Summary
Writes the rows from an input table, table view, feature class, or feature layer to a new table, including a tab delimited .txt file. If a selection is defined on a feature class or feature layer, only the selected rows are copied out.
Usage
All rows are copied, if the input is a feature class or table. If the input rows are from a layer or table view which has a selection, only the selected features or rows are used.
If the input rows are a feature class, then only the attributes, and not the geometry, are copied to the output table.
This tool supports the following table formats as input:
- Geodatabase
- dBASE (.dbf)
- Comma-separated values (.csv)
- Tab-delimited text (.txt)
- Microsoft Excel worksheets (.xls or .xlsx)
- INFO
- VPF
- OLE database
- In-memory table views
For file input (.csv or .txt), the first row of the input file is used as the field names on the output table. Field names cannot contain spaces or special characters (such as $ or *), and you will receive an error if the first row of the input file contains spaces or special characters.
To add or append the copied rows to an existing table, use the Append tool.
The output table can be saved in a dBASE, geodatabase, or a tab delimited .txt file.
Syntax
CopyRows_management (in_rows, out_table, {config_keyword})
Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
in_rows | The rows from a feature class, layer, table, or table view to be copied. | Table View ; Raster Layer |
out_table | The table to which the rows will be written. The output table can be saved in a geodatabase, dBASE, or a tab delimited file. To save to a dBASE table, specify a name with the extension .dbf. To save to a tab delimited file, specify a name with the extension .txt. | Table |
config_keyword (Optional) | The config keyword specifies the default storage parameters for an enterprise geodatabase. | String |
Code sample
CopyRows example 1 (Python window)
The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the CopyRows function in immediate mode.
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.CopyRows_management("vegtable.dbf", "C:/output/output.gdb/vegtable")
CopyRows example 2 (stand-alone script)
The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to use CopyRows to copy the tables in a folder to a file geodatabase.
# Name: CopyRows_Example2.py
# Description: Convert all dBASE tables in a folder to geodatabase tables
# Requirement: os module
# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
import os
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"
# Set local variables
outWorkspace = "c:/output/output.gdb"
# Use ListTables to generate a list of dBASE tables in the
# workspace shown above.
tableList = arcpy.ListTables()
# Execute CopyRows for each input table
for dbaseTable in tableList:
# Determine the new output feature class path and name
outTable = os.path.join(outWorkspace, dbaseTable.strip(".dbf"))
arcpy.CopyRows_management(dbaseTable, outTable)
Environments
Licensing information
- ArcGIS Desktop Basic: Yes
- ArcGIS Desktop Standard: Yes
- ArcGIS Desktop Advanced: Yes