topic Controling Merge Rule for Spatial Join in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/controling-merge-rule-for-spatial-join/m-p/437590#M34368 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need to perform a few dozen spatial joins (Version 10, SP3), with the join features having about 1,400 attribute columns.&nbsp; I need the merge rule for the integer fields to be sum, rather than first, which is the default.&nbsp; I was planning on performing these tasks using model builder, until I realized that I would need to change the merge rules one at a time in the spatial join field map dialog.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So, I started thinking about a Python (2.6) script, but my skills are pretty basic, and I am really struggling to understand the FieldMap and FieldMappings objects and how to use them to control the merge rules for my 1,400 fields.&nbsp; If anyone could advise and/or provide an example I would be really grateful.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:42:07 GMT PaulBoehnlein 2013-04-25T18:42:07Z Controling Merge Rule for Spatial Join https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/controling-merge-rule-for-spatial-join/m-p/437590#M34368 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need to perform a few dozen spatial joins (Version 10, SP3), with the join features having about 1,400 attribute columns.&nbsp; I need the merge rule for the integer fields to be sum, rather than first, which is the default.&nbsp; I was planning on performing these tasks using model builder, until I realized that I would need to change the merge rules one at a time in the spatial join field map dialog.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So, I started thinking about a Python (2.6) script, but my skills are pretty basic, and I am really struggling to understand the FieldMap and FieldMappings objects and how to use them to control the merge rules for my 1,400 fields.&nbsp; If anyone could advise and/or provide an example I would be really grateful.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:42:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/controling-merge-rule-for-spatial-join/m-p/437590#M34368 PaulBoehnlein 2013-04-25T18:42:07Z