Package com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.datamanagementtools

The Data Management toolbox provides a rich and varied collection of tools that are used to develop, manage, and maintain feature classes, datasets, layers, and raster data structures.

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AddCodedValueToDomain	Adds a value to a domain's coded value list.
AddColormap	Adds a color map to a raster dataset, if it does not already exist or replaces a color map with the one specified.
AddFeatureClassToTopology	Adds a new feature class to a topology.
AddField	Adds a field to the table of a The Add Field tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
AddGlobalIDs	Adds global IDs to a list of geodatabase classes, tables and/or feature datasets The Add Global IDs tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
AddIndex	Adds an attribute index to an existing table, feature class, shapefile, coverage, or attributed relationship class.
AddJoin	The Add Join tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
AddRuleToTopology	Adds a new rule to a topology.
AddSpatialIndex	Adds a spatial index to a shapefile, file geodatabase feature class, or ArcSDE feature class.
AddSubtype	Adds a new subtype to the subtypes in the input table.
AddXY	Adds the fields POINT_X and POINT_Y to the point input features and calculates their values.
Adjust3DZ	Allows the modification of all Z values in a Z enabled Feature Class.
AggregatePolygons	Combines polygons within a specified distance to each other into new polygons.
AlterVersion	Alters the database version's properties of name, description, and access permissions.
Analyze	Updates relational database management system (RDBMS) statistics of business tables, feature tables, and delta tables along with the statistics of those tables' indexes The Analyze tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
Append	Appends multiple input dataset into an already existing target dataset.
AppendAnnotation	Creates a new geodatabase annotation feature class by combining annotation from multiple input geodatabase annotation feature classes into a single feature class with annotation classes.
ApplySymbologyFromLayer	This tool applies the The Apply Symbology From Layer tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
AssignDefaultToField	This tool will create a default value for a specified field.
AssignDomainToField	Sets the domain for a particular field and optionally for a subtype.
BatchBuildPyramids	Builds pyramids for multiple raster datasets.
BatchCalculateStatistics	Runs the Calculate Statistics process on multiple raster datasets.
BatchProject	Changes the coordinate system of a set of input feature classes or feature datasets, including the datum or spheroid, and defines the location of points on a planar surface.
BuildPyramids	Builds raster pyramids for a raster dataset.
BuildRasterAttributeTable	Adds a raster attribute table to a raster dataset or updates an existing one.
CalculateDefaultClusterTolerance	Calculates a default The Calculate Default XY Tolerance tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CalculateDefaultGridIndex	This tool will calculate a set of valid grid index values for an input feature class.
CalculateEndDate	Populates the values for a specified end date field with values calculated using the start date field specified.
CalculateField	Calculates the values of a field for a The Calculate Field tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CalculateStatistics	Calculates statistics for a raster dataset.
CalculateValue	This tool is available with an ArcView or ArcEditor license, if the Spatial Analyst extension or the 3D Analyst extension is installed.
ChangePrivileges	Establishes or changes user access privileges to the input ArcSDE dataset, stand alone feature class, or table.
CheckGeometry	Inspects all features in a feature class for geometry problems.
Checkin	Synchronizes changes from a check-out replica in an ArcSDE, file, or personal geodatabase to the parent ArcSDE The Check In tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CheckinDelta	Imports changes from a delta file into the parent replica.
Checkout	Creates a check-out replica from datasets in an ArcSDE The Check Out tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
ClearWorkspaceCache	Clears any ArcSDE workspaces from the ArcSDE workspace cache.
Clip	Creates a spatial subset of a raster dataset.
CollapseDualLinesToCenterline	Derives centerlines from dual-line (or double-line) features, such as road casings, based on specified width tolerances.
Compact	Compacts a personal geodatabase or file geodatabase.
CompareReplicaSchema	Generates a report file XML comparing an input replica geodatabase and an XML schema file or geodatabase The Compare Replica Schema tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CompositeBands	Creates a single raster dataset from multiple bands and can also create a subset of the bands.
Compress	Compresses an ArcSDE geodatabase by removing states not referenced by a The Compress tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CompressFileGeodatabaseData	Compresses file geodatabase data.
Copy	Copies input data from one location and pastes it to another location.
CopyFeatures	Copies features from the input The Copy Features tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CopyRaster	Make a copy of a raster dataset or loads raster datasets into a raster catalog.
CopyRasterCatalogItems	Makes a copy of a raster catalog, including all its contents, or a subset of its contents if there is a selection.
CopyRows	Writes the rows from an input table, table view, feature class or feature layer to a new table.
CreateArcInfoWorkspace	Creates a The Create ArcInfo Workspace tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CreateCustomGeoTransformation	Creates a transformation method for converting data between two geographic coordinate systems or datums.
CreateDomain	Creates an attribute domain in the specified workspace.
CreateFeatureclass	Creates an empty feature class in a geodatabase, or shapefile in a folder.
CreateFeatureDataset	Creates an empty feature dataset in the output locationan existing ArcSDE, file or personal geodatabase.
CreateFileGDB	Creates a file geodatabase, stored as a series of folders in a file system.
CreateFishnet	Creates a fishnet of rectangular cells.
CreateFolder	Creates a folder at the output location.
