topic combine non-contiguous polygon in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79298#M4602 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there any way to combine two non-contiguous polygons into a single layer, I have tried merge from editor tool, but i cannot select multiple shape files by clicking shift key, dissolve tool is also not helping. Is there any other way?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 04:31:03 GMT arjunputhezhath 2016-05-05T04:31:03Z combine non-contiguous polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79298#M4602 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there any way to combine two non-contiguous polygons into a single layer, I have tried merge from editor tool, but i cannot select multiple shape files by clicking shift key, dissolve tool is also not helping. Is there any other way?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 04:31:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79298#M4602 arjunputhezhath 2016-05-05T04:31:03Z Re: combine non-contiguous polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79299#M4603 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>You should first Append (GP tool) them into on layer and then use merge.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 04:52:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79299#M4603 ModyBuchbinder 2016-05-05T04:52:40Z Re: combine non-contiguous polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79300#M4604 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Merge from Editor tool is to merge two or more feature parts of a single layer.</P><P>If the schema of both the polygons are same,</P><P>1. you could select the polygon of one layer and copy</P><P>2. Start editing the other layer and paste to the second layer.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 05:01:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79300#M4604 JayantaPoddar 2016-05-05T05:01:18Z Re: combine non-contiguous polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79301#M4605 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is this a one-off task or something you will be doing dozens or hundreds of times?&nbsp; If the former, I think using a manual method as proposed by <A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/62883">Jayanta Poddar</A>​ is the way to go.&nbsp; However, any manual method will quickly get onerous if you are planning on doing this time and again.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 14:11:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79301#M4605 JoshuaBixby 2016-05-05T14:11:25Z Re: combine non-contiguous polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79302#M4606 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Depending upon your data and how many of these need to be done, one approach could be to <EM>Dissolve (Data Management)</EM> with the <EM>Create multipart features (optional</EM>) setting checked on.&nbsp; Note the tool includes the ability to Dissolve based on a specific field in the data, so that can help differentiate what should be combined.</P><P><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/EN/ARCGISDESKTOP/10.0/HELP/index.html#//00170000005n000000" title="http://help.arcgis.com/EN/ARCGISDESKTOP/10.0/HELP/index.html#//00170000005n000000">ArcGIS Desktop</A> - Dissolve</P><P></P><P></P><P>Chris Donohue, GISP</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 May 2016 17:03:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/combine-non-contiguous-polygon/m-p/79302#M4606 ChrisDonohue__GISP 2016-05-05T17:03:33Z