topic Re: default label field in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/default-label-field/m-p/506814#M5410 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I believe the Display Field that ArcMap determines to be the default is based on this sequential logic:</SPAN><BR /><OL><BR /><LI>First field of type Text whose name contains the word "name" (case-insensitive)</LI><BR /><LI>First field of type Text</LI><BR /><LI>First field of an integer type </LI><BR /><LI>First field of any type</LI><BR /></OL><BR /><SPAN>I think the label field ends up being whatever the Display Field ends up being.&nbsp; So are you asking how to set the Display Field for a particular layer within ArcMap?&nbsp; What is the reason for wanting to change a label field in Model Builder?&nbsp; I'm not sure if that can be set using Model Builder, and after looking at the arcpy capabilities for layers within a map document I'm almost certain you can't set this even through a stand-alone Python script.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:44:44 GMT WilliamCraft 2014-04-11T22:44:44Z default label field https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/default-label-field/m-p/506813#M5409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>How do you change the default field for labels in model builder?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:49:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/default-label-field/m-p/506813#M5409 LindaCollins 2014-03-20T17:49:26Z Re: default label field https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/default-label-field/m-p/506814#M5410 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I believe the Display Field that ArcMap determines to be the default is based on this sequential logic:</SPAN><BR /><OL><BR /><LI>First field of type Text whose name contains the word "name" (case-insensitive)</LI><BR /><LI>First field of type Text</LI><BR /><LI>First field of an integer type </LI><BR /><LI>First field of any type</LI><BR /></OL><BR /><SPAN>I think the label field ends up being whatever the Display Field ends up being.&nbsp; So are you asking how to set the Display Field for a particular layer within ArcMap?&nbsp; What is the reason for wanting to change a label field in Model Builder?&nbsp; I'm not sure if that can be set using Model Builder, and after looking at the arcpy capabilities for layers within a map document I'm almost certain you can't set this even through a stand-alone Python script.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:44:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/default-label-field/m-p/506814#M5410 WilliamCraft 2014-04-11T22:44:44Z