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Field group properties

Summary

The Describe function returns the properties described below for datasets that have field groups added to them.

Field groups can be added to a geodatabase feature class or table. The dataType returned is the dataType of the feature class or table.

Field groups are required when adding contingent values to a dataset.

Properties

Property Explanation Data Type

fieldNames

(Read only)

A list of the field names that participate in the field group.

String

isEditingRestrictive

(Read only)

Indicates whether the field group has a restrictive editing experience.

  • True—The field group is restrictive.

  • False—The field group is not restrictive.

Boolean

name

(Read only)

The name of the field group.

String

Code sample

Field group properties example

The following stand-alone Python script prints a report of the field group properties for a feature class.

# Import the required modules
import arcpy

# Path to the input feature class or table
fc = "C:\\MyProject\\MyDatabase.sde\\myGDB.USER1.MapleTrees"

# Print a report of the field group properties
field_groups = arcpy.Describe(fc).fieldGroups
for fg in field_groups:
    print(f"Field Group Name: {fg.name}")
    print(f"Fields: {fg.fieldNames}")
    print(f"Restrictive: {fg.isEditingRestrictive}")