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Concatenate Date and Time Fields, Make Tracking Layer Tools

Concatenate Date and Time Fields

How to use Concatenate Date and Time Fields Tool in ArcToolbox ArcMap ArcGIS??

Concatenate Date and Time Fields Tool

Path to access the tool

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Concatenate Date and Time Fields Tool, Tracking Analyst Tools Toolbox

 

Concatenate Date and Time Fields

Concatenates two separate date and time fields in a feature class or layer into a single field containing both the date and time.

Tracking Analyst is designed to work with temporal data containing date and time information in a single field. If your data contains the date and time in two separate fields, this tool can be used to combine the information together into a new field that Tracking Analyst will understand.

1. Input Features

The input feature class or layer.

2. Date Field

The text field in the input feature layer that contains date values. Only fields of field data type text will appear in the drop-down list.

3. Time Field

The text field in the input feature layer that contains time values. Only fields of field data type text will appear in the drop-down list.

4. Output Date/Time Field

The name of the new concatenated date/time field to be created and added to the input feature layer.Input Features The input feature class or layer.

Make Tracking Layer

How to use Make Tracking Layer Tool in Arc Toolbox ArcMap ArcGIS??

Make Tracking Layer Tool

Path to access the tool

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Make Tracking Layer Tool, Tracking Analyst Tools Toolbox

 

Make Tracking Layer

This tool creates a tracking layer from a feature class or layer containing temporal data.

1. Input Features

The input feature class or layer.

2. Output Layer

The name of the tracking layer to be created. The newly created tracking layer can be used as input to any geoprocessing tool that accepts a feature layer as input.

3. Time Zone

The time zone that the data in the input feature class was recorded in. The default value (no time zone) means that the output tracking layer will display in the same time zone as the operating system.

4. Time field values are adjusted for Daylight Saving Time

If you chose a time zone for your data, this parameter specifies whether the data values in the input time field were recorded with an adjustment for Daylight Saving Time.

· Checked— Indicates that the data values in the input time field were recorded with an adjustment for Daylight Saving Time. This is the default.

· Unchecked—Indicates that the data values in the input time field were recorded without an adjustment for Daylight Saving Time.

5. Storage Policy

Determines the storage policy for the output tracking layer.

· COPY_ALL_TO_MEMORY - The output tracking layer will be stored completely in memory. This is the default.

· KEEP_ON_DISK - The output tracking layer will use a disk-based storage system. This option should only be used when the input feature class is very large. If this option is selected, then only supported time field formats can be used.

6. Time Field

The field in the input feature class or layer that contains date and time information. This tool requires date and time information to be contained in the same field, and the data type of the field must be Short, Long, Float, Double, Text, or Date.

7. Time Field Format (optional)

If the data type of the time field is anything other than Date, this parameter determines the format that will be used to interpret data values in the time field. Either a standard Esri time format can be selected from the drop-down list, or a custom format can be entered. If the data type of the time field is numeric (Short, Long, Float, or Double), a list of standard Esri numeric time formats is provided in the drop-down list. If the data type of the time field is Text, a list of standard Esri text time formats is provided in the drop-down list. If the data type of the time field is Date, this parameter is not needed.

8. Time Field Format Locale (optional)

If the data type of the time field is Text, this parameter determines which locale will be used to interpret data values in the time field. For all time field data types other than Text, this parameter is not needed. By default, this parameter is set to the current locale of your operating system.

9. Time Field Format AM Designator (optional)

If the time field data type is Text and the time format is a 12-hour clock representation including a time marker ("t" or "tt"), then this parameter determines the character ("t") or characters ("tt") that designate AM in the time field data values. If nothing is entered, then the default AM designator for the selected locale will be used. For all time field data types other than Text, this parameter is not needed.

10. Time Field Format PM Designator (optional)

If the time field data type is Text and the time format is a 12-hour clock representation including a time marker ("t" or "tt"), then this parameter determines the character ("t") or characters ("tt") that designate PM in the time field data values. If nothing is entered, then the default PM designator for the selected locale will be used. For all time field data types other than Text, this parameter is not needed.

11. Track ID Field (optional)

The field that contains data values that will be used to group features into tracks in the output tracking layer. The data type of the field can be Short, Long, Float, Double, Text, or OID.