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Tools for importing table in ModelBuilder -- Provide table as output

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02-25-2026 06:21 AM
HWhitty
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I have a process I'd like to automate, and the first step is importing a table into my project gdb. I've been using Table to Geodatabase. When I drop this tool into ModelBuilder, the output is the gdb. However, I want that newly imported table (not the gdb) to be the output so that I can plug it into the next tool. But that tool doesn't seem to allow anything other than a gdb as the output.  

How can I get around this? Is there a different tool that would accomplish the same thing but give me the table as the output? (I'm new to ModelBuilder-- apologies if there's an obvious solution that I'm just not seeing.) 

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BobBooth1
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HWhitty
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This works. Kind of counterintuitive to use an export tool to import data.  Thank you. 

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BobBooth1
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The older tool to do this is Table to Table, which is a clearer name. 

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/conversion/table-to-table.htm

That tools is now deprecated and they recommend the Export Table tool.

HWhitty
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Got it. Thanks @BobBooth1

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