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Transfer Attributes
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Transfers the attributes from one polygon layer (source) to another (target) based on their spatial location (overlay). The user specifies the method for transferring the attributes of each field of the source polygon attribute table.

Command line syntax

ET_GPTransferAttributes <target_dataset> <source_dataset> <out_feature class> <Field {Transfer Method};Field {Transfer Method}...>

Parameters

Expression Explanation
<target_dataset> A Polygon feature class or feature layer
<source_dataset> A Polygon feature class or feature layer.
<out_feature class> A String - the full name of the output feature class (A feature class with the same full name should not exist)
<Field {Transfer Method};Field {Transfer Method}...> A list of the fields to be transferred and the transfer method for each field.  Note: See the main page of the function for details on the transfer methods

Scripting syntax

ET_GPTransferAttributes (target_dataset, source_dataset, out_feature class, fields to transfer)

See the explanations above:
<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter