topic Re: ArcGIS PRo batch import does not recognize my kmz files in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGIS PRo batch import does not recognize my kmz files

Ron_Counts — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:59:59 GMT

Finally jumped from ArcMap 10.7 to Pro. Can't figure out why the batch function doesn't see a group of kmz files. I have moved them off my google drive folder into the default geodatabase folder but still it cant see them. I can add them individually to the map so they aren't corrupted.

Re: ArcGIS PRo batch import does not recognize my kmz files

Luke_Pinner — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 04:37:00 GMT

If you've put in a *.gdb folder, don't. In fact never put anything into a .gdb using non-ArcGIS tools. They're a geodatabase, not a folder and ArcGGIS won't see any non database files in there.

If you didn't actually copy them into a .gdb, but into a non gdb folder, then you may just need to right click the folder (from within Pro, i.e using the catalog pane) and select refresh

Re: ArcGIS PRo batch import does not recognize my kmz files

DanPatterson — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 08:24:26 GMT

KML To Layer (Conversion)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

This tool creates a file geodatabase containing a feature class within a feature dataset.

Re: ArcGIS PRo batch import does not recognize my kmz files

Ron_Counts — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:06:25 GMT

This is one at a time though, right? This does work, only the batch doesnt. I have several hundred of them. They are kmz with points and a single polyline representing locations of GPR profiles

Re: ArcGIS PRo batch import does not recognize my kmz files

DavidBurdick2 — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:38:09 GMT

A bit late to the party, and likely too late to help Ron_Counts, but I just ran into this apparent issue and thought that what I found could help others. A quick read of the batch import tool description clarified that it recursively searches a designated folder for various file types and imports what it finds. As such, the folder containing the KML files should be selected as the Input Data. The contents of the target folder will not be visible after browsing to it. You can use the filter option to limit which files are imported based on the file name and/or extension, if the folder contains files other than those you wish to import. Cheers,