WorkingwithTables

TheAttributeTable

OnetypeofdatainGeographicInformationSystem(GIS)istheattributedata.Theattribute
dataisthestoragefacilityofinformationforacertainfeatureinafeatureclassorshapefile.Itis
anonspatialdata.Thewaythattheattributedataisactuallypresentedandorganizediswhat
wecalledtheattributetable.Theattributetableishowtheinformationaboutthefeaturesin
yourshapefileorfeatureclassispresentedtotheGISuser.ForaGIStobemoreuseful,a
featurewithinafeatureclasshastocontainenoughinformationforittobeprocessed.

ExploreAttributeTableinArcMap

Toopentheattributetableofafeatureclass,rightclickonthelayernameclickonAttribute
Table.ThedockableTablewindowisdisplayed.Thetermdockablemeanthatyoucan
placethewindowintoastationarylocationwithinArcMap.InFigure31,showsoneofthe
signsthatwillappearwhenyoutrytomovethewindow,thesearevaliddockingarea.

Figure 3-1

Wheneveryouputthedraggingcursorofthewindowintooneofthisdockinglocationand
releaseit,thewindowwillfillaportionintheArcMap.Bydefaultthewindowwillalwaysbe
shown,butifyouwouldliketohidethewindowautomaticallywheneveritisoutoffocus,just
clickthethumbtackicontoautohideit ,andtosetitbacktokeepshown,justclick
thethumbtackbutton .

FromtheTablewindow,youcanobservethatthedataisdisplayedinagridtypeformation,
muchlikeaspreadsheetapplication.Thetableiscomposedofrowsandcolumns.Thecolumns
containlabelswhichrelatetotherowsbelowit.Therowontheotherhand,containsthe
individualdataandeachdatamayormaynotrelatetofeatureinthefeatureclassorshapefile.
AFieldissimplytheareainthetablewherelabelsareplaced;simplyitisthecolumnpart.The
Recordistherowofthetablewhereindividualdataisstored.Figure32showsthelocationof
theseFieldsandRecords.

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Records
Fields

Figure 3-2

AddinganddeletingFieldinAttributeTable
GotothetopleftcorneroftheTablewindow,andclickonTable Options dropdown
button.Toaddacolumn/field,selectAdd Field.

Note:Youcannotbeinanothereditingsessionwheneditingtheattribute
table;forinstance,ifArcCatalogisopen,youwillgetanerrormessage.
OnceyouselectAdd Field,anewwindowwillappearwhichallowsyoutoenterthefields
Name andType.TheNameofthefieldthatyouwillchoosehastobeanyvalidname,this
meanthatyouhavetofollowtheprogrammingconventiononvariabledeclarations.Ifyoure
notfamiliarwiththat,letmegiveyouasimpleidea,invalidnameisanamethatcontains
numericalvaluesbeforeanyalphabets,whitespacecharacter,arithmeticoperators(+,,*,/,
^),logicaloperators(i.e.%,&,|,<,>),andspecialcharacters(!,@,#,$,(,),~,:,;,,,?).Click
OK ifyouthinkthatwhatyouhaveinputtedisalreadyappropriate.Wheneveryouprovidedan
invalidname,ArcMapwillpromptanerrordialogboxandwillsuggestareplacement.After
everythingwillbeok,anewfieldwillappearinyourattributetable.Youcandeletethisfieldby
rightclickingonthename,andselectingDelete Field.

Sorting,summarize,andothermanipulationsinAttributeTable

Ifyourightclickonanycolumnname(orclickonthetopofthecolumn),youcansortbythat
variable(inascendingordescendingorder).Additionally,youcangeneratesummarystatistics
aboutthatvariable,findoutitsproperties,ordobasicarithmeticcalculations.Forinstance,you
cancreateanewfieldandthen,usingtheField Calculator tool,assignthevaluesofthis
variabletobethesumoftwopreviouslyspecifiedvariables.Youcanalsocalculatethe
geometryoffeatures,includingtheirarea,perimeter,XandYcoordinatesofcentroid(whichare
thex,ycoordinatesatthegeometriccenterofthefeature).

