Include the ability to allows parcel lines to be updated when running Create Parcel Records on parcels

[CatherineRoloson]

In the ArcMap parcel fabric, our organization stores zoning information as an attribute on our property parcels instead of as a separate zoning parcel so it is fragmented. As part of our planning process to migrate to the ArcGIS Pro parcel fabric, we are planning on pulling out the zoning information from the property parcels into a separate zoning parcel type for easier maintenance and usability. As part of the process of creating the zoning parcel type, the property parcels are dissolved based on the zoning attribute and a few other key attributes, and the lines that share a boundary with the newly created zoning parcels are brought over into the zoning lines feature class. Since these parcels and lines represent a different type of parcel which is created by a different type of record than the property, new records need to be created to represent the legal record related to the zoning.

Currently our parcel polygons have a field that stores the name we plan on using for the record, however, the associated lines do not have this attribute. We have other attributes on the lines that we cannot lose so recreating the lines from scratch is not an option.

We can use the Create Parcel Records tool to create the records for the parcels, however, since the lines do not have the attribute that is being used by the Create Parcel Records tool for the parcels, we cannot use this tool. Our current method to update the CreatedByRecord field on the lines includes running a spatial join on the lines and parcels, joining that new spatial join feature class back to the parcel lines and running a field calculation to update the CreatedByRecord before removing the join. Although this process does work, it’s a tedious process and validating whether the CreatedByRecord values were updated is difficult since they were populated to begin with.

Being able to easily batch update parcel records for both parcels and their associated lines would be extremely useful. The current tools available either require that this process be done on a record by record basis by using the tools in the record controller and the parcel features tool, or having a field with the record name on both the polygons and the lines which isn’t always the case.

The desired functionality would be to have the option to update the CreatedByRecord field of the associated lines when running the Create Parcel Records tool on parcels using a similar logic that the Build tool uses to assign records to lines. Having a checkbox to allow a user to decide whether to include associated lines or only run the tool on the parcel would allow the flexibility for organizations to decide whether the lines should be included or not.