I would like to assign a buffer polygon a value from another layer. I have cliped the two layers together. I then tried to dissolve the new layer by buffer ID, but I could not manage to get the largest area inside to be the value for the whole buffer.
I tried to do it by using calculate field, but im not very good at python.
You can do this using Spatial Join. You can set your parameters to those shown in the image.
Field mapping is the trick, when you choose a one_to_one join only one value can be joined for each feature in your buffer, the merge rule is used to decide which value (in your case maximum). If "another layer" doesn't already have an area field simply create one and Calculate Geometry. If the area field name is not unique (as in the example picture) set the merge rule on the renamed field in the Join Feature (e.g. "Shape_Area" was automatically renamed to "Shape_Area_1" in this case)
