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Exploring related objects in ArcMap (ArcInfo and ArcEditor only)

Exploring related objects in ArcMap (ArcInfo and ArcEditor only)

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About exploring related objects in ArcMap

In ArcMap, you can explore what objects are related to any particular object in your geodatabase. For instance:

How to explore related objects in ArcMap

Exploring the related objects of a feature

  1. In ArcMap, click the Identify tool Identify tool.
  2. In the Identify Results dialog box, click the Layers drop-down arrow and click the layer in your map whose features you want to identify.
  3. Click the feature on the map.
  4. Double-click the feature in the left panel of the Identify Results dialog box.
  5. Double-click the relationship path label.
  6. The related objects are listed below the path label.

  7. Click the related object whose properties you want to explore.

Tip

  • If the related object that you navigate to in the Identify Results dialog box has objects related to it through other relationships, you can continue to navigate to those related objects.

Exploring the related objects of an object in a table

  1. On the ArcMap table of contents, click the Source tab.
  2. Right-click the table that contains the objects whose related objects you want to explore and click Open Attribute Table.
  3. The table that contains the objects whose related objects you want to explore will open.

  4. Select the objects whose related objects you want to explore.
  5. Click Options, point to Related Tables, and click the path label for the relationship.
  6. A new table dialog box opens for the related table.

  7. Click Show Selected to display only those objects related to the selected objects in the first table.

See Also

  • Appending related fields with a join
  • Editing relationships and related objects
  • Relationship class properties