Timeline for Changing Field Name in ArcGIS Desktop
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| Aug 2, 2016 at 17:39 | comment | added | Jakub Sisak GeoGraphics | I stand corrected. Just read @AlexTereshenkov's post below and apparently you now can rename fields in a geodatabase with the GP tool. | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 17:35 | comment | added | Jakub Sisak GeoGraphics | You cannot rename a field in a personal or file geodatabase. Not sure about SDE. Maybe. Same as with the shapefile, you have to create a new field copy the data over, then delete the old field. Unfortunatelly, the new field will be the last field. in order to change the order of the fiels in a feature class or shapefile you need to create an emty one with the fields in the correct order, then load the features. | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 14:39 | comment | added | Anthony To | I'm using a geodatabase and I can only change the field alias, not the name. Am I missing something? | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 14:45 | comment | added | Alex Tereshenkov | .. or start using geodatabase where you can change field name directly in the feature class properties. | |
| Dec 22, 2013 at 3:01 | vote | accept | user1106951 | ||
| Dec 21, 2013 at 14:40 | history | answered | Hornbydd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |