topic Loss of attribute data after vector clip by polygon feature. in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/loss-of-attribute-data-after-vector-clip-by/m-p/736563#M41631 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Has anyone come across a problem with clipping vector feature layers?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a polygon layer containing up to 5,000,000 polygons with around 12 attribute fields for all features.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>To reduce the processing time further down the line, I'm trying to clip the dataset into smaller units (using a vector grid).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Using: Analysis Tools &gt; Extract &gt; Clip... results in clipped vector data, but the attributes have corrupted to one value throughout each field. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm using ArcGIS10.0 with service pack5. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've also tried this on two workstations...???</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a limit to the size of data layer for this tool?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any advice would be most appreciated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:15:23 GMT CliveCartwright 2012-12-10T21:15:23Z Loss of attribute data after vector clip by polygon feature. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/loss-of-attribute-data-after-vector-clip-by/m-p/736563#M41631 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Has anyone come across a problem with clipping vector feature layers?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a polygon layer containing up to 5,000,000 polygons with around 12 attribute fields for all features.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>To reduce the processing time further down the line, I'm trying to clip the dataset into smaller units (using a vector grid).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Using: Analysis Tools &gt; Extract &gt; Clip... results in clipped vector data, but the attributes have corrupted to one value throughout each field. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm using ArcGIS10.0 with service pack5. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've also tried this on two workstations...???</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a limit to the size of data layer for this tool?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any advice would be most appreciated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:15:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/loss-of-attribute-data-after-vector-clip-by/m-p/736563#M41631 CliveCartwright 2012-12-10T21:15:23Z