Contingent Values Expand Domain Capabilities<\/h3>\n
Domains provide the foundation upon which contingent values are built by implementing filtering on fields to force selection from a pre-defined list of values; contingent values expand upon this by introducing logic which defines contingencies between fields to reduce the list of choices presented based upon selections elsewhere. \u00a0More simply put, domains restrict data entry for a single field, whereas contingent values build upon this to accomplish the same for multiple related fields.<\/p>\n
Field groups, created within the Contingent Values view, make this filtering possible.\u00a0 Field groups link multiple fields and allow any number of valid combinations to be defined between them.<\/p>\n
Context Please…<\/strong><\/p>\n As an example, consider someone entering data collected from a recent field survey.\u00a0 In this scenario, field observations are enriched through the addition of scientific classification details.\u00a0 We have a subtype field to apply specific symbology and defaults based upon whether the animal is a mammal, bird, reptile, etc. and a field group comprised of fields to capture information such as the general type, order, family, and species of each.<\/p>\n When choosing the Bird subtype, the editor is presented with the contingent values defined for this subtype which then filters the valid options for the type, class order, family, and species as a result.<\/p>\n Let’s take a look at how this works conceptually and within ArcGIS Pro when selecting “Rail” from Type within the Bird subtype<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":565312,"id":565312,"title":"Wildlife Survey Contingent Value Example","filename":"scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","filesize":503165,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/contingent-values-in-arcgis-pro-2-4\/scenario1_ppt_gif","alt":"Contingent Values Example","author":"9712","description":"","caption":"This conceptual diagram shows the contingent values available for the Rail within the Bird subtype\u2019s field group","name":"scenario1_ppt_gif","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565292,"date":"2019-07-15 13:26:00","modified":"2019-07-15 13:32:44","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1080,"height":608,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","large-width":1080,"large-height":608,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","1536x1536-width":1080,"1536x1536-height":608,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","2048x2048-width":1080,"2048x2048-height":608,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/scenario1_ppt_gif.gif","wide_image-width":1080,"wide_image-height":608}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":565332,"id":565332,"title":"CAV_view_Rail","filename":"CAV_view_Rail.png","filesize":11893,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CAV_view_Rail.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/contingent-values-in-arcgis-pro-2-4\/cav_view_rail","alt":"The Contingent Values view within ArcGIS Pro","author":"9712","description":"","caption":"The Contingent Values view within ArcGIS Pro helps define valid combinations between the fields comprising the field group. 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While other values may be technically allowed within the domain, they would be invalid in actual usage for this road type.\u00a0 Applying contingent values in this scenario improves upon the logic to constrain the options available for the subtype\u2019s speed limit and prevent edits such as this from occurring.\u00a0 Additionally, validation is present during data entry to alert the editor to the presence of invalid values, which highlights impacted fields and disables the option to save.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Improved User Experience with Export\/Import GP Tools – <\/strong>Within ArcGIS Pro 2.4 you can now export and import contingent values and fields groups using the Export<\/a> and Import<\/a> Contingent Values geoprocessing tools.\u00a0 These new tools are useful for backing up or sharing your data with others, editing the .csv directly to make changes, or for migrating changes into production without introducing unnecessary locks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are many exciting developments on the horizon to build and improve upon the capabilities provided with contingent values beyond 2.4.\u00a0 Here are a few of the items being worked on for future releases:<\/p>\n Import\/Export from ribbon – <\/strong>Support for the import and export of contingent values to a .csv file will be made available from the Contingent Values ribbon within the ArcGIS Pro user interface.<\/p>\n Enable the option to disable restrictive contingent values – <\/strong>Currently, with ArcGIS Pro 2.4, all field groups created are restrictive by default.\u00a0 This means that values entered on fields participating in a field group are restricted to those specified as contingent values.\u00a0 Any values not defined as valid combinations within the field group cannot be saved.<\/p>\n An upcoming option will provide the ability to disable the restrictive setting on new and existing field groups to allow the ability to input and save values on a field even when they are not specified as contingent values within the field group.\u00a0 This option enables the advantages of value filtering provided by contingent values without the associated data quality safeguards by allowing override of the defined contingencies.\u00a0 Less restrictive contingent values could be useful in situations where actual observations or data could potentially conflict with the contingent values defined for a field.\u00a0 Going back to the wildlife field survey example, imagine a Yellow Rail was observed during the trip; while the Yellow Rail is not native to the area of study and not an option defined within the field group, based on the collected observation you could override this and select the value from within the assigned domain.<\/p>\nAdditional benefits<\/h3>\n
How do these differ from Subtypes?<\/h3>\n
What’s new for contingent values in ArcGIS Pro 2.4?<\/h1>\n
On the horizon – what’s next?<\/h1>\n
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