Attribute Assistant

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• ArcMap (Standard, or Advanced) 10.2.1, 10.6-10.9

• Attribute Assistant has been moved to Mature support.

• Renamed Intersect_Count rule to Intersecting_Count. Older configurations which use Intersect_Count are still valid and will continue to work.
• Improved list experience on methods that present a prompt to the user. (ENH-000116271)
• Added statistics options to the Copy Link Record method.
• A resolution to an issue in intersect statistics when the intersecting value appeared to be an exponential function, such as grid 1e14.
• New option added to the FROM_JUNCTION_FIELD and TO_JUNCTION_FIELD methods to evaluate flow direction instead of digitized direction to determine from or to features.
• A resolution to an issue in the expression rule when a "" symbol was used.
• An enhancement to Validate Attribute Lookup where null values are no longer used to find possible candidates when defining multiple fields.
• An enhancement to Create Linked Record that exposes the ability to manually set a value instead of populating a value from the intersected field.

• A beta capability to resolve a bug in which non-unique IDs were generated during concurrent bulk editing operations when working in a multi-user environment in an enterprise geodatabase. (NIM100667 and BUG-000109908)
• A resolution to an issue in which the Get Address method would incorrectly append all returned values and not the matched address.
• An enhancement to honor definition expressions on the lookup table when validating attribute lookup.
• A resolution to a bug in which Previous Value method would not honor changes in the second field. (BUG-000108504)
• A resolution to a bug in which the search tolerance would change based on scale using the Intersecting Feature method. (BUG-000107033)
• A resolution to a bug in which the Link Table Asset method would fail when updating a dimension feature class when the value method is set to run on manual. (BUG-000109255)
• A new configuration parameter to specify the last value array is cleared when an edit session has ended.
• A new configuration parameter to automatically turn Attribute Assistant on when you start an edit session.
• An enhancement to the Copy Features method to allow the source field to be a copied value.
• An enhancement to the Intersecting Features method to select the feature with the highest Object ID when one layer is defined in the value information.
• An enhancement to trigger On Change Geometry when a feature is split.
• An enhancement to the Field Trigger method to support setting null values.
• An enhancement to the Last Value method to bypass changing the last value array when a line is split.
• An enhancement to the Create Linked Record method to use a value prior to the edit and not the edit value.
• An enhancement to the Create Related Record method to create a new record only when a field is changed.
• An enhancement to the Expression method to expose and option to access the last value of a field that has changed.
• An enhancement to the Create Linked Record method to support setting a value.

• An enhancement to the Attribute Assistant methods to include the following new rules:
  • Create Perpendicular Line to Line
  • Map Info
  • Validate Domain
• A resolution to a bug where the Copy Linked Record method would not work when the Primary and Foreign keys were GUID or GlobalID. (Issue 102)
• An enhancement to the Intersecting Feature method, which adds additional search methods to prompt for the start and end of the line or centroid. (Issue 129)
• A resolution to a bug where the Autonumber method would not work with tables. (Issue 141)
• An enhancement to the configuration file that adds options for custom GenerateID table field names. (Issue 142)
• An enhancement to the configuration file that adds an option for quicker deletion of features. (Issue 143)
• An enhancement to the Validate Attribute Lookup method to allow for the value in a field to be cleared by canceling the dialog box. (Issue 152)
• A resolution to a bug where the Validate Attribute Lookup method would not work when the lookup table values contained pipe characters. (Issue 153)
• A resolution to a bug where the Junction Rotation method would overwrite existing values if no feature was found. (Issue 154)
• An enhancement to the Value Info field to support spaces between pipe separators. (Issue 162)
• A resolution to a bug where the Junction Rotation method would not work with simple features. (Issue 170)
• A resolution to a bug where the prompt dialog box would not resize properly. (Issue 183)
• An enhancement to provide a dialog box when enabling Attribute Assistant and the DynamicValue table is missing. (Issue 185)
• An enhancement to the Nearest Feature Attributes method to not override existing values when no feature can be found. An optional parameter, Reset to Default, has been added. (ENH-000098013)
• A resolution to a bug where the Feature Statistics method would not work on tables. (BUG-000097958)
• A resolution to a bug where config files in nested folders were not properly being loaded. (BUG-000100417)
• A resolution to a bug where using a comma as the radix would cause truncation. (BUG-000100776)
• A resolution to a bug where the change attribute rules would trigger on geometric network connections. (BUG-000101998)

