topic ModelBuilder &amp;amp; spatial join in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-amp-amp-spatial-join/m-p/131046#M4526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>hello</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>as far as what I've read, spatial joins &amp; model builders arn't easy to handle...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My problem is, that I want to make a spatial join (point to polygone) by using aggregationmethod 'sum' - does anybody has experience with this? I havent found a solution so far...</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>silv</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:09:06 GMT s_widmer 2013-10-31T14:09:06Z ModelBuilder &amp; spatial join https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-amp-amp-spatial-join/m-p/131046#M4526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>hello</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>as far as what I've read, spatial joins &amp; model builders arn't easy to handle...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My problem is, that I want to make a spatial join (point to polygone) by using aggregationmethod 'sum' - does anybody has experience with this? I havent found a solution so far...</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>silv</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:09:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-amp-amp-spatial-join/m-p/131046#M4526 s_widmer 2013-10-31T14:09:06Z Re: ModelBuilder & spatial join https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-amp-amp-spatial-join/m-p/131047#M4527 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Are you looking to get the sum of a field in your point feature class into your polygon feature class?&nbsp; For example, if you have a Cities feature class with the field Population, and a States feature class.&nbsp; You want each state to have a field that represents the sum population of all cities that are within that state?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Take a look at the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//000800000044000000">Tabulate Intersection</A><SPAN> tool.&nbsp; This will create an output table that you can join back to your polygon feature class, and then calculate over the summed values.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:38:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/modelbuilder-amp-amp-spatial-join/m-p/131047#M4527 JakeSkinner 2013-10-31T17:38:49Z