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Update IDs

Available with Advanced license.

Summary

Updates User-IDs in a coverage after they have been modified in a feature attribute table. The feature attribute table is used to determine the correct User-ID for each feature in the coverage. This value is recorded in all places where the feature User-ID is stored.

Learn more about how Update IDs works

Usage

  • Tools such as Add Item and Calculate Field can be used to add or modify User-IDs in a coverage's feature attribute table before Update IDs is used.

  • If the Create Labels tool has been used to create new label points for coverage polygons, the polygon User-IDs stored in the coverage PAT are not equal to the new label point User-IDs. Create Labels stores the new label points and their User-IDs in the LAB file. Update IDs may be used to change the label point User-IDs to be equal to the User-IDs stored in the PAT.

  • To change the User-IDs stored in the PAT to be equal to the label point User-IDs, use the Build tool.

  • There is no NODE option because the Update IDs tool is not necessary after updating User-IDs in the NAT file.

Syntax

arcpy.arc.IDEdit(in_cover, feature_type)
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_cover

The coverage for which User-IDs have been modified.

Coverage
feature_type

Specifies the class of features for which User-IDs are to be updated.

  • POLY —Polygon User-IDs will be updated. This is the default option.
  • LINE —Arc User-IDs will be updated.
  • POINT —Point User-IDs will be updated.
  • ANNO.subclass —Annotation User-IDs will be updated.
String

Code sample

IDEdit example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to update User-IDs in a coverage. 

# Name: IDEdit_Example.py
# Description: Adds polygon labels, then updates the User-IDs for a coverage
# Requirements: ArcInfo Workstation

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"

# Set local variables
inCover = "texas"
featureType = "POLY"

#Execute IDEdit
arcpy.IDEdit_arc(inCover, featureType)

Environments

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: No
  • Advanced: Requires ArcInfo Workstation installed

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