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Chapter 7:
Adding Attributes to Your Table
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User Guide
Adding Attributes to Your Table
Once you have bound your attribute and output table columns (see Binding Attributes – Output
Point Attribution on page 180 ) or Binding Attributes – Column Value Attribution on page 181 ),
you are ready to add attributes to your table. One means of doing attribution is by geocoding your
table (see
Adding Attributes By Geocoding ). You can also add attributes using a batch process
(see Adding Attributes Using Batch Process ), which is done without geocoding the table.
Output point attribution must be done on a table either during a geocoding run or by a batch process
using a table that has already been geocoded. Column value attribution can be done prior to, during,
or after geocoding.
See the following topics:
Adding Attributes By Geocoding
Adding Attributes Using Batch Process
Stopping Attribution
Clearing Attribute File Selections
Tips for Using Attributions
Adding Attributes By Geocoding
When you geocode the table, each record in your table is opened and processed. At this time,
MapMarker also pulls the attributes defined from the attribution table columns you specified when
setting up attribution, and inputs those attributes into your table’s target column(s).
For information on geocoding your table, see Geocoding with MapMarker in Chapter 3 on
page 49 .
Adding Attributes Using Batch Process
You can use a batch process to add attributes to your table any time after setting up attribution.
When you batch add attributes, MapMarker uses the table joins and bindings that you defined when
setting up attribution, copies the matched attributes from the attribution table(s), and adds them to
your table in the column(s) you specified.
Batch attribution is generally faster than geocoding with attribution enabled.
To batch add attributes:
1. If it is not already open, open the MapInfo table.
2. Select Table > Add Attributes > Batch Add Attributes.
The Updating Table process indicator appears and automatically closes once attribution is
complete.