topic Re: Organizing Database Connections? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663089#M37609 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well they don't have to live in /users/username/appdata.. etc etc.</P><P>Simply create a directory and subdirs of your choice on your local or remote drive and copy and organize there.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 May 2016 19:24:19 GMT NeilAyres 2016-05-10T19:24:19Z Organizing Database Connections? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663087#M37607 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I work with an Enterprise GIS that requires over a hundred entries under Database Connections in ArcCatalog.&nbsp; Are there any options, built-in or user tools, that would allow me to better organize all these connections?&nbsp; I'm just looking for something as simple as some folders under Database Connections where I can organize similar connection files.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 May 2016 18:59:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663087#M37607 BrianKlapstein 2016-05-10T18:59:27Z Re: Organizing Database Connections? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663088#M37608 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>moved to <A href="https://community.esri.com/space/2050">Managing Data</A>​ to increase the likelihood of getting a response.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 May 2016 19:07:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663088#M37608 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-05-10T19:07:02Z Re: Organizing Database Connections? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663089#M37609 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well they don't have to live in /users/username/appdata.. etc etc.</P><P>Simply create a directory and subdirs of your choice on your local or remote drive and copy and organize there.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 May 2016 19:24:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663089#M37609 NeilAyres 2016-05-10T19:24:19Z Re: Organizing Database Connections? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663090#M37610 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>And, I assume that you already have a decent connection naming convention?</P><P>We use something like this for the file name of the connection -</P><P>data base name @ server name (user) . sde or something like that.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 May 2016 19:27:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663090#M37610 NeilAyres 2016-05-10T19:27:04Z Re: Organizing Database Connections? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663091#M37611 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I like it when the solutions are simple!&nbsp; This worked great, thanks!</P><P>And yes there is a required naming scheme but they're all very long and often only one character differentiating one connection from another.&nbsp; Trying to pick the correct one can be eye-numbing.</P><P>Organizing them is going to be a sweet relief!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 May 2016 19:46:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/organizing-database-connections/m-p/663091#M37611 BrianKlapstein 2016-05-10T19:46:50Z