topic Importing a gdb in Geodatabase Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/importing-a-gdb/m-p/802461#M2675 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm brand new to ArcGIS, and I need to import a gdb that I downloaded and extracted to my desktop. The files are ATX, GDBINDEXES, GDBTABLE and SPX .&nbsp; I'm familiar with .shp files where I drag them onto the arcmap, but this is new to me. How does one get the gdb into the table of contents so I can work with it?&nbsp; Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:42:31 GMT KarenSnitzer 2014-11-05T07:42:31Z Importing a gdb https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/importing-a-gdb/m-p/802461#M2675 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm brand new to ArcGIS, and I need to import a gdb that I downloaded and extracted to my desktop. The files are ATX, GDBINDEXES, GDBTABLE and SPX .&nbsp; I'm familiar with .shp files where I drag them onto the arcmap, but this is new to me. How does one get the gdb into the table of contents so I can work with it?&nbsp; Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:42:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/importing-a-gdb/m-p/802461#M2675 KarenSnitzer 2014-11-05T07:42:31Z Re: Importing a gdb https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/importing-a-gdb/m-p/802462#M2676 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You click the "connect to folder" icon in the catalog and choose the file that contains the outside database.</P><P>I figured it out. </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Nov 2014 09:20:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/importing-a-gdb/m-p/802462#M2676 KarenSnitzer 2014-11-05T09:20:23Z Re: Importing a gdb https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/importing-a-gdb/m-p/802463#M2677 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><IMG alt="Capture_of_ArcGIS.png" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/28891_Capture_of_ArcGIS.png" style="width: 620px; height: 390px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:30:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/importing-a-gdb/m-p/802463#M2677 KarenSnitzer 2014-11-10T14:30:37Z