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Creating a new topology is blocked

LuziaKathriner — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:08:36 GMT

Hi,
I'd like to create a new topology, but when I click on the feature data set, then new, topology is greyed out (as anything else, except feature class).
Does anybody know how to fix that?
Thanks for your help!

Re: Creating a new topology is blocked

VinceAngelo — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:12:32 GMT

What license class of ArcGIS Desktop are you using? Usually ArcEditor or ArcInfo is needed to
make structural changes to data like this.

- V

Re: Creating a new topology is blocked

LuziaKathriner — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:31:26 GMT

I'm using ArcMap 9.3.1. Shouldn't that include topology?

Re: Creating a new topology is blocked

JakeSkinner — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:04:53 GMT

Open ArcMap and take a look at the very top left corner. It should read something similar to:

Untitiled - ArcMap - ArcView

Untitled = Map Document Name
ArcMap = Product
ArcView = License level

Or you can go to Help > About ArcMap. This should also list the license type.

If you are using ArcView you will not have the ability to create a geodatabase topology. There are 3 license levels for ArcGIS Desktop: ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo. You will need at least an ArcEditor license to create a geodatabase topology.

Re: Creating a new topology is blocked

LuziaKathriner — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:19:41 GMT

😮 Oh, well I have ArcView so then creating a topology is not possible. Thank you very much for your help!!

Re: Creating a new topology is blocked

LuziaKathriner — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:44:47 GMT

Is there another possibility to establish rules in feature classes, like "don't overlap"? Or correct splines? Except using topology?