Parcel Fabric properties

Summary

The Describe function returns the following properties for parcel fabrics. The Dataset property group is also supported.

For a parcel fabric, the Describe dataType property returns a value of "DEParcelDataset".

The Describe function also works against the parcel fabric layer.

A parcel fabric is used to manage land records and parcel data networks.

Learn more about the parcel fabric

Properties

Property	Explanation	Data Type
connectionsFeatureClass (Read Only)	The Describe object of the Connections feature class that is associated with the parcel fabric.	Describe
parcelTypeNames (Read Only)	Returns a list of parcel type names associated with the parcel fabric.	List
parcelTypes (Read Only)	Returns a list of parcel type objects that are associated with the parcel fabric. Each parcel type object is a list with four elements: The name of the parcel type The name of the parcel type polygon feature class The name of the parcel type line feature class True if the parcel type is a large, administrative parcel	List
pointsFeatureClass (Read Only)	The Describe object of the Points feature class that is associated with the parcel fabric.	Describe
recordsFeatureClass (Read Only)	The Describe object of the Records feature class that is associated with the parcel fabric.	Describe
topology (Read Only)	The Describe object of the topology that is associated with the parcel fabric.	Describe
topologyEnabled (Read Only)	Returns whether the parcel topology is enabled.	Boolean
AdjustmentPointsFeatureClass (Read Only)	The Describe object of the AdjustmentPoints feature class that is associated with the parcel fabric.	Describe
AdjustmentLinesFeatureClass (Read Only)	The Describe object of the AdjustmentLines feature class that is associated with the parcel fabric.	Describe
AdjustmentVectorsFeatureClass (Read Only)	The Describe object of the AdjustmentVectors feature class that is associated with the parcel fabric.	Describe
version (Read Only)	Returns the schema version of the parcel fabric system tables.	Integer

Code sample

Parcel fabric properties example

The following stand-alone script prints the names of parcel types and other feature classes associated with the parcel fabric. It also prints the name of the topology associated with the parcel fabric.

import arcpy

# Create a Describe object from the parcel fabric dataset
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/Data/Parcels.gdb/County/ParcelFabric")

# Print parcel type names associated with the parcel fabric
for p in desc.parcelTypeNames:
    print ("Parcel type: " + p)

# Print parcel type lists
for p in desc.parcelTypes:
    print(p)

# Print the name for the Lots parcel type
for i in desc.parcelTypes:
    if i[0] == 'Lot':
        print(i[0])

# Print topology name associated with the parcel fabric
print("topology: " + desc.topology.name)

# Print the name of the parcel fabric records feature class
print("Records: " + desc.recordsFeatureClass.name")

# Print the names of the adjustment feature classes
print("adjustment points: " + desc.AdjustmentPointsFeatureClass.name)
print("adjustment lines: " + desc.AdjustmentLinesFeatureClass.name)
print("adjustment vectors: " + desc.AdjustmentVectorsFeatureClass.name)