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AddingDatatoaMap:JoinsandRelates

Whenyoudownloadashapefileorafeaturefile,theonlyinformationitwillcontainis
geographicinnature.Associalscientists,weareofteninterestedinhowsocial,political,and
economicvariablesmapontothesegeographicfeatures.Inotherwords,theinformation
containedintheshapefilealoneisnotextremelyhelpfulinansweringsocialscienceresearch
questions.Inordertoanswerquestionsofgreatersubstantiveinterest,youneedtomergeyour
ownspatiallylocateddatatabletotheappropriatespatialdatainArcMap.

Toconnectyourowndatatablewithalayerattributetable,youcanuseatablejoinorrelate.A
joinappendstheattributesofthenonspatialtabletothelayerattributetable,makingonebig
table.Arelatekeepsthetwotablesseparatebutlinked,sothatrecordselectionsinonetable
causecorrespondingselectionsinanother.Yourdatashouldbesavedasacommaseparated
valuesorcsvfile(filethathasanextensionofcsv).Whetheryouchoosetojoinorrelateatable
dependsontherelationshipbetweenthetwotables.Jointhetableswhenthereisa1:1
relationshipbetweenrecordsinthespatialandnonspatialtables.Relatetableswheneach
recordinthelayerattributetablehasmorethanonematchinthenonspatialtable.Inorderto
useeitherajoinorrelate,theremustbesomewaytomatchrecordsinthetwotables,whichis
theremustbeonegeographicvariableineachofthetwodatatablesthatisidenticalfor
observationsthataregoingtobejoinedorrelated.Iftherearemoreobservationsinthe.csv
thanintheshapefile,onlythoseobservationsthatmatchwithobservationsinthe
shapefile/featurefilewillbejoined.

Example:JoiningTables

YouwillmostlikelywanttojoinyourdatawiththespatialdatainArcMap.Ourexamplejoins
U.S.statespatialdatafromtheNationalHistoricGISwebsite(www.nhgis.org)toacsvfile
containingdataonstatepopulation.Figure33showstheattributetableoftheU.S.state
shapefile.

Figure 3-3

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Figure34isascreenshotofthecsvcontainingthepopulationdata(thatis,aseparatefilefrom
theshapefile):

Figure 3-4

NoticethatbothtablescontainthefieldGISJOIN.Thisisauniquevariable/fieldthatidentifies
eachstateidentically,andcanbeusedtomatchrecordsforbothtablesforourspatialjoin.

(Note:theuniquevariable/fieldcouldbedifferentineachtableGISJOINandSTATE_CODE).

Tojointables,completethefollowingsteps:
1.Rightclickonthespatiallayername.
2.ClickJ oins and Relates,andthenselectJ oin(asshowninFigure35).

Figure 3-5

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TheJ oin Data windowwillthenopenasshowninFigure36.

Figure 3-6

3.Under1. Choose the field in this layer that the join will be based on:,selectthename
ofthevariablethatcontainsvaluesthatarethesameforboththespatialandyourdatasets.In
thiscase,thevariableisGISJ OIN.
4.Under2. Choose the table to join to this layer, or load the table from the disk:,select
the.csvfilecontainingthedatathatyouaremergingintothespatialdata.(Here,
population.csv)
5.Under3. Choose the field in the table to base the join on:,selectthevariablenamein
yourdatasetthatisidenticaltotheoneinthespatialdataset.Again,thisisGISJOIN,though
thenamesoftheuniqueindicatorvariablesmaybedifferentinthetwotables.
6.ClickOK.Itmaytakeaminuteorsotoprocess,particularlyifyouarejoininglargefiles.
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7.Whentheprogramisdoneprocessingthejoin,opentheattributetable.Scrolltotherightto
seeallthefields.Makesurethatallthedatafromyour.csvfilehasbeenaddedtotheattribute
table(asshowninFigure37.

Figure 3-7

Noticethatthetwotableshavenowbeenmerged,includingredundantvariables.Youwillnow
havetwoGISJOINvariables,whichshouldcontainidenticalobservations.ThePopulation
variable,whichisthesubstantivevariableofinterest,hasalsobeenaddedtotheattribute
table.

