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Default.GDB

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DaveMartin1
Occasional Contributor

A couple questions:

1. Do people simply leave the Default.gdb that gets created when the project gets created? Or do you rename it to reflect the data that it contains?

2. When I renamed mine, the next time I opened the Project - Pro created a new Default.gdb   

What is considered good practice?  Thanks, Dave

 

 

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Robert_LeClair
Esri Esteemed Contributor

For me, if I know I'm creating a project for a specific purpose, I then create a project from a default template such as Map.  This gives me the opportunity to create the project and have the geodatabase named after the saved project name.  By doing this, I don't have to worrry about renaming the default.gdb and having ArcGIS Pro create a new default.gdb.  You can read more about the workflows mentioned here - Create a project | ArcGIS Pro documentation

EMani
by Esri Contributor
Esri Contributor

Hi @DaveMartin1 

I never use my default gdb. You can set your projects to save in any location you choose in Project/Options.

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