{"id":2859362,"date":"2025-07-03T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2859362"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:14:21","slug":"bringing-batch-attribute-update-to-arcgis-online","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/bringing-batch-attribute-update-to-arcgis-online","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Batch Attribute Update to ArcGIS Online"},"author":320832,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[772982,27971,33371,779342],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-2859362","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-data-editing","tag-editing","tag-map-viewer","tag-whats-new-june-2025","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":320832,"user_firstname":"Rebekah","user_lastname":"Bollin","nickname":"Bekah Bollin","user_nicename":"rbollin","display_name":"Bekah Bollin","user_email":"rbollin@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-10-24 14:26:30","user_description":"Bekah joined the ArcGIS Online team in 2022 as a Product Engineer. She contributes to a variety of projects in the ArcGIS Online space including GIS data editing, management, and visualization. When she is not making maps, she can be found hiking outside with her dog or finding a cozy coffee shop.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Learn how to select and edit the attributes for multiple features at once in ArcGIS Online.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The days of single attribute editing in ArcGIS Online are over! You might recall that the ability to update attributes in bulk<\/a> was introduced in ArcGIS Web Editor<\/a> in February 2025. Now, this functionality is available in the Editor<\/a>, meaning that other ArcGIS Online applications such as Map Viewer, Instant Apps, Experience Builder, and more can take advantage of bulk editing. This blog will walk through the new editor selection tools<\/a>, selection list<\/a>, and batch attribute editing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nSelection tools<\/h1>\n

Prior to the June 2025 update, you could only select one feature at a time in Map Viewer. Now, when you open the Editor<\/strong> pane you will have a variety of selection tools to choose from.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2859372,"id":2859372,"title":"2025-06-25_10-28-21","filename":"2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","filesize":7720,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/bringing-batch-attribute-update-to-arcgis-online\/2025-06-25_10-28-21","alt":"Image shows the top of the editor pane with selection tools.","author":"320832","description":"","caption":"Choose a selection tool to get started.","name":"2025-06-25_10-28-21","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2859362,"date":"2025-06-25 22:21:16","modified":"2025-06-25 22:21:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":225,"height":183,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21-213x183.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":183,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","medium-width":225,"medium-height":183,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","medium_large-width":225,"medium_large-height":183,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","large-width":225,"large-height":183,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","1536x1536-width":225,"1536x1536-height":183,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","2048x2048-width":225,"2048x2048-height":183,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","card_image-width":225,"card_image-height":183,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png","wide_image-width":225,"wide_image-height":183}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-25_10-28-21.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The Rectangle<\/strong> and Lasso<\/strong> selection tools allow you to draw dynamic shapes and select multiple features. Double click or release the mouse to finish drawing the selection shape. The Pan<\/strong> and Select by point <\/strong>tools can still be used to select one feature at a time.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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\nSelection list<\/h1>\n

Once you have finished drawing your selection shape, you will see a list of all the selected features and their respective layers.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2859482,"id":2859482,"title":"SelectionList2","filename":"SelectionList2.png","filesize":63570,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/bringing-batch-attribute-update-to-arcgis-online\/selectionlist2","alt":"Image points out the Layer picker, layer filter, overflow options, remove from selection button, and total features selected.","author":"320832","description":"","caption":"Use the selection list to refine your selected features.","name":"selectionlist2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2859362,"date":"2025-06-25 22:28:18","modified":"2025-06-25 22:28:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":692,"height":780,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png","medium-width":232,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png","medium_large-width":692,"medium_large-height":780,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png","large-width":692,"large-height":780,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png","1536x1536-width":692,"1536x1536-height":780,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png","2048x2048-width":692,"2048x2048-height":780,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2-413x465.png","card_image-width":413,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png","wide_image-width":692,"wide_image-height":780}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SelectionList2.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

You can filter by layer to easily sort through a large list of features. You can additionally access overflow options to zoom, select\/deselect, and edit individual features and layers.<\/p>\n

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\nBatch attribute editing<\/h1>\n

As of June 2025, you can edit common fields for features in the same layer, meaning you\u2019ll want to select features in one layer<\/strong> on your map. Once your selected features have been refined, you can select the\u00a0Edit\u00a0<\/strong>button to begin editing attributes in bulk.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2859562,"id":2859562,"title":"BAUEntries","filename":"BAUEntries.png","filesize":87262,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/bringing-batch-attribute-update-to-arcgis-online\/bauentries","alt":"Image shows a form when editing more than one feature.","author":"320832","description":"","caption":"Enter attribute values for selected features in the form.","name":"bauentries","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2859362,"date":"2025-06-25 22:39:48","modified":"2025-06-25 22:40:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":808,"height":791,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png","medium-width":267,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":752,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png","large-width":808,"large-height":791,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png","1536x1536-width":808,"1536x1536-height":791,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png","2048x2048-width":808,"2048x2048-height":791,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries-475x465.png","card_image-width":475,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png","wide_image-width":808,"wide_image-height":791}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAUEntries.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

If a form<\/a> has been configured on the feature layer, you will see the same layout and input (with a few exceptions listed below). The form will either display the attribute value shared by all selected features, or “Different values.<\/em>” To change an attribute for all the selected features, simply enter it once and click Update<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

Things to note when using batch attribute update<\/h4>\n

You can select and edit up to 500 features in a layer at a time. However, if the layer has a form<\/a> that uses any of the following ArcGIS Arcade functions, attribute editing will be limited to 50 features at a time:<\/p>\n