Guys and gals could you please provide me with a sample code as to how to rename a field name in a Feature Layer or Table. I've been trying to use the FieldInfo object to do so over the last couple of days but it's not happening for me.
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What software are you using? – lynxlynxlynx Jan 17 '13 at 21:42
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arcgis and I attempting to use FieldInfo via arcpy. – lemuel Jan 17 '13 at 21:48
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Could you post a Python code snippet illustrating where you are stuck, please? Are you trying to rename in an underlying feature class or table; or to rename in the corresponding feature layer or table view? – PolyGeo♦ Jan 17 '13 at 22:58
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@ PolyGeo I am attempting to use this string 'fieldinfo.setFieldName(0,'FID')' in a for loop in order to simply rename an existing field name via Python. – lemuel Jan 18 '13 at 19:07
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What this example code does is to add two NEW fields ("NAME_CITY"; "NAME_REGION") into your fieldinfo with desired new field names instead of just renaming the ORIGINAL field ("NAME_1"; "RegionNames").
After you renamed your fields you need to copy your table view/feature layer into a new table/feature class and that will be your output with renamed fields in it.
import arcpy
import os
from arcpy import env
env.overwriteOutput = True
inputFeatureClass=r"C:/Desktop/Cities/Cities.gdb/USA_Cities"
#get fields from your input feature class
fields= arcpy.ListFields(inputFeatureClass)
# Create a fieldinfo objects
fieldinfo = arcpy.FieldInfo()
# Iterate through the fields and set them to fieldinfo
for field in fields:
if field.name == "NAME_1":
fieldinfo.addField(field.name, "NAME_CITY", "VISIBLE", "")
elif field.name == "RegionNames":
fieldinfo.addField(field.name, "NAME_REGION", "VISIBLE", "")
# The created table view will have fields as set in fieldinfo objects
arcpy.MakeTableView_management(inputFeatureClass, "temp_Table_View", "", "", fieldinfo)
# Write the table view to a new table
arcpy.CopyRows_management("temp_Table_View", "C:/Desktop/Cities/Cities.gdb/City_Table")
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instead of using fieldinfo.addField() should I use fieldinfo.setFieldName (index, field_name) to rename the field I'd like or should I use fieldinfo.setNewName? – lemuel Jan 18 '13 at 3:47
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Instead of adding a field I'd rather just rename it by using the methond in the comment above this one. – lemuel Jan 18 '13 at 19:57
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Just posted another answer which should give you what you want, thanks. – Vanni Zhang Jan 18 '13 at 20:22
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I tried this code for renaming feature class field name, but it did not work for me. Can you give me any other pointer? – Emi Feb 20 '13 at 3:01
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Sorry for the delay. I just modified the python script and it is now using the "setNewName" method to rename a existing field instead of adding a new field.
# Import system modules
import arcpy
import os
from arcpy import env
env.overwriteOutput = True
inputFeatureClass=r"C:/Desktop/Cities/Cities.gdb/USA_Cities"
layer = "temp_layer"
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(inputFeatureClass, layer)
desc = arcpy.Describe(layer)
# If a feature layer, continue
if desc.dataType == "FeatureLayer":
fieldInfo = desc.fieldInfo
index = 0
# Use the count property to iterate through all the fields
while index < fieldInfo.count:
if fieldInfo.getFieldName(index)=="NAME_1":
fieldInfo.setNewName(index, "NAME_CITY")
elif fieldInfo.getFieldName(index)=="RegionNames":
fieldInfo.setNewName(index, "NAME_REGION")
index += 1
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management("temp_layer","cities_lyr", "", "", fieldInfo)
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management("cities_lyr", "C:/Desktop/Cities/Cities.gdb/City_Renamed")
I think this is what you are looking for.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the code above.
Thanks,
Jinnan
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I've tried you modified code but it does not work work for me. Your code looks right and as a matter of fact when I run it I do not get an error from the IDE. I will continue to try you method, I sure the lies on my end. – lemuel Jan 19 '13 at 5:55
