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The records in the
Input Table
value are matched to the records in the
Join Table
value based on the values of the
Input Join Field
and
Join Table Field
parameters. You can also select specific fields from the
Join Table
value to be appended to the
Input Table
value during the join.
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The
Input Table
value can be a feature class (including a shapefile) or a table.
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All fields in the
Input Table
value will be kept during the join. You can also select specific fields from the
Join Table
value to be added to the output. Use the
Transfer Fields
parameter to add these fields.
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Records from the
Join Table
value can be matched to more than one record in the
Input Table
value.
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If no fields are selected for the optional
Transfer Fields
parameter, all fields from the
Join Table
value will be joined to the output. To alter field names, aliases, or properties, set the
Transfer Method
parameter to
Use field mapping
.
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Joins can be based on fields of type text, date, or number.
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Joins based on text fields are case sensitive.
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Fields of different number formats can be joined as long as the values are equal. For example, a field of type float can be joined to a short integer field.
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When joined to an input table, fields from the join table with a Global ID type or an Object ID type will not be transferred.
The
Input Join Field
value and the
Join Table Field
value can have different field names.
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If a join field has the same name as a field from the input table, the joined field will be appended with _1 (or _2, or _3, and so on) to make it unique.
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If the
Input Table
and
Join Table
parameter values have the same name, clicking the
Validate Join
button will fail with an error. This is a known limitation. However, the tool will run successfully when you click the
Run
button.
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If the
Select transfer fields
option is specified for the
Transfer Method
parameter and field values in the
Join Table Field
parameter value are not unique, only the first occurrence of each value will be used. To account for values other than the first occurrence (a one-to-many join), set the
Transfer Method
parameter to
Use field mapping
. To perform a one-to-many join, the
Input Table
parameter value must have an Object ID field and be in the same workspace as the
Join Table
parameter value.
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Use the
Field Map
parameter to manage the fields and their content in the output dataset.
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Add and remove fields from the fields list, reorder the fields list, and rename fields.
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The default data type of an output field is the same as the data type of the first input field (of that name) it encounters. You can change the data type to another valid data type.
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Use an action to determine how the values from one or multiple input fields will be merged into a single output field. The available actions are
First
,
Last
,
Concatenate
,
Sum
,
Mean
,
Median
,
Mode
,
Minimum
,
Maximum
,
Standard Deviation
, and
Count
.
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When using the
Concatenate
action, you can specify a delimiter such as a comma or other characters. Click the start of the
Delimiter
text box to add the delimiter characters.
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Standard Deviation
is not a valid option for single input values.
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Use the
Export
option
to save a field map as a
.fieldmap
file.
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Use the
Load
option
to load a
.fieldmap
file. The feature layer or dataset specified in the file must match the dataset used in the tool. Otherwise, the
Field Map
parameter will be reset.
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Use the
Slice Text
button
on text source fields to choose which characters from an input value will be extracted to the output field. To access the
Slice Text
button, hover over a text field in the input fields list; then specify the start and end character positions.
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Fields can also be
mapped in
Python
script
.
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If the
Field Map
parameter is specified with the Join merge rule, there is no way to guarantee that the order of the joined values will be consistent with the row order of the
Join Table Field
parameter if the values are not unique. For example, if three features with the
ANIMAL
attribute values of mouse, cat, and dog are joined, the result will not necessarily be in the order mouse, cat, and dog.
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The
Validate Join
tool can be used to validate a join between two layers or tables to determine if the layers or
tables have valid field names and Object ID fields, if the join
produces matching records, if the join is a one-to-one or one-to-many join, and
other properties of the join.
A button to validate the join is available on the tool dialog box for ease of use.
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Indexing
the input field and join field can improve performance. Use the
Index Join Fields
parameter to add or replace indexes.
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If the join results are unexpected or incomplete, review whether the input field and join field are
indexed
. If the fields are not indexed, try adding an index. If the fields are already indexed, try deleting and re-adding the index to correct any problems with the index. Use the
Index Join Fields
parameter to manage indexes while running the tool.