• A resolution to a bug with the Run Manual Rules tool which caused the tool to fail when updating selected features.

• An enhancement to the Attribute Assistant methods to include the following new rules:
  • Intersecting Boolean
  • Trigger Attribute Assistant Event From Edge
  • Trigger Attribute Assistant Event From Junction
  • Trigger Attribute Assistant Event Intersecting Feature
  • Trigger Attribute Assistant To Edge
  • Trigger Attribute Assistant Event To Junction
  • Update From Edge Field
  • Update From Junction Field
  • Update To Edge Field
  • Update To Junction Field
• An update to the ValueInfo domain to include the new Attribute Assistant methods and Intersecting Count method.
• A resolution to a bug with the Field method which caused rules to fail on a standalone table. (BUG-000095365)
• A resolution to a bug with the Copy Linked Record method which caused the rules to fail if data contained an apostrophe. (BUG-000095214)
• A resolution to a bug with the Create Linked Record method to save new records immediately, allowing rules that have not been triggered to access the record. (BUG-000095522)
• A resolution to a bug with the Copy Linked Record method which caused the rules to fail for GUID and Global ID fields. (Issue 102)
• A resolution to a bug with the Intersecting Feature method which caused the rules to fail on Window 10 operating systems. (BUG-000095060)
• A resolution to a bug with the Run Create Rules tool which caused the tool to fail when updating selected features. (BUG-000096918)
• An enhancement to the Attribute Assistant toolbar to provide new simple icons for the Attribute Assistant toggle button. (Issue 93)
• A resolution to a bug with the Get Address Using ArcGIS Service method which caused the rules to fail if the geocode service was in a projected coordinate system. (BUG-000093886)
• An enhancement to the Attribute Assistant Expression method that added support for Ceiling and Floor operators. (Issue 108)

• A resolution to a bug with the Junction Rotation method which caused the incorrect angle when using the Special parameter. (Issue 87)
• A resolution to a bug with Attribute Assistant that caused the rules to fail with parcel fabric records when GlobalID field is present. (Issue 71)
• A resolution to a bug with the Update Linked Record method involving GUID fields. (BUG-000090971)
• A resolution to a bug with the Intersect Stats method that caused duplicated values. (Issue 69)
• Added a new option to the Generate ID by Intersect rule, limiting the creation of a new ID to when the feature value is null.
• An enhancement to the Create Linked Record to populate default values. (Issue 51)
• Configuration file name changed to loaded.aa.config. Existing Loaded.config files will be ported to new version automatically.
• An enhancement to the Intersecting Layer Details method to store the feature class name. (Issue 63)
• An enhancement to the To Junction Field and From Junction Field method to store the name of the intersecting features class. (Issue 64)

• Added additional comments to the Loaded.config file.
• Added support for the Parcel Fabric data type.
• An enhancement that improves the behavior of the GenerateID method in SQL and Oracle databases.
• An enhancement to the Latitude and Longitude method that adds support for linear features.
• An enhancement to the Intersecting_Feature method to set value to null if no intersecting feature is found.
• An enhancement that adds TCase support to the Expression method. (ENH-000085179)
• An enhancement to the Intersect_stat, Feature_Stats, To_Edge_Stats, From_Edge_Stats, Edge_Stats method that adds the ability to define a delimiter used for concatenating values.
• An enhancement to the Intersect_stat, Feature_Stats, To_Edge_Stats, From_Edge_Stats, Edge_Stats method that adds the ability to sort the values being stored either ascending or descending order.

