Allow tables to be stored into FeatureDataset

[NicolasPy]

Would be nice if tables could be stored into FeatureDatatset. Now, the only place to write them is the geodatabase root level... Some tables belong to a FeatureDataset logical theme and so have to be into it.

[NicolasPy]

'tables' means naturally 'standalone tables'...

[NicolasPy]

same as https://c.na1.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=087300000008A49

[JoshWhite]

Couldn't agree more.

[DusanOstojic]

 Also it would be nice to group tables somehow.. in some TablesDataset...

[KATHERINEHADLER]

I agree.  This would eliminate permissions issues.

[NicolasPy]

"If it has no geometry, it cannot participate in topological relationships. And if it cannot participate, it has no place being in a Feature Dataset (FD)." (dananrg )

i don't agree. Geodatabases (personnal, file or sde) works on DBMS theorys, including relation between tables and normalization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization). Thus, a table has a place being in a fd...

[TimLowrimore]

I am going to make it simple because esri does not seem to listen to customers that have wanted this since the concept of Datasets was introduced.

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Thanks.
-Tim

[DavidVelhartický]

Often it would be helpful to be able to add non-geometry table to Feature Dataset.

Not only because of "using Feature Dataset as a folder" but setting of permissions too and so on.

Some of "why" ideas here:

https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/tables-in-feature-datasets/td-p/404570