Alter Coded Value Description (Data Management Tools)

Summary

Updates the description of an individual, existing coded value pair.

Label	Explanation	Data type
Input Workspace	The workspace containing the domain that will be altered.	Workspace
Domain Name	The name of the domain containing the coded value pair that will be altered.	String
Code Value	The code value of the coded value pair that will be updated.	String
New Description	The new description of the coded value pair.	String

Label	Explanation	Data type
Output Workspace	The path to the updated workspace.	Workspace

arcpy.management.AlterCodedValueDescription(in_workspace, domain_name, code, new_description)

Name	Explanation	Data type
in_workspace	The workspace containing the domain that will be altered.	Workspace
domain_name	The name of the domain containing the coded value pair that will be altered.	String
code	The code value of the coded value pair that will be updated.	String
new_description	The new description of the coded value pair.	String

Name	Explanation	Data type
out_workspace	The path to the updated workspace.	Workspace

AlterCodedValueDescription example 1 (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the AlterCodedValueDescription function in immediate mode.

import arcpy

arcpy.management.AlterCodedValueDescription(
    "C:\myproject\default.gdb",
    "AncillaryRoleDomain",
    "2",
    "Well"
)