Esri International User Conference | San Diego, CA Technical Workshops | Fundamentals: Having Fun with Tables and Reports Kent Marten Matthew Baker July 11-14, 2011

Layer and Field Properties Table toolbar and menu commands Associating Tables Working with Excel spreadsheets Tables

Whats New in ArcGIS 10 – Tables Dockable table window Table toolbar Fields tab in layer properties Python support in Field Calculator Domain and Subtype Descriptions for joined tables Joins and Relates remain after data source repair Attachments

Dockable Table window Table window is a container for all open tables View multiple tables at once within Table window - Table Options > Arrange tables - Side by side horizontally - Stacked vertically

Working with Field Properties New Fields tab Properties are honored - Identify - Attributes window - Table window - After creating join New Properties - Highlight - Read-only

Field Types Choose the right field type for the right value ParcelID: 1001 CountyName: Hamilton Area: 12,242.5 SurveyDate: 08/13/97 SurveyImage: Short Integer Text Double Date BLOB

Using the Field Calculator Update multiple records in the table Choose between VBScript or Python - List of functions for working with numbers, text, date VBA is deprecated in ArcGIS 10

Working with Excel Spreadsheets XLS or XLSX files - Act as a container - Add worksheets, named ranges Field naming guidelines - Refer to ArcGIS Desktop Help Export to Excel - Geoprocessing tool and script gallery

Associating Tables Joins Append records Stored in map document Field properties honored 1:1, Many:1 cardinality Label, symbol, query Relates Tables remain independent Stored in map document All cardinality Relationship Classes Tables remain independent Permanent in Geodatabase All cardinality

Report Wizard Report Viewer Report Designer Create, Load, and Run Reports Reports

Whats New in ArcGIS 10 – Reports All new reporting tools - Report Wizard - Report Viewer - Report Designer Pre-set styles and style manager Layout and orientation settings New export formats Save reports as templates (.rlf) Load and run reports

Reports - Examples

Report Running Reports - Workflows.RLF (template) Editor Data Analysis

Road Ahead – 10.1 Reports - Automated Reports - Un-bound calculated fields - Related reports Tables - Maximize dockable windows

Questions? Online Surveys: - Comments - Suggestions

Session Wrap-up Online content - Web Help ArcGIS Desktop Blog Script and Tool Gallery - Thank you!!!