topic Re: FieldInfo.addField - what does it do in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-addfield-what-does-it-do/m-p/383627#M30202 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks like if enables you to rename the field in the layer or table view only, not the featureclass or table.</P><P><A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/classes/fieldinfo.htm">http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/classes/fieldinfo.htm</A></P><TABLE style="background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: &amp;quot; lucida grande&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;segoe ui&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 13.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.82px; margin-bottom: 20.9px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; width: 768px; word-spacing: 0px; border: 0.5px solid #dddddd;"><TBODY style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-spacing: 0px 0px; font-family: &amp;quot; lucida grande&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;segoe ui&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 13.93px; line-height: 23.82px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; width: auto; border: 0px none #dddddd;"><TR style="border-bottom-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; text-align: left;"><TD style="border-left-color: #dddddd; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 12px;">addField (field_name, new_field_name, visible, split_rule)</TD><TD style="border-left-color: #dddddd; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 12px;"><P style="font-size: 13.93px; line-height: 23.82px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Adds a field info entry</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML> Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:57:47 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2017-10-28T00:57:47Z FieldInfo.addField - what does it do https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-addfield-what-does-it-do/m-p/383626#M30201 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does anyone have an example of what the addField method in the FieldInfo class does? The documentation on it is not particularly helpful. I was wondering if it might be a very efficient method to add a field to a feature layer.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:00:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-addfield-what-does-it-do/m-p/383626#M30201 JohnDye 2017-10-27T14:00:36Z Re: FieldInfo.addField - what does it do https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-addfield-what-does-it-do/m-p/383627#M30202 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks like if enables you to rename the field in the layer or table view only, not the featureclass or table.</P><P><A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/classes/fieldinfo.htm">http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/classes/fieldinfo.htm</A></P><TABLE style="background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: &amp;quot; lucida grande&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;segoe ui&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 13.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.82px; margin-bottom: 20.9px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; width: 768px; word-spacing: 0px; border: 0.5px solid #dddddd;"><TBODY style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-spacing: 0px 0px; font-family: &amp;quot; lucida grande&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;segoe ui&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 13.93px; line-height: 23.82px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; width: auto; border: 0px none #dddddd;"><TR style="border-bottom-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; text-align: left;"><TD style="border-left-color: #dddddd; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 12px;">addField (field_name, new_field_name, visible, split_rule)</TD><TD style="border-left-color: #dddddd; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; padding: 12px;"><P style="font-size: 13.93px; line-height: 23.82px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Adds a field info entry</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML> Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:57:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-addfield-what-does-it-do/m-p/383627#M30202 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-10-28T00:57:47Z Re: FieldInfo.addField - what does it do https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-addfield-what-does-it-do/m-p/383628#M30203 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>One of the only examples I have found in Esri documentation, see MakeTableView example 2 from <A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/make-table-view.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/make-table-view.htm">Make Table View—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:55:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-addfield-what-does-it-do/m-p/383628#M30203 JoshuaBixby 2017-10-30T13:55:41Z