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Qgis Primer

The document describes how to edit attribute data for features in ArcGIS. It discusses setting the primary display field to identify features, editing individual attribute values for selected features directly on the map or in the attribute table. It also describes using the field calculator to calculate new field values for multiple selected features at once using expressions.

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Qgis Primer

The document describes how to edit attribute data for features in ArcGIS. It discusses setting the primary display field to identify features, editing individual attribute values for selected features directly on the map or in the attribute table. It also describes using the field calculator to calculate new field values for multiple selected features at once using expressions.

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3 Data Compilation and Editing

Use the Fields tab on the Layer Properties dialog box to set the Primary Display Fieldfeatures are listed by the values
in that eld (youll usually use a name or unique identier). Right-click a feature in the list to ash it on the map or

zoom to it.

Use the Fields tab on the Layer Properties dialog box to specify which attribute
to use to identify features in the Attributes dialog box. Select the attribute values
that will appear in the list using the Primary Display Field drop-down list.

When you select a feature in the list,


it ashes on the map. You can also

right-click to highlight a feature, or


zoom to it.

If youre adding attribute values for newly created features, the values for each eld are set to <Null>, except for
elds for which default values have been dened or elds calculated and maintained by ArcGIS (shown in gray in the
dialog box). Type over the <Null> to enter a valid value. Use the drop-down menus to assign values to elds for which
domains or subtypes have been dened.

Select and type over a <Null> value setting to


change the value.

Domain values and subtypes are available from


drop-down menus when you click in the Value
column for that attribute.

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Using ArcGIS Desktop


Using an attribute table to add or edit attributes

You can also assign values using the attribute table for a layer (to open the table, right-click the layer in the table of
contents and click Open Attribute Table). When viewing a table outside an edit session, the column headings have a
gray background. If the table is open during an edit session, the elds available for editing have a white background for
the column heading, while the elds maintained by ArcGIS and which cant be edited maintain a gray column heading.

Also, the editing icon (pencil) appears at the bottom of the table, next to the Options button, to indicate an edit session
is open. To edit a value, simply click the value you want to change in the table and type over it.
To open an attribute table, right-click the
layer in the table of contents and click Open
Attribute Table.

Type over a value in the table to change it.

Right-click the gray box at the beginning of a


row to highlight that feature on the map, or to
zoom or pan to it.

An advantage of using the attribute table is that you can calculate values for multiple features at one timeeither for
all features, or a selected set. (The Show Selected button at the bottom of the table window displays only the selected
features, if any, making it easier to see the features youre calculating values for.) To do this, you create an expression
using a combination of constants, mathematical or logical operators, and values in other elds in the table. For example,

you might calculate the value per square foot of parcels by dividing the assessed value of each by its area. Right-click

the eld column heading and use the Field Calculator to create the expression and calculate the values (the value youre

calculating can be of any typenumeric, text, and so on).

To calculate values for all features (or a


selected set) for a eld, right-click the column
heading for the eld and open the Field

Calculator. Complete the expression in the


lower box.

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