Show sum of area and length for selected features

[JurajKrumpolec]

When selecting features (in Map or in Attribute Table) ArcGIS should automatically show the summary of area and length for selected linear or polygonal features. Area and length could be displayed by default with possibility to choose other numeric fields for summarization instead. The summary can be displayed in Attributes pane for each layer or in Attribute Table (like in Excel Status Bar). Summarized values should update immediately when selection is modified. Summarization may include sum, average, count, min, max or median.

It would be a practical tool for interactively displaying summary from existing data that I often need to quickly obtain for better decision-making without having to run geoprocessing or open another application.

[AyanPalit]

@JurajKrumpolec Thanks for the idea - I see a lot of value in your idea and personally use the steps outlined. Have you explored Data Engineering ? It's newish but very nifty in providing these data insights and more.

[JurajKrumpolec]

@AyanPalit My idea is to see summarizations of area and length immediately when features are selected without unnecessary mouse clicks. Data Engineering is a great tool, but not so interactive, as I proposed in this idea. It takes multiple mouse clicks to get the summary in Data Engineering and when the selection changes user needs to activate calculate again. Why not show these elementary values right in the status bar without any delay?

[ValeriaChavez]

Hi @JurajKrumpolec! Thanks for submitting this Idea. I'm wondering how this would differ from the Measure tool, in particular the Measure Features option:

[CalvinHarmin]

I agree that an addition of a 'native' sum of length/area of selected features in the UI (attribute pane maybe?) would be useful for me as well. Showing multiple areal units in addition to the base map unit at the same time would also be useful in my case (i.e. sq. ft, acres, sq. miles)

Aside from the Data Engineering view, I have found the closest thing to a dynamic view is to right-click the field you want to SUM in the attribute table, choose Visualize Statistics, and this creates a 'chart' element for that layer. When more than 1 feature is selected in that layer, the Chart Properties will show a SUM of the selection in addition to the statistics for the total of the dataset. If you only care about SUM of area or length field then setting a Bin of 1 may speed up the calculation.