SQLQuery
Sincetheattributetableisconceptuallystructuredlikeadatabase,thereforeitwouldalsobe
appropriateforittobetreatedassuch.Commonly,adatabasehasitsownlanguagein
accessingitscontent.Thisaccessingtermisusuallycalledquery.Asyouinquiredatafromthe
database,thebestwaytodoitistomakeuseofanearlycommonEnglishquerylanguage
whichiscommonlycalledStructuredQueryLanguage(SQL).Unliketheusualprogramming
language,SQLcanbemoreunderstandableandobvious.But,becauseitisrunningina
computer,ofcourseithastofollowitsrules,anditsproperconstructionorsyntax.Syntaxisthe
properarrangementofcorrectkeywordsforacertainprogramminglanguageorinthiscasethe
SQL.Fortunatelyforus,ArcInfocanbefriendlierintermsofSQLbecauseitcanshortenthe
detailrequirementsofaSQLquerystatement.
LetushaveanexampleofasimpleselectionoflocationusingtheArcMap.Asyoucanrecallin
ourexerciseusingthemapofphilshapefile,theattributetablecontainthedataofprovinces,
regions,andthepopulation.Ifwecarefullystudytheattributetable,wecanassumethatthe
populationisdirectlyrelatedtotheprovince.Itsignifiesthatthecollectionofthepopulation
wasbasedontheindividualprovinceratherthantheregion.Now,letusselectalocationonthe
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mapbyaspecifyingaprovince.TodothatyouhavetomakeuseoftheSelectByAttributes
selectiontool(asshowinFigure38).

Figure 3-8
ASelectByAttributesdialogboxwillthenbedisplayed.PortionoftheSQLstatementhasbeen
alreadyprovidedbythedialogbox(refertoFigure39).

AfterwhichwearetheonewhowillprovidetheWHEREstatement(whichisinprogramminga
kindofcondition).Therefore,wehavetomakesurethatontheLayerdropdownboxisthe
layerthatwewanttohaveourquery.TheSelectByAttributesdialogboxwilldisplaythefields
containedintheselectedlayer.DoubleclickonthePROVINCEtextdisplayedonthelistbox,
andthenclickontheequalsignbutton .ClickontheGetUniqueValuesbutton
toloadalluniquevaluesstoredintheattributetableunderthePROVINCE
field.Fromthelistofuniquevalues,scrolldownandlocateCebu.Onceyouareabletolocate
itdoubleclickonCebu.Asyoucanseethetextboxatthebottompartofthedialogbox
constructedalineofquerystatementwhichcontinuedtheSELECTstatement.Thestatement
appearedonthetextboxis"PROVINCE"='Cebu'.UponclickingtheOKbutton,youwillbeable
toseethattheentireprovinceofCebuhasbeenhighlighted.Withthisselectionactive,youcan
zoomtotheselectedfeaturebyclickingonSelection>ZoomToSelectedFeatures.Bynowyou
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maywanttoremovetheselection.Inremovinganyselectedfeaturesonalayer,justclickthe
ClearSelectedFeaturesbutton .
TheSQLstatementcanbeaveryusefultoolthatanyGISusersshouldneed.Obtainingthe
knowledgeinqueryingdatawillallowyoutoutilizevastamountoftoolsmadeavailabletousin
ArcInfo10.WhatwehavesofarobtainedasfarasSQLqueryisconcern,isjusttheselectionof
afeaturewithinafeatureclass.But,usingtheSQLquerystatementcanallowyoutoprocess
datatoansweryoureveryquestiononyoureverygeoprocessingneeds.

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GISLaboratoryExercise3WorkingwithTables
Objectives:
Inthisexercise,youwill:
- Add,delete,andsortingafieldintheattributetable
- Selectingsomerecords
- Sortanattributetableonmultiplefields
- Adddatatoamapusingjoinorrelates
- Createagraphfromanattributetable

Addingafield
o StartArcMapandopenCebuCity_Pop.mdxfromyour..\LearnGIS2\WorkingWithTables
folder.

o SaveyourmapasmyCebuCity_Poptoyour..\myGISOutputsfolder.

o RightclickBrgysOfCebuCitylayerandclickOpenAttributeTable.

o Dockthetablewindowatthebottomoftheapplicationwindow.

o Scrolldownthroughtherecordsandthenbackup.

