I am working with the addressing group who are new to ArcGIS to implement a system that uses ArcGIS to create point addresses that will be used in the address approval process and ultimately created as part of the point address feature class.
We showed the users the Site Address Point addressing tools and though they thought they seemed good, they don't work for our workflow. They will be creating the points and then based on their work, they will be defining the ranges for the road segments.
What we would like to do instead is allow the users to create the points, add in the address numbers and then bulk edit the road name, type, direction, etc. We would like to do the bulk edits using Attribute assistant. The reason for this is that we want to take advantage of such functions as VALIDATE_ATTRIBUTE_LOOKUP and COPY_LINKED_RECORD. Here is what I see as the hopeful workflow:
1. User creates points 2. User edits the Full Address number field either manually or using the field calculator with a python script that allows them to enter the starting address number and interval. 3. When happy with the format of the addresses, the user will highlight all the points and open the attribute panel (see the attached picture) 4. Then they will select the feature class name (Site Address Point) and start entering the name of the road that they want to use 5. The rule in use by the attribute assistant on that field will pop up the validate_attribute_lookup window and present the user with a list of road names that meet the entered string. 6. When the user selects a name, all site address points will receive this name 7. Copy_linked_record will be used to copy all the supporting information to the associated fields (road_type, municipality, direction, etc.)
At the moment I can get to step 5 without any issues. When I hit step 6 the user selects a name and the first point in the list is populated, they are then presented with the window again for the next selected feature, and again until the list is complete. So if I had selected 10 features, I would have to select the road name 10 times.
Can anyone suggest a way of working around this issue? Any suggestions on how I can get it to fire only once and then update all?
Alison, We are monitoring the edit events. Each of your updates is an individual edit. Currently there is no way to know that a bulk change has occurred.
Alison, We are monitoring the edit events. Each of your updates is an individual edit. Currently there is no way to know that a bulk change has occurred.
