Hello everyone,
Using ArcCatalog, how can I search for a FC that is located in a FD, but I do not know the FD where it is located.
Thanks
Are you looking a GUI option or some Python code to run in the interactive Python window?
+1 for Joshua Bixby's comment
Your title indicates Feature Service (FS) but the body of your post indicates Feature dataset (FD).
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Find the featureclass, hence the featuredataset. Of course limiting the start point would be the key
As for FS? FD? which
If the Database Connection is indexed, you can directly search in the Desktop interface.
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Good morning,
Sorry I mean Feature Dataset. We have an SDE database with more than 1000 Feature classes and tables. most of the FC are inside Feature Datasets.. So when we get a call for an user asking for the location of a FC it will be very helpfull to have a tool to search for a FC.
Hi Jose
You can use the script below in ArcCatalog's python window (Change fcName and pathToSDEConnectionFile)
# Feature Class Name (E.g. TestDB.DBO.TestPolygonFeatureClass)
fcName = 'TestGDB.DBO.TestPolygonFeatureClass'
# Path to the sde connection file
pathToSDEConnectionFile = r'C:\tmp\sdeConnections\localhost.sde'
arcpy.env.workspace = pathToSDEConnectionFile
datasets = arcpy.ListDatasets(feature_type='feature')
datasets = [''] + datasets if datasets is not None else []
for ds in datasets:
for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses(feature_dataset=ds):
if ( fc.upper() == fcName.upper()):
print('Feature Class ' + fc + ' found in ' + ds + ' Dataset')
Regards,
Leo