topic Re: Edit event layer in Data Management Questions

Edit event layer

chrispurnell1 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:10:38 GMT

I am simply trying to edit an event layer which has been created from a dbf, but am continuely confronted by the same error window (attached).

This was a simple task in Arcgis 3.2 and 9.1 but for some reason is too much for 10. Can anyone suggest a remedy?

Cheers,

Chris

Re: Edit event layer

DanEvans — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:14:32 GMT

I think it's because an event layer is just a temporary (in memory?) layer rather than an actual feature class, so you can't edit it... You need to export the data to a shapefile or a geodatabase first then it should let you edit it.

Hope that helps!
Dan

I am simply trying to edit an event layer which has been created from a dbf, but am continuely confronted by the same error window (attached).

This was a simple task in Arcgis 3.2 and 9.1 but for some reason is too much for 10. Can anyone suggest a remedy?

Cheers,

Chris

Re: Edit event layer

RhondaGlennon — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:23:55 GMT

Right. You can double-click a message in the list to open a help topic with more information. This warning message opens this topic:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Warning_Event_layer_not_editable/001t000002vw000000/

Re: Edit event layer

RichardFairhurst — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:57:24 GMT

As the help topic mentioned indicated, you need to export the .dbf table to a geodatabase table (file, personal, or SDE) so that the table has an ObjectID field. This same restriction affects QueryLayers and virtually all in memory layer types.