Delete Attribute Rule (Data Management)

Summary

Deletes one or more attribute rules from a dataset.

Learn more about attribute rules

Usage

• If you specify both a rule name and a rule type when running this tool, the tool will verify that the rule matches the rule type. If they do not match, the rule will not be deleted.

Parameters

Dialog

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Input Table	The table or feature class containing the attribute rules that will be deleted.	Table View
Rule Names	The names of the rules that will be deleted from the dataset.	String
Type (Optional)	Specifies the type of attribute rules that will be deleted. Calculation—Calculation rules, filtered from the Rule Names parameter value, will be deleted . Constraint—Constraint rules, filtered from the Rule Names parameter value, will be deleted. Validation—Validation rules, filtered from the Rule Names parameter value, will be deleted. Calculation—Calculation rules will be deleted. Constraint—Constraint rules will be deleted. Validation—Validation rules will be deleted.	String

Derived Output

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Attribute Rules Deleted	The updated input table with one or more attribute rules deleted.	Table View; Raster Layer; Mosaic Layer

Python

arcpy.management.DeleteAttributeRule(in_table, names, {type})

Name	Explanation	Data Type
in_table	The table or feature class containing the attribute rules that will be deleted.	Table View
names [names,...]	The names of the rules that will be deleted from the dataset.	String
type (Optional)	Specifies the type of attribute rules that will be deleted. CALCULATION—Calculation rules will be deleted. CONSTRAINT—Constraint rules will be deleted. VALIDATION—Validation rules will be deleted.	String

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
out_table	The updated input table with one or more attribute rules deleted.	Table View; Raster Layer; Mosaic Layer

Code sample

DeleteAttributeRule example (Python window)

Delete two specific calculation attribute rules from a feature class.

import arcpy
arcpy.management.DeleteAttributeRule(
    "C:\\MyProject\\MyDatabase.sde\\pro.USER1.campusData", "Rule A;Rule B", 
    "CALCULATION")

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