1. Howmanyrecordsareintheattributetable?Fields?

Records:________________

Fields:__________________

o Gotothetopleftcornerofthetablewindow,andclickonTableOptions .

o SelectAddField.

o TheAddFielddialogboxwillappear.

o InputthefollowinginformationintheAddFielddialogbox:
Name:Brgy_Code
Type:Text
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Alias:BarangayCode

o Verifyyourinputswiththefollowinggraphic.

o ClickOK.

2. Whatisthedefaultvaluethatappearedineachrowsunderthenewaddedfield?

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Deleteandhidingafield
SinceCebuCitydoesntspecificallyrequireacapitalbarangay,thereforewecandeletethe
Capitalfield.
o DeletetheCapitalfield,rightclickontheCapitalfieldnameandclickDeleteFieldfrom
thepopupmenu.

o TheConfirmDeleteFielddialogboxwillappearasawarning,chooseYes.

o DeletetheMUNIPOLSlayeraswell.
YoumayalsobeableturnoffafieldthatismakingalayerinvisiblefromtheAttributeTable.
o RightclickonthenameofthePOLYIDlayerandchooseTurnFieldOff.

3. DescribethedifferencebetweenDeleteFieldandTurnFieldOff.

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Sortingafieldandselectingsomerecords
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ItisalsonecessaryfortheGISusertosortthedatainorderperhapstogettherankingorto
checkitscompleteness.
o RightclickAREAfieldandselectSortAscending.

4. WhatbarangayinCebuCitythathasthelargestandsmallestlandareaandhowmuch:

a. Thelargest:_____________________________

b. Thesmallest:_____________________________

o ClickthegrayboxontheleftmostsideofSubarecordasshownbelow.

o HolddowntheCtrlkeyonyourkeyboardandselectPasilandParianrecord.

o ClicktheShowselectedrecordsbutton .

5. DescribewhathappenedaftertheShowselectedrecordsbuttonwasclicked?

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o ClickShowallrecordsbutton .

o Atthetopofthetablewindow,clickClearSelectionbutton .

Sortinganattributetableonmultiplefields
Sortingasinglefieldmightnotbeenoughtorankthewholetable.Anorderofselectedfields
mightbenecessarytorankitaccordingtotherequiredcategories.Therefore,selectingthe
appropriatefieldsisnecessarytofulfilalltherequirements.
o RightclickontheBRGYPOLSfieldheadingandchooseAdvancedSorting.

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o OntheAdvancedTableSortingdialogbox,setthefirstdropdownlist(Sortby)to
BRGYPOLS.LeavetheoptionontherightsettoAscending.

o Settheseconddropdownlist(Thensortby)toAREA.Leavetheoptionsetto
Ascending.

o Setthethirddropdownlist(Thensortby)toCOASTAL.Leavetheoptionsetto
Ascending.

o ClickOK.

6. Describewhathappenedtotheattributetable.

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Fromthepreviousstepwevedonerelatingtoaddingafieldintoourtablewhichisthe
Brgy_Code,thistimewearegoingplacecontentsintothatfield.
o RightclickontheBarangayCodefieldfromBrgysOfCebuCitytableandselectField
Calculator.

o BelowtheType:label,selectString.

o FromthelistofFunctions:,clickUCase().Note:UCase()isafunctionthatwillconvert
anylowercasetextintouppercase(ie.Allincapitalletters).

o FromthelistofFields:,doubleclickonBRGYPOLS.

o VerifythatthetextjustbelowBrgy_Code=isUCase([BRGYPOLS]),thenclickOK.

