Arcgis Pro 2.7 Copy Paste with Attributes NOT working
Good morning, I am doing some editing and I now cant keep my source attributes between copy and paste.
Both tables have the same source fields, they are identical.
Source fields
I select them, with the select tool, then copy and paste special
Data when pasted
Is anyone else seeing this problem, this used to work unit I updated to 2.7.
Do you have a solution? Thank you for your help.
Is Field Mapping set up correctly between the two layers?
In the screenshot below I have Field Mapping settings open and the fields (A,B,C) from 2 layers (table_A and table_B) are matched up. FYI - circled in red in the screenshot is the launcher button that opens up these settings:
Documentation links:
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/configure-field-mapping.htm
Thanks,
Scott
It was not set up initially.
It is now, and still did the same thing.
But if the fields are exactly the same why would I need to field map?
Just did another copy paste same thing. The left table is the source right is destination
If I change my template to another default, it uses that one. It seems like the check box for keep source attributes is not working
Here is a GIF of me copy and pasting.
If the field names match, then I wouldn't expect to have to set up Field Mapping - and so far, I can't reproduce problem in 2.7.
One thing I don't understand about your screenshot: FLD_ZONE has a value of "D" in the table on the left and "A" in the table on the right. If the software was ignoring the "Keep source attribute values checkbox", I would expect null values in the right table (the target), not "A" So the mystery to me is where did the "A" come from?
One idea: Could it have came from an expression set up in the Field Mapping? I tried to replicate the schema you have and this is the expression that is automatically generated for me (note that I am on the Expression tab of the Field Mapping settings):
What does the expression look like for you?
Thanks,
Scott
Yes the fld_Zone should be D from the copy. In the template if I change that value it always puts the template value in it. For instance I used A as a template then copy and pasted multiple features they were all A, I then changed the template to AE, which is what is in the gif and it pasted it and the values were AE.
UPDATE: I can reproduce the issue now. It's related to pasting values into a layer that contains a subtype field. The subtype is assigned a value from the first template for the target layer instead of the copied value from the source layer. A workaround that you can try to use is to copy and paste into a template instead of a layer:
It should assign the correct subtype using this method.
Thanks for reporting this, and it will be fixed in the next release.
-Scott
No problem. Thanks for reporting it. Regarding the workaround: I'm not seeing where attributes of multiple features are lost when pasting into a template. In the GIF below, I'm pasting multiple selected features from 3 different layers into a template. The subtype is correctly assigned (based on the chosen template) and a different field (driving the labels) maintains the original attributes.
Is there something different about your workflow?
