Summary
Creates a feature dataset in the output location—an existing enterprise, file, or personal geodatabase.
Usage
A feature dataset is a collection of related feature classes that share a common coordinate system. Feature datasets are used to spatially or thematically integrate related feature classes. Their primary purpose is for organizing related feature classes into a common dataset for building a topology, a network dataset, a terrain dataset, or a geometric network.
Syntax
CreateFeatureDataset_management (out_dataset_path, out_name, {spatial_reference})
Parameter | Explanation | Data 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 the following ways:
| Spatial Reference |
Derived Output
Name | Explanation | Data Type |
out_dataset |
Code sample
CreateFeatureDataset example 1 (Python window)
The following Python Window script demonstrates how to use the CreateFeatureDataset function in immediate mode.
import arcpy
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:/output", "HabitatAnalysis.gdb")
arcpy.CreateFeatureDataset_management("C:/output/HabitatAnalysis.gdb", "analysisresults", "C:/workspace/landuse.prj")
CreateFeatureDataset example 2 (stand-alone 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
# 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