what arcpy function does Data/Export Data correspond to?

JianLiu

I need to export an xyEvent layer to a shapefile. It is a big file with about 59000 records. When I used the context-sensitive menu/Data/Export Data option in ArcMap, the export took only a few seconds. However, when I try to implement it in Arcpy, it doesn't seem that I can find the right function that can perform this fast. I've tried

arcpy.FeatureClassToFeatureClass_conversion and
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management

Each one takes minutes to finish. Is there another function I should use? I am using 10.1. Thanks people!

JoshuaChisholm

Hello Jian,

I think you can use arcpy.Select_analysis the same as arcpy.FeatureClassToFeatureClass_conversion and arcpy.CopyFeatures_management. Just don't specify a where statement and it will export all records in the input feature layer.

I don't think it would be any faster than arcpy.FeatureClassToFeatureClass_conversion or arcpy.CopyFeatures_management, but it might be worth a try.