I wanted to join a table having a time field to a shape file. My intention is to use the values in the table to be assigned as values of the polygon for the respective year when I play time. Here is my table structure: Sub Year yield 1 1980 2.5 2 1980 1.7

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I wanted to join a table having a time field to a shape file. My intention is to use the values in the table to be assigned as values of the polygon for the respective year when I play time. Here is my table structure:

Sub Year yield

1 1980 2.5

2 1980 1.7

1 1981 4.1

2 1981 9.2

1 1982 7.4

2 1982 5.3 etc.

My shape file has a field called “subId” which can be used to relate to the table using the “Sub” filed. How can I join my table to the shape file (N.B. not my shape file to the table)? - See more at: https://blogs.esri.com/esri/esritrainingmatters/2016/01/08/visualizing-time-in-arcgis-prepare-data-in-arcgis-pro/#comment-894

LarryGaudieri · Answer

If I'm not mistaken, you will need to create a feature class within a geodatabase in order to time-enable your data. Shape files, while able to hold time data in some format or another are not time capable.

WesMiller · Answer

If you have matching records in both you could use Add Join—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop