topic Re: Dissolve & Shape_Area / Shape_Length Fields in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/dissolve-shape-area-shape-length-fields/m-p/509449#M16944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well that is certainly unfortunate. Looks like i'll have to code in to turn off those two fields before exporting. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:27:49 GMT BenjaminMittler 2015-03-09T15:27:49Z Dissolve & Shape_Area / Shape_Length Fields https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/dissolve-shape-area-shape-length-fields/m-p/509447#M16942 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello All, </P><P></P><P>I have written a script that takes an input,runs a couple of geoprocesses, exports to an excel sheet, and then runs a couple of manipulations on the excel sheet. </P><P></P><P>I have tried to make it so that by the time you are at the stage where your excel spreadsheet has been created the spreadsheet fields will always look the same no matter how many fields in the input. This allows me to easily manipulate the excel spreadsheet. </P><P></P><P>The one problem i am running into involves my dissolve step. I have it set up so that Dissolve is run on two fields. When my input is a shapefile and dissolve is run the output is a shapefile with those 2 fields. However, if my input is a gdb layer my output will contain those 2 fields with the addition of the Shape_Area / Shape_Length Fields. </P><P></P><P>Does anyone know why Shape_Area / Shape_Length are automatically added when using a gdb but not when using a shapefile?</P><P></P><P>Thanks, </P><P>Ben</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:56:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/dissolve-shape-area-shape-length-fields/m-p/509447#M16942 BenjaminMittler 2015-03-09T14:56:35Z Re: Dissolve & Shape_Area / Shape_Length Fields https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/dissolve-shape-area-shape-length-fields/m-p/509448#M16943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>These automatic fields are one of the benefits of geodatabase feature classes. I don't believe you can turn them off.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:13:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/dissolve-shape-area-shape-length-fields/m-p/509448#M16943 DarrenWiens2 2015-03-09T15:13:57Z Re: Dissolve & Shape_Area / Shape_Length Fields https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/dissolve-shape-area-shape-length-fields/m-p/509449#M16944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well that is certainly unfortunate. Looks like i'll have to code in to turn off those two fields before exporting. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:27:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/dissolve-shape-area-shape-length-fields/m-p/509449#M16944 BenjaminMittler 2015-03-09T15:27:49Z