I would like the ability to copy, paste, and edit standalone tables in ArcMap just as easily as I can feature classes. Since you cant set a table as a target, you can't copy and paste records between tables manually. Also, when you select multiple records in the Table view for a standalone table, then right click, the "Copy Selected" option is greyed out. it would be available if I did the same thing in a feature class.
We use standalone tables alot for storing supplemental data about our features, and they are an integral component of our GIS. They get edited almost as much as the feature classes, so it would be nice if they didn't act like "second class" objects inside the editing environment.
Thank you
Final suggestion. Add a "Transfer Paste Selected" option for the Attribute Transfer tool in the Tableview context menu. That would actually make the Tableview a superior means of transferring attribute data over features on a map where many records need the same attributes transferred to them in a single operaton. This option would provide the best support for one-to-many and many-to-many relationships. However, It would make no sense to provide a "Transfer Copy Selected" option, since that would make the paste operation ambiguous about what original record attributes should actually be pasted to the target.
esrikmartin:
I do not have ArcGIS 10 and was unaware that at least some of these issues are apparently addressed at taht release (it will still probably be close to a year before I transition). At 9.3.1 these capabilities do not exist. Could you confirm that there is a Paste option as well for Standalone Tables at ArcGIS 10 during an edit session? Your context menu snapshot does not show that option, but the menu is cut off at the bottom so I cannot be sure what other new options exist at ArcGIS 10 for Standalone table editing unless someone shows me the full context menu.
The less I have to use multiple applications to get the work done, the happier I will be, so I look forward to examining the reporting tools. However, another major consideration for me is the integrataion of hyperlinks to legal documents and sources, which is increasingly transforming of my workflows and data models. Unless one-click hyperlinks can be enabled directly from a tableview (which is not possible at 9.3.1), Excel provides me with a valuable speed boost for some of my data capture workflows involving hyperlinks. At 9.3.1 there are just too many mouse clicks involved to activate them with standard ESRI interfaces. Perhaps new hyperlink support exists at ArcGIS 10, but I have no idea.
I would still hope that the Transfer Attributes tool would be expanded \to handle standalone tables with these expanded capabilities at ArcGIS 10. I use that tool set extensively with feature classes, even more than copying full records and pasting them and I would like the same flexibility for standalone tables that that tool gives. Any idea if ArcGIS 10 expanded that tool set to address my concern? Thanks.
Given that ethorns workaround gets the job done and is so simple, it seems ridiculous that the bahavior is not built into ArcMap. I do notbelieve that this capability go beyond ESRI's ability to make the enhancement. A context menu for "Paste Rows" and a shortcut of Ctrl-Shift-V should be added that match the "Copy Rows" context menu and Ctrl-Shift-C shortcut that copies rows to the clipboard. For consistency they could be only available within edit sesssion.
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