There are no appropriate templates

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08-15-2019 08:06 AM
CraigHartel
Emerging Contributor

I am using Pro 2.3.2. I am trying to copy line geometry from one feature class into a new, empty feature class. I successfully select the geometry I wish to copy and when I attempt to copy it into the new feature class, I get the error message that "There are no appropriate templates".

In the Manage Templates pane, there is very definitely a template for the destination feature class. I've even tried deleting and re-creating the template but this does not work.

Always, always "There are no appropriate templates".

I have resorted to working back in 10.6 in order to not be so frustrated by something so simple that won't work. I've referenced thread after thread I've found online about this - I've followed YouTube videos on how to do this everything I can think of and still "There are no appropriate templates".

At this point I see no reason to continue using Pro nor even bothering to transition to fully working in the platform. 

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WAC_GIScoordinator
Emerging Contributor

I'm in 3.5.3 and just ran into this issue. Not surprised to see the length of this thread.

"Weird. Happens for no reason". ESRI, I'm sorry, but around here we call that 'ESRI being ESRI'.

My solution:  I had to Append the features I wanted to copy into another Feature.

- Append tool - Target is where you want to copy to

                           - Input Datasets is where from (and it honors selections)