CreateOrthoCorrectedRasterDataset	Creates an ortho-corrected raster dataset using the rational polynomial coefficients (RPC) associated with a raster dataset.
CreatePansharpenedRasterDataset	Fuses a high-resolution panchromatic raster dataset with a lower-resolution multiband raster dataset to create a red-green-blue (RGB) raster with the resolution of the panchromatic raster.
CreatePersonalGDB	Creates a The Create Personal GDB tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
CreateRandomPoints	This tool is available with an ArcView or ArcEditor license, if the Spatial Analyst extension or the 3D Analyst extension is installed.
CreateRandomRaster	This tool is available with an ArcView or ArcEditor license, if the Spatial Analyst extension or the 3D Analyst extension is installed.
CreateRasterCatalog	Creates an empty raster catalog in a geodatabase.
CreateRasterDataset	Creates a raster dataset as a file or in a geodatabase.
CreateRelationshipClass	Creates a relationship class to store an association between fields or features in the origin table and the destination table.
CreateReplica	Creates a replica to a personal, file or SDE geodatabase from a specified list of feature classes, layers, datasets and/or tables in an SDE geodatabase.
CreateReplicaFootPrints	Creates a feature class that contains the geometries for all the replicas in a geodatabase.
CreateReplicaFromServer	Creates a replica using a specified list of feature classes, layers, feature datasets and/or tables from a remote geodatabase using a geodata service published on ArcGIS Server.
CreateSpatialReference	Creates a spatial reference object for use in ModelBuilder and scripting.
CreateTable	Creates an empty geodatabase or dBASE table.
CreateTopology	Creates a new empty topology.
CreateVersion	Creates a new version of the specified database.
DefineProjection	Records the The Define Projection tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
Delete	Permanently deletes data including data types such as The Delete tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
DeleteCodedValueFromDomain	Removes a value from a coded value domain.
DeleteColormap	Removes the colormap associated with a raster dataset.
DeleteDomain	Deletes a domain from a workspace.
DeleteFeatures	Deletes features from the input The Delete Features tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
DeleteField	Deletes one or more fields from a table of a The Delete Field tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
DeleteRasterAttributeTable	Removes the raster attribute table associated with a raster dataset.
DeleteRasterCatalogItems	Deletes raster catalog items, including all its contents, or a subset of its contents if there is a selection.
DeleteRows	Deletes selected rows from the input rows.
DeleteVersion	Deletes the specified The Delete Version tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
Dissolve	Aggregates features based on specified attributes.
DomainToTable	Creates a table from an attribute domain.
Eliminate	Merges the selected polygons with neighboring polygons with the largest shared border or the largest area The Eliminate tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
ExportAcknowledgementMessage	Creates an output acknowledgement file to acknowledge the reception of previously received data change messages.
ExportDataChangeMessage	Creates an output delta file containing updates from an input replica.
ExportRasterCatalogPaths	Creates a table that lists the raster catalog paths contained in an unmanaged raster catalog.
ExportRasterWorldFile	Creates a world file based on the geographic information of a raster dataset.
ExportReplicaSchema	Creates a replica schema file with the schema of an input one or two-way replica.
ExporttoDelta	Exports changes in a check-out replica The Export To Delta tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
ExtractSubDataset	Extracts raster datasets stored within a subdataset raster file.
FeatureCompare	Compares two feature classes or layers and returns the comparison results.
FeatureEnvelopeToPolygon	Creates a feature class containing polygons generated from the envelopes of each feature in the input feature class.
FeatureToLine	Creates a new output line The Feature To Line tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
FeatureToPoint	Creates a point The Feature To Point tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
FeatureToPolygon	Creates an output polygon The Feature To Polygon tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
FeatureVerticesToPoints	Creates a point output The Feature Vertices To Points tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
FileCompare	Compares two files and returns the comparison results.
Flip	Reorients the raster by turning it over, from top to bottom, along the horizontal axis through the center of the raster.
GetCellValue	Retrieves the pixel value at a specific x,y coordinate.
GetCount	Returns the total number of rows for a The Get Count tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
GetRasterProperties	Returns the properties of a raster dataset.
ImportMessage	Imports changes from a delta file to a replica geodatabase The Import Message tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
ImportReplicaSchema	Applies replica schema differences using an input replica geodatabase and XML schema file or geodatabase.
Integrate	Integrates features and feature layers by inserting vertices where line segments cross or where segment endpoints are too close to other segments.
JoinField	The Join Field tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
MakeFeatureLayer	The Make Feature Layer tool is used to create a The Make Feature Layer tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
MakeImageServerLayer	Creates an image layer from an image service.
MakeQueryTable	The Make Query Table tool applies an SQL The Make Query Table tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
MakeRasterCatalogLayer	Makes a temporary raster catalog layer that will be available to select as a variable while working in the same ArcMap or ArcCatalog session.
MakeRasterLayer	Makes a temporary raster dataset layer that will be available to select as a variable while working in the same ArcMap or ArcCatalog session.
MakeTableView	Creates a The Make Table View tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
MakeWCSLayer	Creates an image layer from a WCS service.
MakeXYEventLayer	Makes a point The Make XY Event Layer tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
