Finding topology errors with the Error Inspector

This topic applies to ArcGIS for Desktop Standard and ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced only.

The Error Inspector lets you view topology errors in a table that tells you the rules violated, the feature class or classes involved in the errors, the geometry of the errors, the feature IDs of the features involved in the errors, and whether or not the errors have been marked as exceptions. You can sort the errors by any of the fields in the table so that you can work with all the errors of a given type. You can also limit the errors shown in the table to errors of a given type, errors that occur in the currently visible map extent, or errors that have been marked as exceptions.

In addition to letting you view and sort errors, the Error Inspector lets you select errors, pan or zoom to selected errors, and apply topology fixes of various types to errors. The Error Inspector also allows you to use keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcut	Editing function
UP and DOWN ARROWs	Move up and down through the rows.
Z or SPACEBAR	Zoom to selected error.
P	Pan to selected error.
Z	Zoom to selected error.
F	Select the parent features causing the error.
D	View a description of the topology rule.
X	Mark the error as an exception.
E	Mark the exception as an error.

Error Inspector dialog box keyboard shortcuts

Steps:

1. Click Error Inspector on the Topology toolbar.
2. You can use the Error Inspector window to find errors and exceptions.

   To find errors for all rules	Click the Show drop-down arrow, and click Errors from all rules.
   To find errors for a particular topology rule	Click the Show drop-down arrow, and click the rule.
   To find errors in the visible extent	Check Visible extent only.
   To find exceptions	Check Exceptions, and uncheck Errors.

3. Click Search Now.