The Abandon Features tool moves or copies the selected features in the specified layers to the appropriate abandoned layer.
Below are the criteria and usage of the Abandon Features tool:
- This tool must be run from within ArcMap.
- If the datasets are stored in an Enterprise geodatabase, manually start an edit session before running this tool.
- This script performs edits to your features, but those edits are not registered as an edit operation, so undo and redo are not available.
- Abandoned point and line features are stored in separate layers.
- Features from multiple layers can be stored in a single Abandoned layer.
- The original layer name for each feature is stored as an attribute of the abandoned features.
Abandon feature parameters
Below are the parameters needed to run the Abandon Feature tool:
| Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
| Layers to Abandon | Map Layers with features to abandon. Only selected features from this layer are abandoned. This must be a layer from the Table of Contents, layer files and feature classes are not supported. | Feature Layer, Multiple Value |
| Abandoned Line Layer | Layer used to store abandoned line features. All selected input line features will be copied to this layer. This must be a layer from the Table of Contents, layer files and feature classes are not supported. | Feature Layer |
| Abandoned Point Layer | Layer used to store abandoned point features. All selected input point features will be copied to this layer. This must be a layer from the Table of Contents, layer files and feature classes are not supported. | Feature Layer |
| Delete Features | Action to take once the selected input features have been copied to the Abandoned layers.
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Boolean |
| Abandon Line Feature Name Field | Field in the Abandoned line layer where the name of the layer will be stored for each feature. This will identify the source or origin of the abandoned asset and can be used to un-abandon the feature. | Field |
| Abandon Point Feature Name Field | Field in the Abandoned point layer where the name of the layer will be stored for each feature. This will identify the source or origin of the abandoned asset and can be used to un-abandon the feature. | Field |
| Translation Values | Provides the ability to convert the name of the layer that is being stored into the Abandon Feature Name Field to a new value. For example, if features from the Water Mains layer are be abandoned, but you would like to set the Abandon Feature Name field for those records to be Mains, add a row with Water Mains for the Layer Name column and Mains for the Value To Store column. | Record Set |