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I am trying to edit a data type from text to a numeric, but the dataset is read only. I am using ArcGIS Pro. How can I change it to an editable dataset? The reason I want to change the data type is so I can display specific values on a map. The data in question is a census tract shape file and an income and poverty csv. I can successfully join them but the specific values don't display as they are text, not numeric.

Is this even doable?

Regards,

Mark

Do you have the data in Pro already? You can create a new numeric field in the attribute table and then select "calculate field" and populate the field with the data.

Tricia,

Thanks for the reply. Here is a screen print. I want to change the data type column from text to numeric the whole feature class is read only. I opened it in Excel and went to format cells. They were formatted as general and I changed several to number, and re-added to Pro and nothing changed when I looked at the csv in data design->fields view. Am I going to have to create a new attribute table and configure it the way I need to get the results I want?

Thanks in Advance

Mark

I think the answer to your question is yes. It looks like you're trying to edit a CSV joined to a feature class. Try to export it to a new feature class or table and then follow Tricia's suggestion.