Select By Attribute Arcgis
The Select By Attributes button opens the Select Layer By Attribute geoprocessing tool to form a SQL query to select features matching a selection criteria. So instead of interactively selecting features by clicking or drawing a graphic in the map or scene, you build a query expression to generate the subset. You can query a dataset based on a field in a layer or a table.
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How to select by attributes
- On the Map tab in the Selection group, click Select By Attributes to open the Select Layer By Attribute geoprocessing tool.
- If you're working in a table view, under the Table tab, on the View tab, in the Selection group, click Select By Attributes .
- Choose the layer or table name from which you want to select.
- Specify the Selection type to control how the selection is applied and what to do if a selection already exists in the view.
- Enter a query expression using one of the following methods:
- Click Clause, then click Add Clause to begin building a query. Click Update to validate the expression.
- Click SQL to type an expression directly. Click the button to validate the expression.
- Click Load to load an existing query saved as a file.
- Click Run to execute the selection query and work with the selection results.
- Zoom to your selection by clicking the results count at the bottom of the view.
- Optionally, you can save the query expression for later reuse.
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One of the selection methods you can use to select features in a layer is to select features using an attribute query. This is performed using the Select By Attributes tool, which is described here.
Arcgis Select By Attributes Multiple Layers
Select By Attributes allows you to provide a SQL query expression that is used to select features that match the selection criteria.
Steps for using Select By Attributes
- Click Selection > Select By Attributes to open the Select By Attributes dialog box.
- Choose the layer to perform the selection against.
- Specify the selection method.
- Enter a query expression using one of the following methods:
- Create a query using the expression building tools.
- Type a query into the selection window.
- Load a query saved to disk.
See Building a query expression for information on the syntax of a query.
Tip:
Click Unique Values to see the values for the selected field when creating a query expression. You can type a value in the Go To input box to quickly navigate this list.
- Validate your query expression by clicking Verify.
- Click OK or Apply to execute your selection expression and work with the selection results.
- Optionally, you can save your query expression for later reuse before closing this dialog box.
Field display options in the Select By Attributes dialog box
A button on the right side of the Select By Attributes dialog box lets you choose how fields will be listed. Viewing field aliases in the list can be helpful, because they can make cryptic field names more understandable and long ArcSDE field names more manageable.
Choosing to show aliases on this dialog box will not affect the expression syntax. Field aliases will not be shown or supported in the expression itself. If you double-click a field alias, it will still be added into the expression with its actual field name and any required [ ] field delimiters. In the example shown below, the field list shows the alias Depth last recorded (cm), which has been added into the expression as the field name DEPTH_BURI.
Other options on this menu allow you to choose how the fields are sorted in the list. By default, the fields are still listed in their order in the data source. Choosing Sort Ascending or Sort Descending can make it easier to quickly locate the field you want.
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