Validate Parcel Fabric (Parcel)

Summary

Validates a parcel fabric using a predefined set of geodatabase topology rules and any other topology rules you have added for your organization.

The parcel fabric uses geodatabase topology rules to define parcels and model their behavior. Geodatabase topology rules define the spatial relationships between parcel features. You can define additional geodatabase topology rules to manage and enforce data quality standards in your organization.

Legacy:

This is a deprecated tool. The parcel fabric geodatabase topology can be validated using the Validate Topology tool.

Usage

  • Use this tool to validate an entire parcel fabric dataset or a large number of parcels.

  • The parcel fabric topology must be enabled.

  • Dirty areas in the validated extent will be removed. Dirty areas are created when data is added to or modified in the parcel fabric.

  • After validation, rule errors can be viewed by opening the Error Inspector pane. Rule errors are violations of topology rules and are displayed in the Point Errors, Line Errors, and Polygon Errors sublayers under the parcel fabric layer.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input Parcel Fabric

The parcel fabric to be validated. The parcel fabric can be from a file or mobile geodatabase or from a feature service.

Parcel Layer
Extent
(Optional)

The extent of the dataset to be processed. Only features that fall within the specified extent will be processed.

  • Current Display Extent Map View—The extent will be based on the active map or scene. This option is only available when there is an active map.
  • Extent of a Layer Layer—The extent will be based on an active map layer. Use the drop-down list to choose an available layer or use the Extent of data in all layers option to get the combined extent of all active map layers, excluding the basemap. This option is only available when there is an active map with layers.
  • Browse Browse—The extent will be based on an existing dataset.
  • Intersection of Inputs Intersect—The extent will be based on the minimum or intersecting extent of all inputs. If no inputs overlap, a null extent with all zeros will result.
  • Union of Inputs Union—The extent will be based on the maximum or combined extent of all inputs.
  • Reset Extent Reset—The extent will be reset to the default value.
  • Manually entered coordinates—The coordinates must be numeric values and in the active map's coordinate system.

    The map may be using different display units

Extent

Derived Output

LabelExplanationData Type
Updated Parcel Fabric

The validated parcel fabric.

Parcel Fabric

arcpy.parcel.ValidateParcelFabric(in_parcel_fabric, {extent})
NameExplanationData Type
in_parcel_fabric

The parcel fabric to be validated. The parcel fabric can be from a file or mobile geodatabase or from a feature service.

Parcel Layer
extent
(Optional)

The extent of the dataset to be processed. Only features that fall within the specified extent will be processed.

  • MAXOF—The maximum extent of all inputs will be used.
  • MINOF—The minimum area common to all inputs will be used.
  • DISPLAY—The extent is equal to the visible display.
  • Layer name—The extent of the specified layer will be used.
  • Extent object—The extent of the specified object will be used.
  • Space delimited string of coordinates—The extent of the specified string will be used. Coordinates are expressed in the order of x-min, y-min, x-max, y-max.
Extent

Derived Output

NameExplanationData Type
updated_parcel_fabric

The validated parcel fabric.

Parcel Fabric

Code sample

ValidateParcelFabric example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the ValidateParcelFabric function in immediate mode. The script validates parcels using the combined extent of all input data (MAXOF).

import arcpy
arcpy.parcel.ValidateParcelFabric("C:/Data/Database.gdb/Parcels/CountyFabric", 
                                  "MAXOF")

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: Yes
  • Advanced: Yes