topic batch editing attribute table shapefile feature class in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/batch-editing-attribute-table-shapefile-feature/m-p/632920#M35760 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have an attribute column for road type.&nbsp; Paved, gravel and dirt.&nbsp; There are several thousand in the table.&nbsp; If I need to change a lot of them to a different type, is there an easy way to do this without doing it manually?&nbsp; TIA.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For example, if all the roads labeled "B" are listed as gravel, but should be changed to paved, how can I change these in batch?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:42:10 GMT AndyNichols 2011-07-22T12:42:10Z batch editing attribute table shapefile feature class https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/batch-editing-attribute-table-shapefile-feature/m-p/632920#M35760 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have an attribute column for road type.&nbsp; Paved, gravel and dirt.&nbsp; There are several thousand in the table.&nbsp; If I need to change a lot of them to a different type, is there an easy way to do this without doing it manually?&nbsp; TIA.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For example, if all the roads labeled "B" are listed as gravel, but should be changed to paved, how can I change these in batch?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:42:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/batch-editing-attribute-table-shapefile-feature/m-p/632920#M35760 AndyNichols 2011-07-22T12:42:10Z Re: batch editing attribute table shapefile feature class https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/batch-editing-attribute-table-shapefile-feature/m-p/632921#M35761 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you only have a couple attributes it would be very quick to select by attributes, start an editing session, and use field calculator to give selected attribute new name.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:19:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/batch-editing-attribute-table-shapefile-feature/m-p/632921#M35761 LaurenLedesma 2011-07-22T18:19:13Z