topic Re: Polyline changes subtype upon modifcation in Data Management Questions

Polyline changes subtype upon modifcation

NAOMIPAUL — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:31:00 GMT

This is simply annoying.

I have a Parcel Line feature class set up with subtypes (preparing for future migration to a Parcel Fabric). The default is set to Parcel Boundary (most common used), but when I edit, modify or split one of the subtypes the lines change to the default Parcel Boundary. This creates an extra step to have to go back and change the lines attribute type back to what it was previously.

I find I spend more time working around how buggy editing is, then actually getting any editing accomplished.

Re: Polyline changes subtype upon modifcation

RhondaGlennon — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:53:57 GMT

Have you set up the split policy? Split policies define how attributes get assigned when features are split. You might need to change the split policy to Duplicate so the new features get a copy of the original, instead of taking the attributes of the Default.

See Split and merge policies in
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001s00000001000000.htm

Re: Polyline changes subtype upon modifcation

NAOMIPAUL — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:59:36 GMT

Have you set up the split policy? Split policies define how attributes get assigned when features are split. You might need to change the split policy to Duplicate so the new features get a copy of the original, instead of taking the attributes of the Default.

See Split and merge policies in
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001s00000001000000.htm

It is set to Duplicate.

Re: Polyline changes subtype upon modifcation

RhondaGlennon — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:21:33 GMT

Some split operations update the shape of the existing feature and then create a new feature using the default attribute values for the feature class, which sounds like what you are seeing... You may want to contact Esri Support or your local distributor to about the issues you are having so an analyst can work directly with your data and workflows.