Export symbology with feature class

[JasonKennedy]

Can we please have the ability to export symbology with a feature class / Layer when exporting it to a geodatabase. The process of reassigning symbology can be ultra time consuming.

I had to export feature classes from an SDE to a file geodatabase so that i could publish the features as a service (I will submit one on this as well). I had to go in and reassign symbology for each layer after the export. In some cases I was not able to find the exact symbology so I had to create new. It would be a great feature to just let me/us export it with the data.

[IngmarAlbinson]

Why implement functionality that already exist?

Feature Class is saved in a database, symbology is saved in mxd.

Export your sde data to a file database, use Set Data Source(s) in ArcCatalog on your mxd and you can easy have exactly the same symbology to file database.


 

[JohnStreeb]

Or you could always use the map or layer package functionality as, well, that is pretty much exactly what that functionality was designed to do.  http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00s500000013000000

Plus, there are some other tools in that same toolset in ArcToolbox that would similarly help with that and/or similar types of situations.  Hope that helps.

[SSWoodward]

This idea has been closed as a duplicate of the Data Management Idea linked below. Don't worry, you can still show your support by commenting and adding kudos to the open idea. Thanks for your contributions!

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