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You can filter a single layer or multiple layers at one time. You can filter the
data by its location in the map or by property conditions that you define. For
example, you can add only streets that cross a circle you draw on the map, or
only parcels on a particular street.
See also:
■
Filtering Feature Layers (page 1216)
■ Creating Expressions - Reference
To filter feature data when you add it to a map
NOTE This topic applies to geospatial data. To bring in drawing (DWG) objects,
see
the procedures for bringing in drawing objects. (page 354).
1
Connect to the data source (page 308) in the Data Connect window.
2 Under Add Data To Map, check the layers to add.
If this feature source contains only a single feature class, that feature class
is selected automatically. If it contains multiple feature classes, you can
right-click any of them and select Select All or Select None.
3 Click the Add To Map down arrow and select Add To Map With Query
to create your expression.
In the
View/Create Query Statement dialog box (page 1610), 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. Any query
you create applies to all selected layers.
4 Create the expression for your query.
For help with any expression element, see Creating Expressions -
Reference.
■ To filter the layer based on one of its properties (for example, to add
only the parcels whose Address property specifies a particular street),
create a query that evaluates a property.
If multiple layers are selected, only the properties they have in
common are available.
■ To filter the layer based on location (for example, to bring in only
roads within a circle you define by drawing it on the map), create a
location-based query.
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