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Renaming ArcGIS Pro project with its APRX, file geodatabase and toolbox needs to be easy

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04-11-2017 04:04 PM
Status: Under Consideration
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GraemeBrowning
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As can be seen at http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/236262/renaming-arcgis-pro-project-aprx-file-geodatabase-and-... I created an ArcGIS Pro project named TestProject in a new folder and after doing considerable work on it I decided that it warranted a better name like ProperProject.  In the TestProject folder by default there is TestProject.aprx, TestProject.gdb and TestProject.tbx.

Renaming the TestProject folder to ProperProject leaves the TestProject.* files and file geodatabase with their original name, and there seems to be no easy way to rename TestProject.aprx to ProperProject.aprx that automatically renames its default file geodatabase and toolbox to ProperProject.gdb and ProperProject.tbx.

I'm happy to leave the project folder rename to Windows, but I think ArcGIS Pro should make renaming a *.aprx also rename its default file geodatabase and toolbox.

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RobertHursey

I am able to rename the folder and all files and it seems to open and operate just fine. It was but it recreating a folder in the project folder.  After several attempts, I was able to successfully remove instances of this in Databases and Folders in the Catalog pane, delete the folder from the project folder, and have it gone for good.  Is there any reason I should not do this and is there or will there ever be a tool or SOP to do this "properly"?

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AbelPerez

yes Please add this functionality. Many times I start out with Project_Apr2020 and then later someone decides to ask for an update. the best thin g for me would be to just copy the entire project to Project_Dec2023 with all the associated files renamed as such.

MarkGo
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8 years later (since this thread was started), and something as basic as renaming a project is still not available as built in functionality. Given how many upvotes this idea has, it really needs to be beyond "Under consideration".