Find Duplicate Features

Parameter

Comments

Input Table/Feature Layer

<in_table_or_feature_layer>

Input table or feature layer that duplicated records/features will be searched in.

Select Fields to Compare by

<fields_to_compare;fields_to_compare...>

Field(s) used to compare features/records by, the Shape fields can be used as well.

Output Feature Class

<out_feature_class>

Output table or feature class with the indexed (or removed) duplicates.

Create Spatial Index

<create_spatial_index>

Creates shapefile spatial index.

Remove Duplicates

<remove_duplicates>

Removes records/features considered as duplicates.

Index Field Name

{index_field_name}

Name of the field to store indexes.

Index Type

{index_type}

Indexes can be of two types:

- Indexes "0" or "1", where all distinct values indexed with 0, and all others indexed with 1

- Group Indexes 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., where each group of duplicated values indexed with a unique index

ID Field Name

{id_field_name}

Specifies ID field in which IDs of the input features will be stored. Leave this field blank if you do not wish to keep input features IDs.