• A resolution to a bug with the Nearest_Feature and Nearest Feature methods. (NIM104297)
• Added a new parameter to Junction_Rotation method; allowing a list of feature class names. (ENH-000081245)
• Added a new parameter to Create Linked Record method; allowing a list of feature class names.
• An enhancement to the Length method; geodesic length and area are now computed.
• A resolution to a bug with the Expression method. (BUG-000080919)
• A resolution to a bug with the Copy_Linked_Record method. (BUG-000082008 and BUG-000080919)
• Added a new Loaded.config file that supports Gas Utility solution offerings.
• The location of the configuration file (Loaded.config) has been changed to a new directory.

• A resolution to a bug causing the flow accumulation tool to include all accumulative flow from all pipes instead of accumulating flow upstream in the gravity pipe. (NIM100021)
• Fixed error message from appearing during ArcMap shutdown.
• A resolution to a bug causing the Nearest_Feature method to fail when using point feature classes. (NIM099431)
• Added a new option to the Generate ID rule, limiting the creation of a new ID to when the feature value is null.
• Resolved an issue with the Feature Stats and Intersect Stats rule where duplicate values where being added to result when using the Concat statistic.

• A resolution to a low-level crash when using the Summary Isolation Trace tool. (NIM094458)
• A resolution to bug where the Generate_ID Value Method was changing the attribute values of data when the On Change (Attribute) and the On Change (Geometry) settings are set to False in the DynamicValue table. (NIM093797)
• The source code for the add-ins is now available on GitHub and is no longer included in the download.
• This release has been certified with ArcGIS 10.1.1 and 10.1.1 Quality Improvement Patch.

• A resolution to a bug when referencing multiple layers from the intersecting features method and using the prompt method caused only the values from the last layer in the list to populate correctly. (NIM095531)
• The status update windows have been replaced by a status bar.
• The new progress bar displays the status of the Attribute Assistant rules.
• The default location of the log file is now %userprofile%\ArcGISSolutions.
• The new configurable tag AttributeAssistant_Debug_Path has been added to override the default value of the log file.
• A resolution to a low-level crash. (NIM094458)
• A resolution to a bug causing the cascading updates to continue running after canceling the method.
• The ArcGIS Online geocoding rules have been revised to use the new geocode.arcgis.com services.
• A resolution to an issue with the X_COORDINATE method.

• New functionality in the UPDATE_INTERSECTING_FEATURE method allows users to specify options when running the rule.
• New functionality in the TIMESTAMP method allows users to specify the date format to store.
• New functionality in the CREATE_LINKED_RECORDS method allows users to specify the number of related records or a field that lists the count of related records.
• New functionality in the DynamicValue table allows users to specify whether to execute the methods when a feature's attribute is changed (ON_CHANGE) or when a feature's geometry is changed (ON_CHANGEGEO).
• Changes to the DynamicValue table schema to support the ON_CHANGE and ON_CHANGEGEO functionality.
• New Value Methods (UPDATE_LINKED_RECORD and PREVIOUS_VALUE).
• New functionality in the GenerateID table allows users to specify an increment value for each unique identifier.
• New functionality in the Attribute Assistant toolbar allows users to execute ON_CREATE and ON_CHANGE rules, load the last value dialog box, and edit the toolbar configuration file.
• A resolution to a bug that precluded the attribute lookup dialog box from appearing when using a personal geodatabase. (NIM084559)
• A resolution to a bug that precluded address ranges from being split when Attribute Assistant was turned on. (NIM081647)
• A resolution to a bug that precluded the database name from being populated correctly when the CURRENT_USER method was set to D. (NIM082561)
• A resolution to a bug that precluded attribute updates when the cascading attribute dialog box was canceled.
• The removal of the Attribute Transfer loader. Information is now saved in the map document.