o Saveyourmap.
Addingdataintotheexistingattributetable
Therearesituationsinwhichthedatathatwehaveimbeddedintoourfeatureclassor
shapefilemightnotbeenoughtoprocessthenecessaryinformationweneed.Therefore,we
needtocollectoracquireadditionaldatainordertocompletewhatarenecessary.Wemight
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thinkthatwehavetomanuallyencodeeverydataintoourexistingattributetableto
accomplishthis.Fortunately,ESRIArcInfo10provideduswiththecapabilitytolinktoan
externaldatabymeansofJoinorRelatetables.OuravailableBrgyOfCebuCitydoesntcontain
anyinformationregardingpopulation.But,wearesofortunatethatwehaveanexcelfile
availablethatcontainsomerecordedpopulationofallbarangaysinCebuCity.
o FromtheCatalog,expandCebuCity_PopsanddragdropCebuCityPopulation$.
ThetableofcontentsautomaticallychangedthemodefromListByDrawingOrdertoListBy
Source.Thereasonforthat,isbecauseCebuCityPopulation$isanelement(actuallya
worksheet)withintheCebuCity_Popsexcelfile.
o ChangethemodeofthetableofcontentsbacktoListByDrawingOrder.

7. CanyouseetheCebuCityPopulation$attributetable?Why?

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o ChangebacktoListBySource,toviewtheCebuCityPopulation$onceagain.

o RightclickonCebuCityPopulation$andonthepopupmenuclickOpen.

8. ListdownthefieldsintheCebuCityPopulation$table.

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o NowexaminetheBrgysOfCebuCityattributetableandcompareitwiththeCebuCity
Population$attributetable.Youcanexaminebothtablesbysettingthearrangementof
openedtables(Hint:ClickonTableOptions,selectArrangeTables,andclickNewVertical
TabGroup).

9. Whatisthecommonfieldthatyoucanassociatewiththesetwotables?

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o Inthetableofcontents,rightclickontheBrgysOfCebuCitylayer,pointtoJoinsand
Relates,andchooseJoin.
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o IntheJoinDatadialogbox,makesurethefirstdropdownlistissettoJoinattributes
fromatable.

o Under1.Choosethefieldinthislayerthatthejoinwillbebasedon:,chooseBarangay
Code.

o Under2.Choosethetabletojointothislayer,orloadthetablefromdisk:,confirm
thatCebuCityPopulation$isselected.

o Under3.Choosethefieldinthetabletobasethejoinon:,selectBrgy_Code.

o UnderJoinOptionsgroupbox,besurethatKeepAllRecordsisthecurrentselection.

o Confirmyourinputsonthefollowinggraphic.

o ClickOK.

o IntheTablewindow,closetheCebuCityPopulation$table.

o ScrollthroughtheBrgysOfCebuCityattributetable.

o TotherightoftheShape_Area,allthefieldsfromtheCebuCityPopulation$tablehave
beenappended.

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o Hidethefollowingfields:
LGU
BARANGAY
Brgy_Code

o Saveyourmap.
MapinquiryusingSQL
Asidefromsortingthetabletorankthedataintheattributetable,theotherwaytoobtainany
requiredinformationisbyusingtheSQLquerystatement.
o ScrolltheBrgysOfCebuCityattributetabletotherightuntilyouseethePopulation_1960
field.

o SortthePopulation_1960fieldindescendingordersothatthehighestpopulationwill
beatthetop.Repeatthisfor1970,1980,1990,and2000.

10. Rankthetop5barangaysthathasthemostnumberofpopulationsin1960,1970,1980,
1990,and2000.
Rank\Year 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
1Highest
2
3
4
5Lowest

o SelecttherecordforbarangayTalamban.Hint:Selectthegreyboxontheleftsideofthe
attributetabletoselecttheentirerow.

11. Describewhathappenedtothemap.

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12. DescribethepatternofpopulationforbarangayTalamban.

