topic Re: Open Personal Geodatabase in Pro without access to ArcMap anymore in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Open Personal Geodatabase in Pro without access to ArcMap anymore

XiaowenLiu — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:03:28 GMT

I have many Personal Geodabase file .mdb. I have no longer access to ArcMap to convert them into File Geodatabase. Is there any other way to open and show in Pro??

Re: Open Personal Geodatabase in Pro without access to ArcMap anymore

PTW — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:26:38 GMT

Looks like an Arc License is needed for this type of conversion.

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/data-management/migrating-data-tools-to-migrate-a-personal-gdb-to-a-file-or-mobile-geodatabase/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b5vLRRsrg8

You could get an ESRI personal license for 1 year for $100 and it will give you access to this required tools.

Re: Open Personal Geodatabase in Pro without access to ArcMap anymore

BarryNorthey — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:08:48 GMT

Personal Geodatabase features can be converted to another format such as fGDB using the Data Interoperability extension offered by esri ($$). The personal use license mentioned above includes this functionality.

Be aware that: ArcGIS for Personal Use purchases and renewals processed on or after January 4, 2024 will no longer include ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap).

Re: Open Personal Geodatabase in Pro without access to ArcMap anymore

Robert_LeClair — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:55:14 GMT

There is an ENH-000155989: In ArcGIS Pro, add a tool to convert personal geodatabases to file geodatabases. I don't know if it will be implemented but it has been requested.

With that said, there's an interesting python script here - Solved: how to convert mdb to gdb - Esri Community - don't know if it's using ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro though.