{"id":480532,"date":"2019-04-05T10:01:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T17:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=480532"},"modified":"2019-04-04T11:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:54:20","slug":"describing-layer-attributes-with-field-descriptions-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/describing-layer-attributes-with-field-descriptions-march-2019","title":{"rendered":"Describing layer attributes with field descriptions (March 2019)"},"author":6551,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,22941],"tags":[345572],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-480532","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-mapping","tag-whats-new-march-2019","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Understanding fields and their values just got easier.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Much of the work you do when making a map involves working with layer attributes. Whether you\u2019re drawing the layer, configuring a popup, or performing analysis, you need some level of knowledge of the layer\u2019s fields and the values they contain. If it\u2019s your own layer, you know and understand its attributes. But if it isn\u2019t, how do you gain that knowledge? Likely, you inspect the field names and examine field values for some clues. And if you\u2019re lucky, you\u2019ll find some documentation that describes the layer\u2019s attributes.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the March 2019 update of ArcGIS Online, understanding fields and their values just got easier. Whether you need to provide a detailed description of your own layer attributes or you\u2019re using someone else\u2019s layers, you\u2019ll want to utilize the new field description available with hosted feature layers. Specifically, there are two new field properties that describe the values contained in a field.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Field description<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0a few words, a sentence, or a paragraph of text that describes the values in the field. The description can be up to 500 characters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Field value type<\/strong> \u2013 a keyword that categorizes the type of values contained in the field. The keyword helps people understand how to use the values and allows ArcGIS Online to make smarter suggestions for working with them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Where do you see field descriptions?<\/h2>\n<p>The most prominent display of field descriptions is on the item details page of the layer, on the Data tab. When looking at the attribute table, moving the mouse over a field header will display the field name and description.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":481522,"id":481522,"title":"FieldDescriptionSm","filename":"FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","filesize":35972,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/describing-layer-attributes-with-field-descriptions-march-2019\/fielddescriptionsm","alt":"Field Description on Hover","author":"6551","description":"","caption":"","name":"fielddescriptionsm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":480532,"date":"2019-04-03 16:35:16","modified":"2019-04-03 20:49:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":750,"height":302,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":187,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":302,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","large-width":750,"large-height":302,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":302,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":302,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":302,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescriptionSm.jpg","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":302}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescription.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In Fields view, you\u2019ll find a new \u2018List\u2019 option that shows field descriptions and field value types for all fields. 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Table view is still the default view for your layers, but list view is now the default view for layers shared by others.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":481482,"id":481482,"title":"FieldListViewSm","filename":"FieldListViewSm.jpg","filesize":28655,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/describing-layer-attributes-with-field-descriptions-march-2019\/fieldlistviewsm","alt":"Field List View","author":"6551","description":"","caption":"","name":"fieldlistviewsm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":480532,"date":"2019-04-03 16:35:07","modified":"2019-04-03 16:36:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":750,"height":412,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":255,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":412,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","large-width":750,"large-height":412,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":412,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":412,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":412,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListViewSm.jpg","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":412}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldListView.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>To help you pick the right field for drawing, you can access the field description right from the Change Style panel within the map viewer.\u00a0 Keep this in mind when authoring your own field descriptions, as a meaningful tip about the attribute values can help others draw your layer effectively.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":481592,"id":481592,"title":"FieldDescSymbols","filename":"FieldDescSymbols.jpg","filesize":52148,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/describing-layer-attributes-with-field-descriptions-march-2019\/fielddescsymbols","alt":"Field Description on Change Style Panel","author":"6551","description":"","caption":"","name":"fielddescsymbols","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":480532,"date":"2019-04-03 16:57:20","modified":"2019-04-03 20:48:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":750,"height":438,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","medium-width":447,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":438,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","large-width":750,"large-height":438,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":438,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":438,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":438,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":438}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDescSymbols.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How do you set field descriptions?