Edit tables

If your user type allows you to edit, you can edit attributes in the editable table and feature layers that have been shared with you. If the layer also has attachments enabled, you can add related photos and files to the table.

Tip:

Layer owners and organization administrators manage editing and attachment settings for feature and table layers. They can also perform bulk editing operations, such as appending data, and they can alter the attribute table by adding or deleting fields.

Edit attributes and related records

If a feature layer is editable and the layer owner allows updates to the layer, anyone who has privileges to edit can alter the attribute values in the layer's attribute table and in any related tables. If the layer has related records, they are represented as columns with italicized headers on the right side of the table.

Owners and administrators of a layer manage how others can edit the layer and its attributes. If the layer is editable, data curators and members of shared access groups can edit or delete attributes.

Edit values in a table

Follow these steps to edit values in a table in Map Viewer:

1. Add the feature or table layer to Map Viewer and open its attribute table.
2. Double-click inside the cell that contains the value you want to edit.
   • If the attribute field is configured to provide a valid list of values, choose the correct value from the drop-down list. To delete a value, choose -empty- from the list.
   • If no list is configured, type a new value in the cell or remove the value to delete it.
3. Press Enter to save your changes.

Edit values in a related table

Follow these steps to edit values in a related table:

1. Add the feature or table layer to Map Viewer and open its attribute table.
2. Find the attribute for which you want to edit a related value and click Show inside the cell of the related column to open the related table. Be sure you click the cell for the row you want to edit.

   Columns from related tables appear on the right side of the table and have italicized headers. You may need to scroll to the right to see the column you need.

   When the related table opens, the related value is selected.

3. Double-click inside the cell in the related table and type a new value, or remove the value to delete it.

   Due to space limitations, you will see a limited number of columns from the related table.

4. To see additional columns, use the drop-down arrow at the top of the related table and choose a different column.
5. Press Enter to save your changes in the related table.
6. Click the Close button (X) at the far right of the table to close it.

Add related photos and files

Feature and table layers can include related photos or other files as attachments, which you can view from the attribute table. If you have privileges to edit the layer, you can attach related photos and files to records in the table.

Follow these steps to add related photos and files:

1. Add the feature or table layer to Map Viewer and open its attribute table.
2. Scroll to the far right of the table to access the Photos and Files column.
3. Click Add in the cell for the row to which you want to attach a photo or file.
4. Click Choose File, browse to the file you want to attach, and click Open.
5. Click Upload.
6. When you see the message Upload Successful!, close the Photos and Files dialog box.

Supported attachment formats

The following file formats are supported as attachments:

7Z, AIF, AVI, BMP, CSV, DOC, DOCX, DOT, ECW, EMF, EPS, GEOJSON, GIF, GML, GTAR, GZ, IMG, J2K, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPF, JPG, JSON, M4A, MDB, MID, MOV, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPA, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV2, PDF, PNG, PPT, PPTX, PS, PSD, QT, RA, RAM, RAW, RMI, SID, TAR, TGZ, TIF, TIFF, TXT, VRML, WAV, WMA, WMF, WMV, WPS, XLS, XLSX, XLT, XML, and ZIP.