topic Re: Catalog Geography View in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Catalog Geography View

RonaldVanderpool — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:17:42 GMT

Greetings All!

Back in the old, pre-Pro days I often used ArcCatalog - geography view, to review my files and geodatabases for content to assist in determining which feature contained the points/lines/polygons I desired before I ever added them to an mxd.

Is this functionality hidden somewhere in Pro Catalog View or is it just gone the way of the dodos?

Thanks and Pro on!

Re: Catalog Geography View

KoryKramer — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:23:08 GMT

Re: Catalog Geography View

RonaldVanderpool — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:31:52 GMT

Ahhh. Thanks Kory. What about random shapefiles that are floating outside of the gdb environment?

Re: Catalog Geography View

KoryKramer — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:36:11 GMT

Same...

Re: Catalog Geography View

RonaldVanderpool — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:44:20 GMT

Aha! Add my main data folder to Catalog and there they are. Do most users just save a Project and use it to review data as opposed to adding a folder every time research is needed? User choice I presume.

Thanks Kory! and thanks for your quick guidance!

Re: Catalog Geography View

KoryKramer — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:04:55 GMT

Sounds like you want to look into how to use Favorites: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/data-management/data-management/arcgis-pro-tips-this-might-just-be-your-favorite-tip-ever/

If you set a connection as 'Add To New Projects' it will always be present in any new project you create, or when you open Pro in untitled mode (i.e. without creating a project first).

There may be connections you want set this way, while there may be others that you want to be readily available, but not necessarily added to every project. For the latter, simply add those to your Favorites.

Hope this helps.

Re: Catalog Geography View

RonaldVanderpool — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:09:46 GMT

Thanks Kory! Good information. Gotta love collaboration.

Re: Catalog Geography View

PeterSchultz — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:18:52 GMT

In relation to the above, I observe that an Identify function may be operable by clicking on a feature in the Geography Window in Catalog, which appears similar to how it's done in a Map window. Is there a pop-up available to display an Identify result, and if so, how can it be made to display? This is analagous to the old Identify that was available in ArcCatalog.