Latest Contributions by JonathanQuinn

Here are a couple of resources that might get you in the right direction, I'm not sure if you've checked them out or not: Branching: Implementing if-then-else logic Branching with If-then-else logic in ModelBuilder The first is the logic behind branching and included an if-else script in a model, and the second is a download from the Resource Center with a sample you can test with. ... View more

What license level are you using?  If you have ArcInfo, you can use the Feature Vertices to Points tool to convert the vertices of the polygon to points and then the Add XY Coordinates tool to append the XY coordinates to the points.  You only need ArcInfo for the Feature Vertices to Points tool. ... View more

You can use the Append tool to append features from a certain dataset into a target dataset.  If features are selected in the input dataset, only those features will be appended, (or copied), into the target dataset. ... View more

Use the Make Table View tool on your input feature class, then use the Select By Attribute tool to select features, then continue with the rest of your model. ... View more

What about the Select tool?  Try using that tool following the Calculate Field output.  You can use an expression in the tool to satisfy a certain criteria, and features that fall in the criteria are exported to a new feature class. ... View more

Ah, I understand; I was stuck on the "one by one" part of your question, rather than the "open up the attribute table" bit.  There is the Calculate Field geoprocessing tool under Data Management > Fields, which is essentially the Field Calculator tool accessed outside of the attribute table.  Other than that, you can go into an Edit session and use the Attribute window, but maybe someone else has other ideas. ... View more

No problem; labeling or not, you can still use the field calculator to calculate values for a field.  If you have records selected, when you use the field calculator, it will only calculate values for those selected records.  If you want to calculate values for the whole field, make sure you don't have any records selected. ... View more

It sounds as if you'd like one column to be all one value, and then label using that field, correct?  To do that, use the Field Calculator in the attribute table.  Right click on the field you want to label using, and then in the box at the bottom, type whatever value you want to use to label surrounded by quotes.  This will populate the whole field with that one value, which can then be used for labeling.  If this is not what you're looking for, elaborate if you will. ... View more

Before the append tool is used, you can look into the Collect Values tool.  What this tool does is creates a list of inputs that can then be used as inputs to a successive tool.  For example, run your iteration to select for whatever features you need to, and have that model end with the Collect Values tool.  This should create a list of inputs that are maintained in memory.  You can integrate this model in another and use the append or merge tool in that final model to create a final feature class with all selections. ... View more

Try the Insert > Object method instead from the top menu bar.  Choose the Create from File radio button, and then navigate to your Excel file by clicking Browse. ... View more

By map tips, do you mean HTML Popups?  There are a couple different options you can use to display photos using the HTML Popup tool: You can create a field that will hold a path to the photos on your hard drive, or create a field that will hold the URL to photos that are hosted online and the use the As a URL option for the HTML Popup Properties:      1)  In the properties of the layer, go to the HTML Popup page.      2)  Select the As a URL radio button, adn then choose the field that stores the path to your photo, whether it be on your hard drive or the internet. If you have an ArcEditor or ArcInfo license, you can use the attachments functionality to add photos to individual features as attachments.      1)  If you're using a shapefile, export it to a feature class in a geodatabase first.  Right click on the feature class and go to Attachments > Create Attachments.      2)  Then, in an Edit session, go to the Attributes window, and use the Attachment Manager to add an attachment. You can also add a raster field to your attribute table, and then store your image in the attribute table, (the image will be stored in the geodatabase).      1)  Open the attribute table for the layer, and go to Add Field > Raster      2)  In an edit session, you'll now be able to click on the arrow for the value and choose which picture you want to upload. ... View more

You can try to save it as a python snippet, then create a python script tool out of it that can be run in the future.  Here are some instructions on script tool parameters to set parameters for your tool. At 10.1, you'll be able to interact with the results of geoprocessing tasks in more ways, for example by saving it as a geoprocessing package that can be used again or saving a result file from the result, (scroll to the bottom of the page to see the information), which can then be stored somewhere for later use. ... View more

For your first, question, you're going to want to use the clipping functions available in the Data Frame Properties, all the way down the page on the resource center link.  Go to View > Data Frame Properties > Data Frame > Clipping Options and set the clipping options to the data driven pages extent.  Then, if you'd like to exclude any layers from the clip, (for example you had imagery in your map and you wanted to display it beyond the boundaries of the index polygon while clipping everything else, you'd exclude the layer from the clip).  Set the border to a line to distinguish the polygon.  Can you upload a shapefile of your grid features? ... View more