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■ Searching For and Selecting Features (page 1214)
■ Bringing in GIS Features (page 308)
■ Creating Expressions - Reference
NOTE For information about searching for and selecting drawing objects, see
Overview of Queries (page 1235).
To filter feature layers
1 Make sure that you are connected to the feature sources for the feature
layers or groups to filter.
For more information, see Bringing in GIS Features (page 303).
2 In the Display Manager, select the layer, layers, or group to filter.
Use Ctrl-click or Shift-click to select multiple layers.
3 Right-click any layer or group in the selection and click Query To Filter
Data.
NOTE Once you use this command, the command name for the affected
layers changes to Layer Filter, with options for Edit Layer Filter and Delete
Layer Filter.
4 To add more feature layers to the data being searched by the expression,
click Add Layer and select the layer to add. To delete a layer, select it in
the list and click Delete.
The list of layers at the top of the window shows any existing filters for
the selected layers. If the layers use a common query (specifying a property
that all the layers have in common), that query is listed separately.
5 If you are creating a location condition, click Zoom Extents to zoom the
drawing window to the extents of the selected feature class.
6 Create an expression for your filter. You can create the following types
of expressions:
■ Property Evaluation expressions compare the value of a property to
a value you specify. For example, you can find parcels with an area
greater than a value you specify, or streets with a particular number
of lanes.
■ Location Conditions find data based on its location in the map. For
example, you can draw a circle to find all parcels within that circle.
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