topic Re: Copy FC With Attachments With Python or ModelBuilder in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136750#M10720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Maintain Attachments is not available at 10.4.x...so&nbsp;did you&nbsp;<SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">try&nbsp;to export to an XML workspace document and then import that in the other gdb? Will that work?</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jan 2018 04:06:35 GMT Asrujit_SenGupta 2018-01-24T04:06:35Z Copy FC With Attachments With Python or ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136747#M10717 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everyone,</P><P></P><P></P><P>How do you copy FCs with attachments from one geodatabase to another? ArcCatalog works fine but can it be done in ModelBuilder or Python?</P><P></P><P>With ArcCatalog when the feature has a related table with attachments it copies everything together. But in Python or ModelBuilder what command do I use? </P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:42:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136747#M10717 JoseSanchez 2018-01-21T14:42:53Z Re: Copy FC With Attachments With Python or ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136748#M10718 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can try&nbsp;to export to an XML workspace document and then import that in the other gdb?</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.5/tools/data-management-toolbox/export-xml-workspace-document.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.5/tools/data-management-toolbox/export-xml-workspace-document.htm">Export XML Workspace Document—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.5/tools/data-management-toolbox/import-xml-workspace-document.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.5/tools/data-management-toolbox/import-xml-workspace-document.htm">Import XML Workspace Document—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Also check&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/environment-settings/maintain-attachments.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/environment-settings/maintain-attachments.htm">Maintain Attachments (Environment setting)—Geoprocessing | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:44:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136748#M10718 Asrujit_SenGupta 2018-01-21T15:44:20Z Re: Copy FC With Attachments With Python or ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136749#M10719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We are using ArcGIS 10.4.1</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:33:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136749#M10719 JoseSanchez 2018-01-23T20:33:45Z Re: Copy FC With Attachments With Python or ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136750#M10720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Maintain Attachments is not available at 10.4.x...so&nbsp;did you&nbsp;<SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">try&nbsp;to export to an XML workspace document and then import that in the other gdb? Will that work?</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jan 2018 04:06:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136750#M10720 Asrujit_SenGupta 2018-01-24T04:06:35Z Re: Copy FC With Attachments With Python or ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136751#M10721 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I haven't tested the option of exporting to an XML workspace.</P><P></P><P>What we need is to be able to work at the feature level. We have a feature class with attachments and we run a python script that&nbsp;archives records&nbsp;in anther feature created for this purpose.</P><P></P><P>The job currently selects features from the main feature class, and copies them to the archive&nbsp;FC, then deletes these same features from the main FC.</P><P></P><P>This is what we need for each feature candidate to be archived:</P><UL><LI>append a feature in FC archive, &nbsp;with corresponding attachment.</LI><LI>remove feature to&nbsp;from FC main FC&nbsp;its attachments</LI></UL><P></P><P>&nbsp;I am thinking about modifying this script <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/82988">https://community.esri.com/thread/82988</A></P><UL><LI>To add a new feature:<UL><LI>Append feature in FC archive</LI><LI>Find records in attached table from FC main</LI><LI>Append record in attached table from FC archive</LI><LI>update REL_OBJECTID with corresponding FC Archive OBJECTID</LI></UL></LI><LI>To remove feature from FC main<UL><LI>remove related attachment records</LI><LI>remove features</LI></UL></LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:09:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/copy-fc-with-attachments-with-python-or/m-p/136751#M10721 JoseSanchez 2018-01-24T13:09:18Z