How to Transfer Domains to a New Database
Domains. AmIright?
A domain is ESRI's fancy word for a drop-down or pick-list of choices. Recently I was tasked with moving a dataset from one server to another. This dataset used domains.
I thought I'd follow the ESRI way by importing the data into the new database. However, I discovered that this lost all of the domains.
I didn't want to have to retype all of my domains, so I tried to copy and paste it.
That shouldn't work, right? I mean, that's not using any of ESRI's tools.
Surprise, surprise - a simple copy and paste not only moved the data, but it also moved all of the domains into the database.
Seems rather counter-intuitive, doesn't it? I'm also happy at how simple this makes it.
So, the next time you need to move data with domains, know that a simple copy and paste will do the trick.
Happy GIS-ing!
Lindsy Hales Bentley
A domain is ESRI's fancy word for a drop-down or pick-list of choices. Recently I was tasked with moving a dataset from one server to another. This dataset used domains.
I thought I'd follow the ESRI way by importing the data into the new database. However, I discovered that this lost all of the domains.
I didn't want to have to retype all of my domains, so I tried to copy and paste it.
That shouldn't work, right? I mean, that's not using any of ESRI's tools.
Surprise, surprise - a simple copy and paste not only moved the data, but it also moved all of the domains into the database.
Seems rather counter-intuitive, doesn't it? I'm also happy at how simple this makes it.
So, the next time you need to move data with domains, know that a simple copy and paste will do the trick.
Happy GIS-ing!
Lindsy Hales Bentley