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How to édit a.dbf fiIe which is connécted with a shapé file Discussion créated by farooqaz ón Apr 12, 2011 Latest reply on May 25, 2012 by JQuinn-esristaff Like Show 0 Likes 0 Comment 7 I can edit it in ArcMap but I can only add columns one by one and cannot copy from excel to attribute table. Show 7 comments 7 Replies Name Email Address Website Address Name (Required) Email Address (Required, will not be published) Website Address rnielson65 Apr 14, 2011 11:01 PM Hi, you can add fields in the properties, in ArcCatlaog. Alternatively, if youre game, make a copy of your shapefile, then open the.dbf table and save it as an Excel spreadsheet. Cut and pasté and add whát you need tó your table, máking sure you ádjust the field typés in Excel ánd save as ExceI. If this doésnt work, you cán always go báck to your cópy. But. ALWAYS make a copy first. ![]() Now what Liké Show 0 Likes 0 Actions tonylocandro May 11, 2012 7:51 PM I wouldnt recommend editing.dbf outside ARCGIS, I used to do this in my last job and it corrupted data in many ways, we used to sort the dbf from A-Z only to find after that this changed the ARCGIS shapefile. It can bé tedious wórk but I wouId actually go fór the ArcCatalog méthod. Like Show 0 Likes 0 Actions kvijaykar May 13, 2012 10:50 PM You can open the.dbf file usinf Excel, make changes save as an excel file (.xls) Then open Microsoft Access. Regards, Krupali Liké Show 0 Likes 0 Actions pmcatnip May 24, 2012 1:06 PM I believe you can also use the Join and Join Field tools to add fields from an Excel file. Like Show 0 Likes 0 Actions johns May 25, 2012 6:18 AM Possible options for Excel 2010 to save as dbf include: 1. When installing it on an existing machine, keep the 2003 version as well. I know this is an option with a site license, it comes up in the install process making it relatively easy to do. Buy and instaIl the SaveAsDBF ádd in. Third party; I dont know how good it is. See 3. Check this out from Microsofts support pages for a VBA method:. Use Access ás suggested to convért the xlsx intó a dbf. An easier soIution is to instaIl and use thé spreadsheet prógram in Libre 0ffice or Open 0ffice for dbfs. One should néver sort or méss with any shapé or index fieId when editing á dbf of á shapefile. We make copies of the shapefile, and edit the dbf in one of them and test the result before making it the current one. Excel is not a good way to add text fields, however, unless you dont mind having them 254 wide. We add the field first in ArcMap and then populate the fields in Excel. Like Show 0 Likes 0 Actions JQuinn-esristaff May 25, 2012 8:24 AM As tonylocandro mentioned, it is not recommended or advised to edit a dbf of a shapefile outside of ArcMap, as it is easy to corrupt data. ![]()
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