Shapefiles, personal geodatabases, and feature classes have a default size limitation. It would be nice to view the file size in ArcCatalog to 1). Keep track of how large individual files are 2). If server space is limited, it will help in data management 3). Users can comprehend file size more easily than number of features.
At this point exporting to a third party i.e. txt, ascii, excel, etc is the only way to know the file size of the features.
Also knowing when the file was last modified would be a useful piece of information. Currently only mxd files have this information. But if the file was modified outside the mxd there is no record of what date/time. This can help deter any questions about when data is created and/or modified.
A screen showing information similar to that of a normal folder: File, File type, Data Created/Modified, Size, Author.
Hello everyone who has contributed to this idea:
This idea was entered for ArcCatalog. We have kept it open because the functionalities requested are relevant for ArcGIS Pro as well. We are now closing this idea thread, since the functionalities requested in this thread are either already in ArcGIS Pro, or there are corresponding Pro ideas. Specifically,
The following functionalities are already in ArcGIS Pro:
The following functionality requests are captured in this existing Pro idea https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/add-additional-details-in-catalog-view-in-arcgis/idi-... (you might consider to upvote this idea if you have not already):
The functionality of displaying date and size information for items in databases other than file geodatabases has not been requested for ArcGIS Pro. You might consider logging a Pro idea as @chri4849 suggested earlier.
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