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ThistimewillgoingtouseSQLtoselectafeatureonthemap.
o ClicktheClearSelectedFeaturefirst.

o ClickontheSelectionmenuandclickSelectByAttributes.

o OntheSelectByAttributesdialogbox,setthefollowing(besurethatthetextboxis
clear,tomakesureclicktheClearbutton:
Layer:BrgysOfCebuCity
LocateBrgysOfCebuCity.BRGYPOLS(doubleclickonitwhenfound).
Clickontheequalsignbutton.
ClickonGetUniqueValuesbutton.
Onthelistofuniquevalues:LocateTalamban(doubleclickonitwhenfound).

o BesurethatyourSelectByAttributesdialogboxinputswillbethesameasthe
following.

o ClickonVerifybutton,tocheckyourSQLstatementisvalid.Ifitsnot,checktheSQL
statementagain(clearitfirstbeforedoingthesameprocedureagain).

13. Describeyourobservation.

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LetusgenerateaSQLstatementthewillselectthemostpopulousbarangayin1980.
o Ifacurrentselectionisactive,clicktheClearSelectedFeaturefirst.
o SortthePopulation_1980fieldindescendingorder.

14. Whatbarangayhasthehighestnumberofpopulationin1980andhowmuch?

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o OpentheSelectByAttributesdialogboxandinquireaselectionofthatbarangay.

15. WritedowntheSQLstatementgeneratedbyyourselection.

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Creatingagraph
Thistimewearegoingtocreateagraphofpopulationsfortheyear2000.
o ClickontheTableOptionsandclickCreateGraph.

o OntheCreateGraphWizarddialogbox,setthefollowing:
Graphtype:VerticalBar.
Layer/Table:BrgysOfCebuCity
Valuefield:Population_2000
Xfield(optional):BRGYPOLS>Ascending
Xlabelfield:BRGYPOLS
BesurethatAddtolegendischecked.
Color:Palette>Rainbow

o Clicknexttocontinue.

o SettheTitleasGraphofCebuCityBarangaysPopulationin2000.

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o MakesurethattheGraphlegendischeckedandPositionitattheBottom.

o ClickFinish.
Thegraphwindowisnowdisplay.Stretchthewindowtohaveafullviewofthegraph.
o RightclickanywhereinsidethegraphwindowandclickonExport.

o OntheExportDialogwindow,selecttheFormatasPDFandclickSave.

o OntheSaveAsdialogbox,savethefileasGraphofCebuCityBarangaysPopulationin
2000on..\myGISOutputsfolder.
ChangethesymbologyofBrgysOfCebuCity
Thistime,letsmakeuseofthejoinedtablethatwehaveintermsofvisuallypresentingit
throughsymbology.
o OpentheBrgysOfCebuCitylayerproperties.
o ClicktheSymbologytabifnecessary.SettheShowtoQuantities>Dotdensity.Referto
thefollowinggraphic.

o OntheFieldSelectionlist,clickonPopulation_1990andclickthegreaterthanbutton
.

o SettheDotSizeto10andtheDotValueto100.RightclickontheColorRampand
unchecktheGraphicView.

o SelectCoefficientBiasfromthedropdownboxoftheColorRamp.

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o FromtheSymbol|Fieldlist,doubleclickonPopulation_1990.FromtheSymbol
Selector,selectCircle2andclickOK.BesurethattheDotSizeis10andtheDotValueis
100.

o ClickOKtoconfirmyourinputsandclosetheLayerPropertiesdialogbox.

16. Listdownatmost5,thosebarangaysthathasamorecompactdots;dotsthatare
overlappingwitheachother.

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17. Discussthereasonswhythesedotsareoverlappingwitheachother.

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o Nowselectthefeaturethathasthehighestpopulationin1990.Hint:usetheSelectBy
Attributestool.

18. Doestheselectedfeaturecontainlotsofoverlappingdots?Explainwhy.

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o Clearanyfeatureselection.

o AddafieldintotheBrgysOfCebuCityattributetableandnameitasPop1990Density.Set
theTypeasDoubleandclickOK.

o OpentheFieldCalculatorandonthelistoffields,doubleclick'CebuCity
Population$'.Population_1990,clickthe/button ,andfromthelistofFields
doubleclickBrgysOfCebuCity.AREA.

o Verifythatthecontentinthetextboxis['CebuCityPopulation$'.Population_1990]/
[BrgysOfCebuCity.AREA]andthenclickOK.
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o SorttheBrgysOfCebuCity.Pop1990Densityindescendingorderandselectthetop5in
theattributetable.

