topic Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599493#M33764 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does the file represent the centroids of some feature?&nbsp; They could be remnants of their previous incarnation as polygons.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:12:22 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2018-09-05T20:12:22Z How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599489#M33760 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to preface my question by telling everyone who reads this that I have been a GIS pro since the 90's and have worked with ESRI products since that time, so here is my question...&nbsp; &nbsp; I have a <STRONG>point</STRONG> feature class that has Area and Length fields that I can't delete (I'm aware that some fields can't be deleted).&nbsp; It doesn't make sense to me why a point feature class would need area and length fields.&nbsp; Is there a way I can delete them other than creating a new layer and loading my data into it excluding the area and length fields?&nbsp; This feature class is in a 10.3.1 Enterprise Geodatabase and I am connected to it using the sa account from SQL Server.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:36:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599489#M33760 MattStull 2018-09-05T18:36:36Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599490#M33761 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Matt,</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; Strange I have never seen a Point FC containing a Area and Length field. Is it SHAPE.area and SHAPE.len? What enterprise GDB are you using?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:45:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599490#M33761 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2018-09-05T18:45:13Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599491#M33762 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using the SQL Server (2014) Enterprise Geodatabase, version 10.3.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Here is a screenshot form the Feature Class Properties window on these two fields:</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/421201_pastedImage_1.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:53:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599491#M33762 MattStull 2018-09-05T18:53:30Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599492#M33763 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Matt,</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; &nbsp;What geometry storage type are you using in your GDB?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:55:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599492#M33763 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2018-09-05T18:55:53Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599493#M33764 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does the file represent the centroids of some feature?&nbsp; They could be remnants of their previous incarnation as polygons.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:12:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599493#M33764 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-09-05T20:12:22Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599494#M33765 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>They are in the Geometry spatial type.&nbsp; Does that answer your question?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:21:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599494#M33765 MattStull 2018-09-05T20:21:31Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599495#M33766 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This might be the case, I will have to check with the person who made it years ago.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:22:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599495#M33766 MattStull 2018-09-05T20:22:17Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599496#M33767 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This thread got bumped up today... was it indeed the centroids of a polygon? or did you get a chance to check</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:12:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599496#M33767 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-09-13T11:12:01Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599497#M33768 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for following up on this Dan.&nbsp; The person who has worked with this FC for years said that the AREA and LENGTH fields probably came from a joined layer.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:10:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599497#M33768 MattStull 2018-09-13T15:10:27Z Re: How to Delete Area and or Length fields? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599498#M33769 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>mystery solved</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:50:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-to-delete-area-and-or-length-fields/m-p/599498#M33769 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-09-13T15:50:51Z