
For example, a hyphen is replaced with an underscore. However, any invalid characters in the field names are automatically replaced. The fields you create in the new feature classes are named the same as the fields you're importing. Learn more about models and model building Import data, edit the model to specify other input data, modify A model helpsĪutomate importing by allowing you to save and reuse environment Manually repeating the import from the context menu. If you have many feature classes to import and want to chain multiple tools together, you can create and run a model instead of Oneįeature class is created for each feature class you They require the same settings at import, you can choose the Feature Class(es) option to run the FeatureĬlass To Geodatabase tool and import them at the same time. You're importing a number of feature classes into a geodatabase and Table(s)-Import one or more tables into aįile, mobile or enterprise geodatabase using the Table To.Using the Feature Class To Geodatabase tool. You have the following options for importing data when you right-click a geodatabase or feature dataset:įeature classes or feature layers to geodatabase feature classes Shapefiles, computer-aided design (CAD) data, and geodatabase feature classes can all be imported in this way.

You can import feature classes into a geodatabase or feature dataset using the context menu in the Catalog pane. Importing them from other locations or by converting and importing them from other data formats. Import datasets using geoprocessing tools.
