I requested some data from an agency and received a layer package in return. Okay, that's cool; I can use the .lpkx as provided in an ArcGIS Pro map, but I need the data as an actual feature class. The layer package has 8 layers to it, all representing land use of some sort or another. I can save off each of the layers to a new geodatabase, and then merge them all together into one feature class, but if there is a better, more efficient means to do so, I'm all ears.
Bottom line: where is the actual data in a layer package?
Hmmm.... Look what I just found: Package Layer—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop
eta: this appears to be how to create a layer package with a file geodatabase option; I need to go the other way....
I think Extract Package should work:
Thanks Scott; I also tried Consolidate tool, which works much in the same fashion. I ended up just manually exporting the features to my own file gdb since that allowed me a little more control and wasn't as messy.
Map and Layer packages have to be unpacked before their contents are actually used by the application. If you check the data source of a layer from a layer package, it will show you the temporary location where the FGDB resides with the data.
Does your layer package really have 8 feature classes or just 1 feature class with 8 layers referencing it?