calculate the new field with the second field, it populates the coded value, but I want to calculate the description value. Does anyone know how to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mike</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:46:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-calculating-coded-values/m-p/364236#M20807 MikeMacRae 2011-11-17T17:46:41Z