Summarize Attributes

This tool works with a layer of point, line, and area features . This tool summarizes all of the matching values in a field(s), and calculates statistics on them. The most basic statistic is the count of the number of features that have been summarized together, but you can get other statistics as well.

For example, suppose you have point features of store locations with a field representing the DISTRICT_MANAGER_NAME, and you want to summarize coffee sales by manager. You can specify the field DISTRICT_MANAGER_NAME as the field to dissolve on, and all rows of data representing individual managers will be summarized. This means all store locations that are managed by Manager1, will be summarized into one row with summary statistics calculated. In this instance, statistics like the count of the number of stores and the sum of TOTAL_SALES for all stores that Manager1 manages would be calculated, as well as for any other manager listed in the DISTRICT_MANAGER_NAME field.

Choose the input to summarize

The layer that will be summarized.

In addition to choosing a layer from your map, you can select Browse Layers found at the bottom of the drop-down list to browse your contents for a big data file share dataset or feature layer.

Choose the fields you wish to dissolve on

The fields that will be used to summarize like features. For example, if you chose a field called PropertyType with the values of commercial and residential, all of the residential fields would be summarized together with summary statistics calculated and all of the commercial fields would be summarize together.

Choose the fields and statistics you wish to calculate (optional)

You can calculate statistics about attributes of numeric fields of the input layer such as:

Count
Mean
Min
Max
Range
Variance
Standard deviation

You can calculate statistics about attributes of string fields of the input layer, such as:

Count
Any —This statistic is a random sample of a string value in the specified field.

All statistics are calculated on non-null values. The resulting layer will contain a new attribute for each statistic calculated. Any number of statistics can be added by choosing an attribute and statistic.

Choose datastore

This is a temporary parameter for the Pre-Release to set the data store that results are saved to. Both data stores are part of ArcGIS Data Store. If you select the spatiotemporal data store, and do not have one installed the tool will fail.

Result layer name

This is the name of the layer that will be created in My Content and added to the map. The default name is based on the tool name and the input layer name. If the layer already exists the tool run will fail.

Using the Save result in drop-down box, you can specify the name of a folder in My Content where the result will be saved.