topic Text file output of spatial dataset connection paths in Spatial Statistics Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/text-file-output-of-spatial-dataset-connection/m-p/626127#M1997 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have to consolidate 70+ ARC Map 10 MXDs which have their spatial data files spread over a network and various local hard disks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I need a tool or script that can output the data pathway for all classes used in each MXD as a text file that has the same information as the list that appears in Arc Catalog 'Set Data Sources'. A text file would be preferable so I can then drop it into MS Access or Excel to assess and compare. I need to see drive/folder/subfolder locations for all spatial data from each MXD in order to easily locate and then move these stray datasets into a consolidated geodatabase.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Our office had a home written script for Arc 9.3 that did this but we have now upgraded to ARC 10 and the tool does not work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any suggestions or help would be appreciated and save me a lot of time manually copying all the data paths for every shape file.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 May 2012 04:36:20 GMT GeoffreyMuspratt 2012-05-15T04:36:20Z Text file output of spatial dataset connection paths https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/text-file-output-of-spatial-dataset-connection/m-p/626127#M1997 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have to consolidate 70+ ARC Map 10 MXDs which have their spatial data files spread over a network and various local hard disks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I need a tool or script that can output the data pathway for all classes used in each MXD as a text file that has the same information as the list that appears in Arc Catalog 'Set Data Sources'. A text file would be preferable so I can then drop it into MS Access or Excel to assess and compare. I need to see drive/folder/subfolder locations for all spatial data from each MXD in order to easily locate and then move these stray datasets into a consolidated geodatabase.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Our office had a home written script for Arc 9.3 that did this but we have now upgraded to ARC 10 and the tool does not work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any suggestions or help would be appreciated and save me a lot of time manually copying all the data paths for every shape file.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 May 2012 04:36:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/text-file-output-of-spatial-dataset-connection/m-p/626127#M1997 GeoffreyMuspratt 2012-05-15T04:36:20Z Re: Text file output of spatial dataset connection paths https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/text-file-output-of-spatial-dataset-connection/m-p/626128#M1998 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Not to worry.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have found mxdperfstat for ARC10 which provides the output I need.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Although I really only need the file pathways and it would be handy if the function could work from within the MXD on a network drive.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 May 2012 05:43:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/text-file-output-of-spatial-dataset-connection/m-p/626128#M1998 GeoffreyMuspratt 2012-05-15T05:43:36Z