{"id":2821002,"date":"2025-06-05T09:37:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2821002"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T22:09:09","slug":"create-domains-and-contingent-values-from-existing-data","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/create-domains-and-contingent-values-from-existing-data","title":{"rendered":"Create domains and contingent values from existing data"},"author":156961,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851],"tags":[764582,779652,302222,772982,779662],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-2821002","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","tag-attribute-domains","tag-auto-generate","tag-contingent-values","tag-data-editing","tag-generate","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Follow a guided workflow to auto-generate attribute domains and contingent values. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

In recent releases (ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and 3.4) we\u2019ve been looking at ways to speed up common schema creation and editing workflows. Two features that go hand in hand are the ability to auto-generate attribute domains and contingent values. In this blog we\u2019ll look at a workflow that includes both to demonstrate how you can increase your productivity and save a significant amount of time getting domains and contingent values set up.<\/p>\n

This example follows the GIS department of a city as they embark on a project to audit and rename the city\u2019s local streets. During this process, Andy, the GIS lead signaled inconsistencies in how street characteristics have been recorded by the editors. Certain street types have been entered with varying formats, such as “Ave,” “Avenue,” or “Av.”<\/p>\n

To standardize street attributes to a predefined list, Andy will apply attribute domains to the Street feature class. To streamline the data entry, the department wants to further refine the choices for the number of lanes and speed limit to be restricted based on the selection of the street type. For this, they will also apply contingent values.<\/p>\n

Rather than creating these values one by one in their respective views, he will use the newly included tools in ArcGIS Pro to generate these domains and contingent values from the department\u2019s existing street data.<\/p>\n

He focuses on three fields in the Street feature class:<\/p>\n