topic Re: Feature class to feature class in Esri Press Books Questions

Feature class to feature class

toddPoole — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:50:12 GMT

I'm working in Ch.4 of Getting to Know arcGIS pro 2.8 book. On page 122 the workflow states to use Geoprocessing tool "Feature Class to Feature Class". The book states "you want to convert these shapefiles into geodatabase feature classes in CityMaintain.gdb.

The problem is Feature Class to Feature Class geoprocessing tool is depreciated. Documentation of ArcGIS states: "This is a deprecated tool. This functionality has been replaced by the Export Features tool."

Running the Export Features tool does not place my firehydrant.shp file into the CityMaintain.gdb.

Can you help?

I am running ArcGIS Pro desktop 3.3.0 on a desktop with Windows.

Thankyou.

Todd P

Re: Feature class to feature class

Ed_ — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:01 GMT

did you check the output path and see if it's actually going to the geodatabase (path ending with .gdb which is the file format of a geodatabase)? A screenshot might help.

Re: Feature class to feature class

DanPatterson — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:45:11 GMT

shapefiles have to go into folders. and you would have to specify a *.dbf format.

featureclasses in a gdb should be the route to go.

In any event, you can/should navigate to the folder or geodatabase where you want the output to go, OR set the output workspace in the tool Environments tab to either a folder (for shapefile) or geodatabase (for a featureclass)

Re: Feature class to feature class

DavidPike — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:21:43 GMT

Just set the Output Location parameter to the Geodatabase location?

Re: Feature class to feature class

Maryam-Mafuri — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:44:57 GMT

Hello!

Instead of using the deprecated Feature Class to Feature Class tool for FireHydrants.shp, you would use the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool. Skip to Chapter 4, step 10. Add FireHydrants.shp to the Input Features parameter, along with WaterLines.shp, WaterPressureZones.shp, and Wells.shp.

This step (and other steps involving now-deprecated tools and functions) was updated in Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2! Let us know if you have anymore questions.