The attribute transfer tool relies on the field mapping dialogue in Edit>Settings. This field mapping is also shared across all editing operations across ArcGIS Pro. This causes several problems:
- A common field mapping introduces data integrity issues when using the attribute transfer tool, because the field mapping is automatically pre-populated across all layers within the map. For effective use of the attribute transfer tool, the field mapping needs to be set at a granular level on an as-needed basis for the workflow at hand, as it was in ArcMap. Without this, there is a great risk of unintentionally introducing error into your datasets by using the attribute transfer tool.
- Updating the field mapping for an attribute transfer workflow results in changes to the attributes populated in a Copy/paste operation. Copy/paste typically serves a very different purposes than attribute transfers in my workflows. I almost always want all matching fields to come across in a copy/paste, whereas I typically want specific fields only to come across using attribute transfer.
Having a separate attribute transfer field mapping will result in more effective use of this tool. In it's current iteration, the attribute transfer tool takes significantly more time and effort to us in ArcGIS Pro vs. ArcMap.