<\/h2>\n<p>When viewing fields on the data tab, click on a field name to reveal its properties. Here\u2019s where you can configure the new description and field value type.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":481502,"id":481502,"title":"FieldDetailsSm","filename":"FieldDetailsSm.jpg","filesize":24866,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/describing-layer-attributes-with-field-descriptions-march-2019\/fielddetailssm","alt":"Field Details","author":"6551","description":"","caption":"","name":"fielddetailssm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":480532,"date":"2019-04-03 16:35:12","modified":"2019-04-03 16:36:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":750,"height":380,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":235,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":380,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","large-width":750,"large-height":380,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":380,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":380,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":380,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetailsSm.jpg","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":380}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FieldDetails.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Why should you set the field value type?<\/h2>\n<p>You might ask why you need set the field value type when the field description can be quite informative. While the field description allows you to describe fields to other people, the field value type\u2014while also helpful to people\u2014allows you to describe your fields to ArcGIS Online and other client applications. The field value type helps these applications make better suggestions on how to work with the attributes\u2014for instance, making Smart Mapping smarter. When provided, ArcGIS Online will leverage the field value type in specific instances, like when suggesting options for layer drawing and popup configuration. Currently, only ArcGIS Online uses the field value type, although over time other clients will start using it as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>To set a field value type, select the keyword that best categorizes the field values. Rather than presenting you with the complete list of field value type keywords up front, here\u2019s an example to help you understand the purpose of them. Suppose you have a parcel layer that has these fields:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parcel ID \u2013 Integer<\/li>\n<li>Owner &#8211; string<\/li>\n<li>Street Address \u2013 String<\/li>\n<li>Property Description &#8211; String<\/li>\n<li>Buildings \u2013 Integer<\/li>\n<li>Land Area \u2013 Double<\/li>\n<li>Assessed Value \u2013 Double<\/li>\n<li>Assessment Date \u2013 Date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you were to describe these field values, you might write something like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parcel ID \u2013 the unique identifier of the parcel<\/li>\n<li>Owner \u2013 the name of the property owner<\/li>\n<li>Street Address \u2013 the location of the parcel<\/li>\n<li>Property Description \u2013 the legal description of the property<\/li>\n<li>Buildings \u2013 the number of buildings on the parcel<\/li>\n<li>Land Area \u2013 the size of the parcel in acres<\/li>\n<li>Assessed value \u2013 the value of the parcel and buildings in dollars<\/li>\n<li>Assessment Date \u2013 the date of the last assessment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In looking at these descriptions, some words stand out, like: identifier, name, location, description, number of, size, value, and date. These are the <em>key words<\/em> that describe what the field values are. The field value type keywords are constructed from these types of words. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name or Title<\/li>\n<li>Description<\/li>\n<li>Type or Category<\/li>\n<li>Count or Amount<\/li>\n<li>Percentage or Ratio<\/li>\n<li>Measurement<\/li>\n<li>Unique Identifier<\/li>\n<li>Ordered or Ranked<\/li>\n<li>Binary<\/li>\n<li>Location or Place Name<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate<\/li>\n<li>Date and Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the parcel layer example above, the Parcel ID field is an integer field. If the field value type indicates the field values represent a unique identifier rather than a count, Smart Mapping would not suggest drawing this field attribute using graduated colors or symbols. For more information, here\u2019s a help topic that further describes <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/manage-data\/describe-fields.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_F8857702BB7045B081D0C63E5879C882\">field value types<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Where is the field description stored?<\/h2>\n<p>Field description and field value type are stored with the hosted feature layer and are accessible via the layer\u2019s REST endpoint. If you\u2019re an application developer who needs to access this information, you\u2019ll find there are two new parameters: <code>supportsFieldDescriptionProperty<\/code> and <code>description<\/code> on the field itself. Note that <code>description<\/code> contains both the field description and field value type. Here\u2019s an excerpt from the layer&#8217;s JSON that shows these parameters.<\/p>\n<pre><code>supportsFieldDescriptionProperty: true,\r\n{\r\n   name: \"STATEFP10\",\r\n   type: \"esriFieldTypeString\",\r\n   actualType: \"nvarchar\",\r\n   alias: \"State Code\",\r\n   sqlType: \"sqlTypeNVarchar\",\r\n   length: 80,\r\n   nullable: true,\r\n   editable: true,\r\n   domain: null,\r\n   defaultValue: null,\r\n   description: \"{\"value\":\"State FIPS code. Federal Information \r\n    Processing Standards (FIPS) are numeric codes assigned by the \r\n    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). FIPS \r\n    codes identify US states by a 2-digit number, and US counties \r\n    by a 3-digit number.\",\"fieldValueType\":\"typeOrCategory\"}\"\r\n},<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>While the field value types get translated into various languages in ArcGIS Online, the strings stored at the service are essentially the English version:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>nameOrTitle<\/li>\n<li>description<\/li>\n<li>typeOrCategory<\/li>\n<li>countOrAmount<\/li>\n<li>percentageOrRatio<\/li>\n<li>measurement<\/li>\n<li>uniqueIdentifier<\/li>\n<li>orderedOrRanked<\/li>\n<li>binary<\/li>\n<li>locationOrPlaceName<\/li>\n<li>coordinate<\/li>\n<li>dateAndTime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>More to come<\/h2>\n<p>Hopefully, you\u2019ll find field descriptions useful. There\u2019s still some work to do here, as we\u2019d like to consider storing field units and formatting. We\u2019d also like to explore extracting field descriptions from traditional metadata, where available. 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