19. Writedownthetop5barangaysyouhaveselected.Doesthesebarangaysincludedin
your#16answer?

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Again,letschangethesymbologyandviewthetrendofpopulationchangesforeachbarangay.
o ClearanyselectedfeaturesandclosetheTablewindow.

o OpentheLayerPropertiesofBrgysOfCebuCityandclickonSymbologyifnecessary.

o BelowtheShowlabel,clickonChartsandselectBar/Column.ClickonPopulation_1960
intheFieldSelectionlistandpressshift.Withoutreleasingtheshiftkey,clickon
Population_2000thenclickthegreaterthanbutton .Makesurethatthe
arrangementoffieldsfromtoptobottomisfrom1960to2000.

o ClickOK.

20. Whichofthebarangaysthathas:(Hint:UsetheIdentifytoolandclickonthegraphs)

a. Significantincreaseinpopulation:________________________

b. Significantdecreaseinpopulation:________________________

c. Unusualfluctuationinpopulation:_______________________

o CloseTablewindow.

o SetthesymbologyofBrgysOfCebuCitylayerbacktoSingleSymbol.

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o RightclickonBrgysOfCebuCitylayer,pointtoJoinsandRelates,pointtoRemoveJoin(s),
andclickCebuCityPopulation$.Note:Thiswillremovetheappendedfieldsofthenon
spatialdataCebuCityPopulation$.

o Toverify,opentheBrgysOfCebuCityattributetable.

o SaveyourmapdocumentandcloseArcMap.
Relatingtables
AnotherwayofconnectingdatafromonetabletoanotherisbymeansofRelate.Relateisa
waythatyoucanconnectarecordfromonetableintomultiplerelatedrecordsonanother
table.
o RunArcMapandopenUSARelate.mxdfrom..\LearnGIS2\WorkingWithTables2folder.

o InCatalog,locate..\LearnGIS2\WorkingWithTables2\USAgeodatabasefile.Rightclick
onitandclickMakeDefaultGeodatabase.

o SaveyourmapasMyUSARelatein..\myGISOutputs.

o OpentheAttributeTableoftheStateslayer.

o FromtheCatalogwindow,locateandrightclickCrimeData2005.csvandopenitsItem
Descriptionwindow.

o OntheItemDescriptionwindow,clickthePreviewtabifnecessary.
Thistablecontainthecompileddatafrommetropolitanpoliceandcountysheriffdepartments.
Onlythoseareasthathavepopulationsofover100,000wereincludedinthetable.
o ClosetheItemDescriptionwindow.

o FromtheCatalogwindow,dragdroptheCrimeData2005.csvtabletoyourmap.

o Opentheattributetableofthenewlyaddeddata.

o AsyouopentheCrimeData2005table,theexistingopenedStatestableisstillavailable.
But,inordertoviewityouhavetoswitchtabsbyselectingthetaboftheattributetable
asshowninthefollowinggraphic.
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o Arrangethetablesidebyside.

21. Isthereafieldineachtablethatyoucanusetoassociatethetwotables?Ifthereis,
whatarethosetables?

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o IntheCrimeData2005table,sorttheStateinascendingorder.
Asyoucansee,therearemultipleoccurrencesofasinglestateinthistable.TakeAlabama(AL)
forinstanceithasrecordsforBirmingham,Huntsville,JeffersonCounty,Mobile,and
Montgomerypolicedepartments(undertheAgencyfield).Therefore,ifyouapplyajoin
operationonthesetables,youwilllikelybeabletoconnectonlyoneofthemanypossible
connections.
Whenyoucarefullytakenotesoftherelationshipbetweenthestatesandthepolice
departments,youwilllikelytoconcludethattherelationshipisonetomany.Thatis,oneState
hasarelationshiptomanyAgencies.Conclusively,thetablesarerelated,thereforewehaveto
useRelate.
Relateisapplieddifferently.UnlikeJoin,aspecificfieldhastobeaddedinaRelateoperation,
andthathastobeObjectID.FromtheCrimeData2005table,itcontainsnoObjectID.But,ifyou
aregoingtoexportthistableintoanArcGISmanagedformat,anObjectIDwillbeautomatically
addedtothetable.
o MakesuretheCrimeData2005tableisselected,clickTableOptionsandselectExport.

