topic Re: How to Create a Relationship Class in ArcGIS 10 in Data Management Questions

How to Create a Relationship Class in ArcGIS 10

MichaelMorisette1 — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:01:55 GMT

Hello

I have been working in ArcCatalog and have several feature classes and tables that are related to one-another (with a unique ID to join/relate). I understand that being able to create relationship classes is a very handy feature as it would allow me to easily match up the data I have without having to manually create a join or relate each time I work with it.

My problem is that I can find no way to do this with the version of the software I am using. Any tutorials or documentation I have come across say to right click on the feature dataset and point to "New" and then "Relationship Class." However, when I point to "New" in ArcCatalog, I do not have this option. I have "Feature Dataset...", "Feature Class", and several other things listed, but not anything resembling a relationship class.

How do I create a relationship class (or equivalent) in ArcGIS 10? I have searched and searched and have found nothing.

Re: How to Create a Relationship Class in ArcGIS 10

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:52:05 GMT

If you have an ArcView license, you would only be able view (i.e. read-only access) relationship classes. To create/modify relationship classes, you would require an ArcEditor or ArcInfo license level. Please refer to the following link for additional information:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//004t00000007000000.htm
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Relationships_and_ArcGIS/004t00000001000000/

Regards,

Robert LeClair
Esri-Denver

Re: How to Create a Relationship Class in ArcGIS 10

MichaelMorisette1 — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:09:08 GMT

This info helps a lot. I checked and only have the ArcView license, so it now makes sense that I can't find the feature I am looking for. I've used the highest level license for so long that I almost forgot there were different tiers.