topic Append Annotation to Feature Class Tool Creates Duplicate Fields and Anno Classes in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/append-annotation-to-feature-class-tool-creates/m-p/3837#M160 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Why does the append annotation to feature class tool create duplicate fields and annotation classes? When I run it multiple times using the same input dataset, it creates the same fields over and over in the output feature class.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I end up with attribute fields like: AppID, AppID_1, AppID_2</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>And Annotation Classes like: PLAT, Annotation1_PLAT, Annotation1_PLAT_1</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would like to have one set of fields and one set of Annotation Classes that each append process just adds records to.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be apprecieated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:58:54 GMT BillMacPherson 2012-04-23T13:58:54Z Append Annotation to Feature Class Tool Creates Duplicate Fields and Anno Classes https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/append-annotation-to-feature-class-tool-creates/m-p/3837#M160 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Why does the append annotation to feature class tool create duplicate fields and annotation classes? When I run it multiple times using the same input dataset, it creates the same fields over and over in the output feature class.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I end up with attribute fields like: AppID, AppID_1, AppID_2</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>And Annotation Classes like: PLAT, Annotation1_PLAT, Annotation1_PLAT_1</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would like to have one set of fields and one set of Annotation Classes that each append process just adds records to.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be apprecieated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:58:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/append-annotation-to-feature-class-tool-creates/m-p/3837#M160 BillMacPherson 2012-04-23T13:58:54Z Re: Append Annotation to Feature Class Tool Creates Duplicate Fields and Anno Classes https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/append-annotation-to-feature-class-tool-creates/m-p/3838#M161 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If it helps any you are not alone.&nbsp; I am talking with Esri tomorrow and will let you know what they advise.&nbsp; We are not getting duplicate columns but are getting duplicate annotation classes within the annotation feature class when appending, exactly as you describe.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jean Johnson</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 May 2012 20:03:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/append-annotation-to-feature-class-tool-creates/m-p/3838#M161 JeanJohnson 2012-05-08T20:03:28Z