Merge	Combines input features from multiple input sources (of the same The Merge tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
MergeBranch	This tool is intended for use only in ModelBuilder.
MigrateStorage	This tool is designed to change how BLOB objects are stored within an ArcSDE geodatabase in Oracle.
Mirror	Reorients the raster by flipping it, from left to right, along the vertical axis through the center of the raster.
Mosaic	Mosaics multiple input rasters into an existing raster dataset.
MosaicToNewRaster	Mosaic multiple raster datasets into a new raster dataset.
MultipartToSinglepart	Separates (explodes) multipart features into separate singlepart features.
PivotTable	Sorts and summarizes the input table fields, based on the selected pivot field and value field, in the output table to reduce redundancy.
PolygonToLine	Creates a new line The Polygon To Line tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
PostVersion	Posting is the process of applying the current edit session to the reconciled target version during The Post Version tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
Project	Changes the coordinate system of your Input Dataset or Feature Class to a new Output Dataset or Feature Class with the newly defined coordinate system, including the datum and spheroid.
ProjectRaster	Transforms the raster dataset from one projection to another.
RasterCatalogToRasterDataset	Mosaics the contents of a raster catalog into a raster dataset.
RasterCompare	Compares the properties of two rasters datasets or two raster catalogs and returns the comparison result.
ReconcileVersion	The Reconcile Version tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
ReExportUnacknowledgedMessages	Creates an output delta file containing unacknowledged replica updates from a one-way or two-way replica geodatabase The Re-Export Unacknowledged Messages tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
RegisterAsVersioned	Registers ArcSDE data as The Register As Versioned tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
RemoveDomainFromField	Removes an The Remove Domain From Field tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
RemoveFeatureClassFromTopology	Removes a feature class from a topology.
RemoveIndex	This tool deletes an attribute index from an existing table, feature class, shapefile, coverage, or attributed relationship class.
RemoveJoin	Removes a The Remove Join tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
RemoveRuleFromTopology	Removes a rule from a topology.
RemoveSpatialIndex	Deletes the spatial index from a shapefile, file geodatabase feature class, or an ArcSDE feature class.
RemoveSubtype	Removes a subtype from the input table using its code.
Rename	Changes the name of data, such as feature datasets, feature classes, rasters, tables, and toolboxes.
RepairGeometry	Inspects each feature's geometry for problems and fixes the problems that are found.
RepairRasterCatalogPaths	Repairs broken raster catalog paths or deletes broken links, within an unmanaged raster catalog.
Resample	Alters the proportions of a raster dataset by changing the cell size.
Rescale	Scales (resizes) a raster by the specified x and y scale factors.
Rotate	Turns the raster dataset around the specified pivot point by angle specified in degrees; the raster dataset will rotate in a clock-wise rotation.
SaveToLayerFile	The Save To Layer File tool creates an output The Save To Layer File tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
SelectData	This tool is intended for use only in ModelBuilder.
SelectLayerByAttribute	Adds, updates, or removes a selection on the layer or table view using an attribute query.
SelectLayerByLocation	Adds, updates, or removes a selection on the input layer based on spatial relationships to features in another layer.
SetClusterTolerance	Alters the cluster tolerance for the Input Topology.
SetDefaultSubtype	Sets the default subtype value, also referred to as "code", for the input table's subtype The Set Default Subtype tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
SetSubtypeField	Defines the field in the input table or feature class that stores the subtype codes.
SetValueForRangeDomain	Sets the minimum and maximum values for an existing Range domain.
Shift	Moves (slides) the raster to a new geographic location, based on x and y shift values.
SimplifyBuilding	Simplifies the boundary or footprint of building polygons while maintaining their essential shape and size.
SimplifyLine	Simplifies a line by removing small fluctuations or extraneous bends from it while preserving its essential shape.
SimplifyPolygon	Simplifies a polygon by removing small fluctuations or extraneous bends from its boundary while preserving its essential shape.
SmoothLine	Smooths a line to improve its aesthetic or cartographic quality.
SmoothPolygon	Smooths a polygon to improve its aesthetic or cartographic quality.
SplitLine	Splits features at each vertex for the entire input feature class.
SynchronizeChanges	Synchronizes updates between 2 replica geodatabases in a direction specified by the user.
TableCompare	Compares two tables or table views and returns the comparison results.
TableToDomain	Creates or updates a coded value domain with values from a table.
TableToRelationshipClass	Creates an attributed relationship class from the Origin, Destination, and Relationship Tables.
TINCompare	Compares two TINs and returns the comparison results.
TransposeTimeFields	Shifts fields in a table or feature class that have time as the field names from columns to rows.
UncompressFileGeodatabaseData	Uncompresses file geodatabase data.
UnregisterAsVersioned	Unregisters an ArcSDE dataset as The Unregister As Versioned tool is contained in the Data Management Tools tool box.
UpdateAnnotation	Updates the input annotation feature class with text attribute fields and optionally populates the value of each new field for every feature in the feature class.
UpgradeSpatialReference	Upgrades a low precision dataset's spatial reference to high precision.
ValidateTopology	Validates a geodatabase topology.
Warp	Performs a transformation on the raster based on the source and target control points using a polynomial transformation.
WorkspaceToRasterCatalog	Loads all the raster datasets that are stored within the same workspace into an existing raster catalog.
WorkspaceToRasterDataset	Mosaics all the raster datasets stored within the specified workspace into one raster dataset.

