topic Field Calculating Subtypes and Coded Values in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/field-calculating-subtypes-and-coded-values/m-p/72499#M2550 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey everyone,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to add a field to an existing attribute table and I want to field calculate it based on a second field. The second field has subtypes with coded vales. When I try to calculate the new field with the second field, it populates the coded value, but I want to calculate the codes description value. Does anyone know how to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mike</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:57:49 GMT MikeMacRae 2012-01-23T18:57:49Z Field Calculating Subtypes and Coded Values https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/field-calculating-subtypes-and-coded-values/m-p/72499#M2550 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey everyone,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to add a field to an existing attribute table and I want to field calculate it based on a second field. The second field has subtypes with coded vales. When I try to calculate the new field with the second field, it populates the coded value, but I want to calculate the codes description value. Does anyone know how to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mike</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:57:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/field-calculating-subtypes-and-coded-values/m-p/72499#M2550 MikeMacRae 2012-01-23T18:57:49Z