https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135896#M50333 <P>I have a 1.7 million record feature class that I need to export to a shp file.&nbsp; When I run feature class to feature class/feature class to shp file the shp file has less than half of the points (470,000) loaded.&nbsp; What is the workaround?</P> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:26:23 GMT Anonymous User 2022-01-21T17:26:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135896#M50333 <P>I have a 1.7 million record feature class that I need to export to a shp file.&nbsp; When I run feature class to feature class/feature class to shp file the shp file has less than half of the points (470,000) loaded.&nbsp; What is the workaround?</P> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:26:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135896#M50333 Anonymous User 2022-01-21T17:26:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135901#M50334 <P>Hmmm...shapefiles are limited to 2 GB in size so I wonder if you're hitting the <A href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/what-is-a-shapefile.htm#GUID-6A0B5A09-74E8-46E3-8EA8-9E0E13F7CF5B" target="_self">storage limit</A> perhaps?&nbsp; And this <A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile#Limitations" target="_self">information</A> about limitations as well.</P> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:40:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135901#M50334 Robert_LeClair 2022-01-21T17:40:46Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135904#M50335 <P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/appendices/geoprocessing-considerations-for-shapefile-output.htm" target="_blank">https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/appendices/geoprocessing-considerations-for-shapefile-output.htm</A><BR /><BR />It's the very first hit and an almost identical question in the "Related" bar...<BR /><BR />Looks like shapefile limitation.</P> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:41:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135904#M50335 Anonymous User 2022-01-21T17:41:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135926#M50340 <P>an ugly alternative, depending where it needs to be used</P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/conversion/features-to-json.htm" target="_blank">Features To JSON (Conversion)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A></P> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:12:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/export-feature-class-to-shp-file/m-p/1135926#M50340 DanPatterson 2022-01-21T18:12:06Z