Use the Data Table to find the entry for the parcel you edited, and change its information. When you edit a feature (whether in the map or in the Data Table), you automatically check it out. Check in the feature to update its source with your changes.
Note: This exercise uses the
build_map1.dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises.
To edit the feature properties
- Redisplay the Data Table for the Parcels layer.
Select the Parcels layer and click Table, or right-click the Parcels layer and click Show Data Table.
- In the Data Table, click Clear Filter if the filter is still in effect.
- Select Autogenerated_SDF_ID from the Filter By list and enter the parcel ID number you noted earlier (the one you edited).
- Click Apply Filter to filter the list and see the parcel entry.
- Change the area of the parcel and close the Data Table.
- Update the information in the data source. Click
. Find
The information is now available to other users.
- Save your map.
Where you are now
You edited a parcel and updated its data to reflect your changes. You checked in the feature to update the source file.
To continue this tutorial, go to Lesson 6: Create a Legend.