Importing a Feature Class into a Geodatabase
Included in this tutorial:
Accessing the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool through the Catalog Pane or the Geoprocessing Pane
Running the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool and examining the results
Software version in examples: ArcGIS Pro 3.0.2
Tutorial Data: The tutorial includes demonstration with the Network Tutorial Data available here.
Credits: L. Meisterlin (2022)
This tutorial walks through using the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool to import (copy) a feature class into (a feature dataset within) a geodatabase in ArcGIS Pro.
Accessing the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool
Access the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool to import a feature class into a geodatabase or a feature dataset within a geodatabase.
Option 1: through the Catalog Pane
Navigate to the geodatabase (into which you will import an existing feature class) within the Catalog pane. There, right-click on the location and click through Import > Feature Class(es).
In the demonstration below, we choose a feature dataset (within a geodatabase) as the import destination location.
accessing the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool through the Catalog Pane
Option 2: through the Geoprocessing Pane
Alternatively, you can find the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool from the Geoprocessing Pane by searching “Feature Class to Geodatabase” or by clicking through Conversion Tools > To Geodatabase > Feature Class to Geodatabase.
the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool
There are only two input parameters for the tool: the feature class(es) to import or copy and the destination location (into which they’ll be imported or copied).
In the demonstration below…
The Output Geodatabase (destination location) is pre-populated because we accessed the tool through this location in the Catalog Pane (Option 1, above).
The Input Features are specified as the “streets_ped” layer in the current project.
TIP: You can use this tool to simultaneously import (copy) multiple input feature classes by adding others to the Input Features list.
To execute the tool, click Run.
specifying the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool parameters and running the tool
Examining the Results
After the tool has successfully completed running, you will find the imported dataset(s) in the output geodatabase.
newly imported (copied) feature class
In our example, we imported the “streets_ped” feature class into the feature dataset within a geodatabase.