Package com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.datamanagementtools Description

The Data Management toolbox provides a rich and varied collection of tools that are used to develop, manage, and maintain feature classes, datasets, layers, and raster data structures.

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Conversion toolbox

The following table lists the toolsets available in the Data Management toolbox and provides a brief description of each.

Name	Description
Data Comparison Toolset	Contains tools that compare one dataset with another dataset, and report any similarities and differences.
Database Toolset	Contains tools that increase database performance.
Disconnected Editing Toolset	Contains tools that check out or update data from a shared data system.
Distributed Geodatabase Toolset	Contains tools that replicate and dispense databases.
Domains Toolset	Contains tools for the management of domains, both code and attribute, within a workspace.
Feature Class Toolset	Contains tools that perform basic feature class management functions, including copying and deleting features and appending multiple feature classes.
Features Toolset	Contains tools that transfer features from one feature type to another, or attributes from one feature class to another.
Fields Toolset	Contains tools that make changes to the fields in the tables of a feature class.
File Geodatabase Toolset	Contains tools that compress file geodatabase feature classes and tables.
General Toolset	Contains tools allowing for some simple dataset changes.
Generalization Toolset	Contains tools that simplify the features within a feature class.
Indexes Toolset	Contains tools that add or remove spatial, and attribute, indexes from feature classes or relationship classes.
Joins Toolset	Contains tools that add or remove a table join.
Layers and Table Views Toolset	Contains tools that create and update layer files and table views.
Projections and Transformations Toolset	Contains tools that set the projection of and reproject a dataset.
Raster Toolset	Contains tools that create and manipulate raster datasets.
Relationship Classes Toolset	Contains tools that create associations between feature classes, and between feature classes and tables.
Server Caching Toolset	Contains tools that create a map cahce and a map server cache.
Subtypes Toolset	Contains tools that manage the subtypes of a feature class or a table.
Table Toolset	Contains tools that make adjustments to and query the table of a feature class.
Topology Toolset	Contains tools that manage the topologic relationship among a number of feature classes.
Versions Toolset	Contains tools that make adjustments to the versions of the data.
Workspace Toolset	Contains tools that create new workspaces and data.