Geodata Tools Search

This tool returns a table listing all the geodata found in the given workspace(s) in a ‘results table’ illustrated in the example below. The results table stores the path to each of the geodata items in the ‘geodata’ field. This table can then be used as an input into any of the other Grid Garage batching tools. If you want to restrict the processing to only selected rows (geodata items) then you need to ensure the ‘Output Workspace’ is a ‘file geodatabase’, or GDB. If you choose a folder for the Output Workspace then the output 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 Grid Garage tools.

• TIP: This is always the first step for any Grid Garage work flow.

• TIP: Be aware that different computers may map network folders to different drive letters. This would mean that the path to the geodata reported in the results table would not work in a GG tool run on a different computer where the folders are mapped to a different drive letter.

User Inputs

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Workspaces to Search: You can navigate to and add one or more workspaces, i.e. folders or geodatabases, to search for data.

Data Types: You can restrict the search to just find and list a specific type of data by selecting one or more of the tick boxes in this list. If you want to return a list of all types of geodata select ‘Any’.

Output Workspace: This is the location for the Grid Garage results table that contains the list of geodata found in the locations you specified in ‘Workspaces to Search’.

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.

• TIP: If you choose a folder then the output table will be written to a CSV text file and will not allow you to select rows for processing when using the table as input for other Grid Garage Tools. Geodatabase Tables do allow you to select rows for processing by other Grid Garage Tools.

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 contains the list of geodata found in the workspace(s) you have selected. If the tool encounters any errors when querying 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 ‘SearchGeodataTool_date_time’, where ‘date’ and ‘time’ are the date and time that the tool was run.