I often compress a file geodatabase Feature Class to save space, especially if the dataset is very large and supplied by third party as I'm very unlikely to edit it.
Sometimes I need to copy these compressed datasets into new file geodatabase. Typically I would right click on the geodatabase and choose Import > Feature Class. This runs the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool. This tool fails to honour the compression, if the Feature Class is indeed compressed. It copies it into the new geodatabase in an uncompressed format.
My idea is to ensure that the Feature Class to Geodatabase tool imports Feature Classes in their compressed state, if they are indeed compressed.
