ArcMap

Create Feature Dataset

Summary

Creates a feature dataset in the output location—an existing enterprise, file, or personal geodatabase.

Usage

    Syntax

    CreateFeatureDataset_management (out_dataset_path, out_name, {spatial_reference})
    ParameterExplanationData Type
    out_dataset_path

    The enterprise, file geodatabase, or personal geodatabase in which the output feature dataset will be created.

    		Workspace
    out_name

    The name of the feature dataset to be created.

    		String
    spatial_reference
    (Optional)

    The spatial reference of the output feature dataset. You can specify the spatial reference in several ways:

    • By entering the path to a .prj file, such as C:/workspace/watershed.prj.
    • By referencing a feature class or feature dataset whose spatial reference you want to apply, such as C:/workspace/myproject.gdb/landuse/grassland.
    • By defining a spatial reference object prior to using this tool, such as sr = arcpy.SpatialReference("C:/data/Africa/Carthage.prj"), which you then use as the spatial reference parameter.

    		Spatial Reference

    Code sample

    CreateFeatureDataset Example 1 (Python Window)

    The following Python Window script demonstrates how to use the CreateFeatureDataset function in immediate mode.

    import arcpy
from arcpy import env

env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:/output", "HabitatAnalysis.gdb")
arcpy.CreateFeatureDataset_management("C:/output/HabitatAnalysis.gdb", "analysisresults", "C:/workspace/landuse.prj")
    CreateFeatureDataset Example 2 (stand-alone Python Script)

    The following Python script demonstrates how to use the CreateFeatureDataset function in a stand-alone script.

    # Name: CreateFeaturedataset _Example2.py
# Description: Create a feature dataset 

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set workspace
env.workspace = "C:/data"

# Set local variables
out_dataset_path = "C:/output/HabitatAnalysis.gdb" 
out_name = "analysisresults"
# Creating a spatial reference object
sr = arcpy.SpatialReference("C:/data/studyarea.prj")

# Create a FileGDB for the fds
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:/output", "HabitatAnalysis.gdb")

# Execute CreateFeaturedataset 
arcpy.CreateFeatureDataset_management(out_dataset_path, out_name, sr)

    Environments

    Licensing information

    • ArcGIS Desktop Basic: Yes
    • ArcGIS Desktop Standard: Yes
    • ArcGIS Desktop Advanced: Yes

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