Identify Pro

Purpose

Identify Pro tool is provided for identifying features in ArcGIS Pro.

Description

ArcGIS Pro XTools Pro Identify Pro tool allows:

• Identifying features on the active map

• Editing attributes

• Undo edits for each attribute cell separately

• Viewing attribute field types

• Filtering fields by type and name

• Viewing geometry properties of the identified features

• Copying geometry properties to clipboard

• Deleting identified features

• Identifying selected layers

• Identifying selected features only

• Adding, deleting, renaming attachments

• Identifying and editing relates

Note:
The tool functionality is supported only for feature classes.

Using Identify Pro

To start identifying features using the XTools Pro Identify Pro tool select the tool from the XTools Pro ribbon:

Selecting the Identify Pro tool immediately opens the Identify Pro Results window so that you can select a layer to identify and position the window conveniently on your screen before you click on a feature in the map.

For identifying features following options are available:

• Top-most - this is the default option, allows identifying features from the top-most layer on the map.

• All - identifies features from all map layers.

• Visible - with this option you can identify features only from the layers set as visible in Contents pane.

• Selected - with this option you can identify features only from the layers selected in Contents pane.

• Custom - here you can filter and select those layers you are going to identify. Selected layers are shown in the string under the filter bar.

The separate option Selected features allows identifying only selected features. If you are accustomed to the other standard usage scenarios, just select it in the top filter bar and this selection will be remembered for you within the current ArcGIS Pro session.

Identifying features

Clicking the Identify Pro tool on a location inside a data frame will present the data attributes, geometry properties and attachments, relates, if features identified at that location have them. In the Feature list you can see it as icons near the identified features. Number of identified features for each layer is shown next to the layer name.

Editing attributes

To edit attribute data click on the attribute value. You can modify, delete or simply copy-paste attribute values. For easier browsing in case of many fields you can filter fields by type or by text contained in field names.

If the attribute value has been edited, it is shown in bold so that you can always see what attributes were modified. At the same time, Apply and Discard buttons become active. You can apply your edits:

... or discard them. You can discard either all edits (with the Discard button on the left of the attribute table) or do it for each edited cell separately (using the Discard button in the cell):

In case you did not save or discard your edits but clicked on another feature you will be anyway asked if you wish to apply the changes:

Notes:

• After applying changes you should save edits or can discard all applied edits in ArcGIS Pro Edit tab.
  

• Editing must be enabled (in ArcGIS Pro Options) to apply attribute changes.
  

• Only attributes of editable layer features can be changed. Please check layer status in List by Editing view of Contents pane before editing.
  

• Content of Raster and BLOB fields is not allowed to be changed.

Domains, subtypes, subtype domains

Attribute domains, subtypes and subtype domains are supported in Identify Pro. Therefore, the tool will not allow to save any new values beyond the domain or subtype in the field with the attribute domain defined. Domains and subtypes applied to the field are marked icons:

Copying attribute records to clipboard

You can copy attribute records to clipboard to use them in another application. The command is available by right-click on an attribute or from feature context menu in Feature list.

Deleting features

In the Identify Pro tool identified features can be deleted (from the feature class). To delete feature right-click on the feature you wish to delete in the Feature list and select Delete feature:

Before the feature will be deleted, a confirmation will be asked if you really want to delete the selected feature.

Note:
The deletion can be discard in ArcGIS Pro Edit tab.

Section Geometry

This section contains all information about feature geometry properties. For polyline and polygon features buttons Flash the first point and Flash the last point are available to find out its placement or closure.

For multipoints, multipart polyline and polygon features you can see information about all feature parts and flash them (Flash the point or Flash the part buttons).

Geometry properties can be copied to clipboard. The command is available by right-click on a property or from feature context menu in Feature list.

Section Attachments

Identify Pro tool allows you to add, rename and delete attachments. Also you can open attachment in the application associated and save attachment item as file on the disk. All commands are available from item's context menu by right-click.

If the feature identified hasn't had attachments yet, section Attachments has one active button Add.

Note:

• This section is available for geodatabase feature classes only.

• You have to enable attachments for your feature class before adding.

• If you have Basic license for ArcMap, adding, renaming and deleting attachments aren't available.

• It is recommended not to add the big-sized files as attachments. They may not be added.

Identifying relates

If identified feature has relates, you can see them in Feature list. Editing attributes, viewing geometry properties, working with attachments and others are also available for relates.

If relationship class created for the identified feature layer is not added to map, these relates will be marked in the Feature list. You can add the relationship class to current map by right-click (Add to Map command).

Location info

Identify Pro click location coordinates are available in the Location bar on bottom of the Identify Pro results window. By default location coordinates units are the same as map units, but you can change other units from the list if required.

Location info bar can be hidden in the Identify Pro options if not required.

Working with identified layers and features

Identified layers and features context menu provides the following capabilities.

• Flashing features

Identified features can be flashed on the map so that you can see where the identified feature is among other features on the map.

• Navigation

It is possible to zoom and pan to the identified features and layers as well as zoom to a full extent.

• Selecting features

To select feature right-click on the identified feature in the list of identified features and click Select:

Selected features are added to selection and become highlighted with bold. To unselect feature right-click on the selected feature in the list of identified features and click Unselect.

Note:
Flash, Select, Zoom to and Pan to buttons are also available to the right of feature in Feature list when hovering over a feature.

• Bookmarks

You can create bookmarks for identified features.

• Remove features from the Feature list

You can also remove some features identified from Feature list tree by the Remove from tree command of the feature context menu. The same way you can remove some layers identified from Feature list by the command from the layer context menu.

• Feature list on left and on top

By default Feature list is shown on the top. But you may toggle showing Feature list to the left side of Identify Pro dialog.

Options

Identify Pro options are available from the menu in the upper right corner of the Identify Pro results window.

• Use display expression

This option allows you to show the result of display expression as feature name in Feature list. If the specified display expression field of the identified feature is empty then the Object ID (FID) of this feature is displayed. This way, if a few features with empty display expression field are identified, they anyway can be easily distinguished by FIDs:

• Sorting identified features

This option allows sorting identified layers and features ascending in Feature list.

• Hiding location coordinates

Click location coordinates information can be also hidden in the bottom part of the window if not required.