How to create a new Geodatabase?

JoshBelz

Hi,

Can anyone please tell me how to create a new Geodatabase using the ArcGIS Pro SDK .NET APIs?

I looked at the ProSnippets and several class (inclusing ArcGIS.Core.Data.Geodatabase and ArcGIS.Desktop.Core.Project), but having a hard time to figure it out.

Thank you,

JB

Wolf

Hi JB,
 The ArcGIS.Core.Data API is a DML-only (Data Manipulation Language) API.  Schema creation and modification are preformed using the Geoprocessing API. 
You can find a sample on how to call a Geoprocessing task from the API here:

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-pro-sdk-community-samples/tree/master/Geodatabase/AddDeleteFieldToFromFeatureClass

To create a File Geodatabase you can use this (button add-in) code snippet:

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