Add function to Duplicate a feature class in a database

RTPL_AU

Please provide a 'Duplicate' process in the Right-Click menu of a feature class in a geodatabase.

Quite frequently I want to use a copy of a FC and the current processes to make a copy are not efficient.

You can use the 'New' process and copy the schema, then copy the data; you can use Copy / Paste Special and give it a new name (but the alias stays the same!!!) or you can go the XML route, etc.

I propose to have a "Duplicate" process added to the context menu. This will  quickly duplicate the FC with a +1 as suffix AND update the alias. We can then rename to our leisure. 

This will also make the application UI/UX more consistent as Duplicate is a handy thing to have in many of the other Catalog headings.

SSWoodward

@RTPL_AU  can you further clarify and help us understand how this idea differs from a copy and paste of an existing feature class? 

Is is just that you want the user defined alias to also reflect the _# suffix added?  Id like to better understand what need is not being met with Ctrl+c / Ctrl+v that this duplicate tool will meet for you.