o OntheExportDatadialogbox,acceptthedefaultsettingtoAllrecordsandsetthe
Outputtableto..\LearnGIS2\WorkingWithTables2\Tablesfolderandnameitas
CrimeData2005.MakesurethattheSaveastypeisdBaseTable.

o ClickSaveandclickOK.

o Whenpromptedtoaddthenewtabletothecurrentmap,justclickYes.

o ClosetheCrimeData2005.csvtableandremoveitfromyourmap.
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o OpenthenewCrimeData2005tableandarrangetheStatesandtheCrimeData2005
sidebyside.
TheCrimeData2005containthesamedataastheCrimeData2005.csv,butanewfieldisbeing
addedwiththename,OID(asshownbelow).Also,thefieldnamesarebeingtruncatedto10
characterlimit.

o RightclickontheOIDfieldandselectProperties.
AlthoughthespecifiedfieldisObjectIDtorelatetables,butwhatappearedinCrimeData2005is
OID.CrimeData2005actuallyhasanObjectIDfieldtypeasshownbelow.

ThenameoftheObjectIDfieldmayvarywiththefileformat,forexample,indBaseitsOID,
butthefunctionisthesame.
o ClickCancelontheFieldPropertiesdialogbox.

o MakesuretheStatestableiscurrentlyselected.

o ClickTableOptionsandselectJoinsandRelates,andthenclickonRelate.

o IntheRelatedialogbox,set1.Choosethefieldinthislayerthattherelatewillbe
basedon:toSTATE_ABBR.(Note:Thisisthefieldthatiscommonforthelayerattribute
table(ie.Statelayer).)
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o Setthe2.Choosethetableorlayertorelatetothislayer,orloadfromdisk:to
CrimeData2005.

o Forthe3
rd
dropdownlist,chooseState.(Note:Thisisthefieldthatiscommonforthe
nonspatialtable(ie.CrimeData2005.dbf).)

o VerifythatyourRelatedialogboxwillbethesameasbelow.

o JustacceptthedefaultrelatenameandClickOK.
Itseemsthatnothinghappened.But,therecordsofthetwotablesarenowlinked.
o IntheStatetable,sorttheSTATE_NAMEfieldinascendingorder.

o LocateandselecttheNewYorkrecord.

o ClicktheTableOptions,pointtoRelatedTables,andchooseRelate1:CrimeData2005.
TheCrimeData2005tableautomaticallyshowsallselectedrecordsonly.
22. Howmanyrecordshavebeenselected?_____________

o IntheCrimeData2005,scrolltotheViolent_crfieldandrightclickonit.Clickon
Statistics.

23. Howmuchisthetotalrecordedviolentcrime(Violent_cr)?____________
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o Usingthesameproceduresyoulearned,answerthefollowinginquiry.

24. Howmuchisthetotalrecordedforciblerape(Forcible_r)inCalifornia?_____________

25. HowmuchisthetotalrecordedRobberycasesinHawaii?______________

Whydontwehaveasymbologyoperationinrelatedtables?Thatisbecauseunlikejoin,relate
tablesonlydefinesrelationshipsbetweentwotables.Thelinkeddataisnotappendedtothe
layersattributetablelikejoin.Therefore,therearenodatathatcanbeuseforsymbology.
Whatyoucandoisjusttoviewthedetailrecordsrelatedtorecordsinthelayersattribute
table.
o ClosetheTablewindow.

o IntheTableOfContents,rightclickonStateslayerandselectJoinsandRelates,pointto
RemoveRelate(s),andclickRelate1.

o SaveyourmapandcloseArcMap.

Preparedby:
Engr.JaniceB.Jamora,MEngandEngr.NoelT.Navasca,CompE
December2012

References:
1. ArcGISDesktopII:ToolandFunctionalitybyGEODATA,ESRI