https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/how-to-find-a-field-in-all-fc-inside-a-fgdb/m-p/1682014#M9764 <P>Using the Generate Schema Report tool to create an xlsx schema report gives you a table that lets you answer this question without needing to write any Python:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="RobertKrisher_0-1770214142557.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147869iEEFD8F0D61BA649D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="RobertKrisher_0-1770214142557.png" alt="RobertKrisher_0-1770214142557.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:09:08 GMT RobertKrisher 2026-02-04T14:09:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/how-to-find-a-field-in-all-fc-inside-a-fgdb/m-p/1681834#M9762 <P>Good afternoon,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is there a way to identity all the feature classes that use a specific field in a FGDB?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:56:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/how-to-find-a-field-in-all-fc-inside-a-fgdb/m-p/1681834#M9762 SanchezNuñez 2026-02-03T18:56:54Z https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/how-to-find-a-field-in-all-fc-inside-a-fgdb/m-p/1681858#M9763 <P>You have to go through them individually.</P><P>Something like (untested)</P><LI-CODE lang="python">gdb = r"your path to gbd" arcpy.env.workspace = gdb fieldName = "Martians_Present" usesFields = [] for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses(): fields = [f.name for f in arcpy.ListFields(fc)] if fieldName in fields: usesFields.append(fc) print(usesFields)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:01:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/how-to-find-a-field-in-all-fc-inside-a-fgdb/m-p/1681858#M9763 AlfredBaldenweck 2026-02-03T20:01:33Z https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/how-to-find-a-field-in-all-fc-inside-a-fgdb/m-p/1682014#M9764 <P>Using the Generate Schema Report tool to create an xlsx schema report gives you a table that lets you answer this question without needing to write any Python:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="RobertKrisher_0-1770214142557.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147869iEEFD8F0D61BA649D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="RobertKrisher_0-1770214142557.png" alt="RobertKrisher_0-1770214142557.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:09:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/how-to-find-a-field-in-all-fc-inside-a-fgdb/m-p/1682014#M9764 RobertKrisher 2026-02-04T14:09:08Z