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Feature Tools Feature Copy
This tool copies features from the input feature class or layer to a new feature class. If the input is a layer which has a selection, only the selected features will be copied. If the input is a geodatabase feature class or shapefile, all features will be copied. See ESRI Help for the ‘Copy (Analysis)’ tool.
- TIP: Note that this tool allows you to copy from one feature format to a different format, for example a shapefile can be copied to a feature class in a File Geodatabse. The Geodata > Copy tool does not allow this.
Table for Features: This is the input table, usually the results table generated by the Geodata > Search tool, but it can be any table with a field containing the full path to the geodata you want to process with this tool. If the Items Table is a DBF, or a table in an ESRI File Geodatabase, then you can select a subset of rows in ArcMap and only those rows will be processed by the tool.
Field for Feature: Select the field from the 'Table for Features' that contains the full path to the geodata items you want to copy.
Config Keyword: Geodatabase configuration keyword to be applied if the output is an ArcSDE geodatabase or file geodatabase.
Output Workspace: This is the location for the Grid Garage results table containing the list of geodata processed by the tool as well as any data outputs. If the tool encounters any errors when processing the input geodata then a second results table will be generated, with a ‘_FAIL’ suffix, listing the input geodata that failed and any ESRI error messages.
If you have set the ArcGIS ‘Workspace' parameter in the Geoprocessing > Environment Settings then this path will be used as the default. You can use this default path or click the folder button to select a new output location which can be a folder or File Geodatabase. If you specify a folder then the Results Table will be written to a comma-delimited (CSV) text file, if you specify a File Geodatabase it will be written as a Geodatabase Table.
Result Table Name: You can choose to use the default table name or specify a different name for the Grid Garage results table. The Grid Garage results table reports on a range of different properties for each of the geodata items in the 'Table for Geodata' input table. See the Grid Garage User Manual for a description of all the properties reported on.
If the tool encounters any errors when processing any of the geodata then a second results table will be generated, with a ‘_FAIL’ suffix, listing the input geodata that failed and any ESRI error messages. If you choose a folder for the Output Workspace then the result table will be written to a comma-delimited (CSV) text file which will not allow you to select rows for processing when using the table as input for other Grid Garage Tools.
Result Table file name: The default name will always take the form of ‘CopyFeatureTool_date_time’, where ‘date’ and ‘time’ are the date and time that the tool was run.
Spatial Grid 1 (optional): The Spatial Grid 1, 2, and 3 parameters apply only to file geodatabases and certain workgroup and enterprise geodatabase feature classes. If you are unfamiliar with setting grid sizes, leave these options as 0,0,0 and ArcGIS will compute optimal sizes for you. For more information about this parameter, refer to the Add Spatial Index tool documentation.
Spatial Grid 2 (optional): Cell size of the second spatial grid. Leave the size at 0 if you only want one grid. Otherwise, set the size to at least three times larger than Spatial Grid 1.
Spatial Grid 3 (optional): Cell size of the third spatial grid. Leave the size at 0 if you only want two grids. Otherwise, set the size to at least three times larger than Spatial Grid 2.
Output File Workspace (optional): If you want the output geodata files to be saved in a different location to the ‘Output Workspace’ you can select a new location (folder or File Geodatabase, depending on the output file type). The result tables will still be written to the ‘Output Workspace’ specified above.
Output Filename Prefix (optional): Any text you enter in this input box will be added as a prefix (at the beginning) for all output file names.
Output Filename Suffix` (optional): Any text you enter in this input box will be added as a suffix (at the end) for all output file names.