Create data folder in File Geodatabase & File name length?

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Hi everybody!
1. Create folder to group data?
I make a File Geodatabase, when I add data (shapefile) to Dataset in File Geodatabase I found that I cannot create new folder to group data in File Geodatabase.
for example:
I have basemap data, result map (shapefiles too) from remote sensing for city A and city B, I make 1 dataset for basemap, 1 dataset for RS result map. Then, in basemap Dataset, I want to add shapefiles into 2 group: CityA, CityB.
How i can create folder or there is a solution for me todo that?

2. How long for a name of a shapefile that i can change, in File Geodatabase?

Thanks in advance!

[VinceAngelo]

File geodatabases *are* data folders, but they are modeled on SQL databases (which
use a flat storage model), and don't support sub-folders.  If you only have 6 objects,
a naming convention approach will work just fine.

The documentation details the limits associated with file geodatabases.

- V

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Thank Vangelo!

The problem is the real data that i have are about 100 shapefiles for both basemap and RS result. I did use names to distinguish objects, but with a big number of shapefiles (will grown in the future) make me confused when managing and using the data.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thank in advance!

[VinceAngelo · Accepted solution]

File Geodatabase is the best-performing storage option with ArcGIS.  Shapefiles have so many
drawbacks that I don't even want to get started.  If you have lots of tables per city, then city
geodatabases make good sense.  If you have only a few tables each, then you might want
to split your inventory citya-d, citye-k,...  Any way you slice them, FGDB won't allow folders.

- V

[Đình_TrungTrần]

Thank Vince Angelo for your support!