Assigning plans to parcels

This topic applies to ArcGIS for Desktop Standard and ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced only.

Assigning plans to individual parcels

You can assign and reassign plans to open parcels in the parcel fabric. If you are not working with plans, you can use the system default <map> plan for all your parcels.

To change an individual parcel's plan or assign a new plan, follow these steps:

Steps:

1. In an edit session in ArcMap, double-click the parcel to open it.
2. On the Parcel Details dialog box, click the Plan button to open the Plan Directory dialog box.
3. Select the plan you want to assign to the open parcel and click Set as Active Plan on the Plan Directory dialog box.
To create a new plan, click the Create Plan button to name the plan, set plan units, and so on.
4. Click Keep Changes on the Parcel Details dialog box to save and close the parcel.

Assigning plans to groups of parcels

In the geodatabase, parcels in a parcel fabric are related to their plans through a plan ID field in the parcels attribute table. Plans are stored in the Plans table; the plan ID is a unique identifier for each plan in the plans table. You can assign a plan to a selection of parcels by editing the PlanID field in the Parcels attribute table.

To assign a plan to a group of parcels, you need to know the plan ID of the plan. You can find the plan ID in the ObjectID field in the Plans table. The plan ID can then be entered/calculated in the PlanID field in the Parcels attribute table.

To assign a plan to a group of parcels, follow these steps:

Steps:

First you need to open/view the Plans table:
1. On the Catalog window in ArcMap, open the Make Parcel Fabric Table View geoprocessing tool located under Toolboxes > System Toolboxes > Parcel Fabric Tools.tbx > Layers And Table Views.
2. On the Make Parcel Fabric Table View dialog box, click the drop-down arrow under Target Parcel Fabric to select the target parcel fabric. Fabrics that are loaded in ArcMap are automatically available in the drop-down list.
3. Select the Plans table under Select Parcel Fabric Table.
4. Type a table view name for the plans table under Output Table View.
5. Click OK to create the table view.
Once the table view is created, it is listed in the Table Of Contents window in ArcMap.
6. Right-click the plans table view and click Open to open the attribute table.
The plan ID is the value corresponding to the object ID in the plans table.
7. Click Parcel Editor > Start Editing to start an edit session.
8. Using the Select Parcel Features tool , select the parcels to which you want to assign a plan.
9. Right-click the Parcels sublayer on the Table Of Contents window and click Open Attribute Table.
10. Click the Show Selected Records button located at the bottom of the table.
Under the PlanID field, type the plan ID or use the Field Calculator to automatically populate the plan ID value that you want to assign to the selected parcels.
11. Save the edit session.
Note:

Parcel fabrics created prior to ArcGIS 10.1 must be upgraded to the latest release of ArcGIS for the planID field in the Parcels attribute table to be editable.