Replace Data Source
- Heather Geyer
This Processing task replaces an old data source for selected layer files and map document layers with a new data source. This task can be used to change the workspace path (e.g. for maps with broken links), workspace type and/or change the dataset name.
To run this task in the Navigo UI:
Cick the Cart icon and select New Task from the drop-down menu
Select Replace Data Source from the task menu
Select Create Backup - this is recommended before you replace workspace paths.
Enter the Old Data Source
Enter the New Data Source
Click Run Task to begin processing
Supported File Types
This task supports:
Layer files
Map document layers
Usage Notes
The input search results must be layer files or map documents.
By default, backups are created. Backups are created in the source location with a .bak extension.
RECOMMENDED
The data source will only be updated if the new data source path is a valid.
A data source can be the the full catalog path to the dataset or it can be a workspace path when updating only the workspace portion of data.
If the dataset names are identical when switching workspaces, only the workspace paths are necessary. For example, a shapefile called Highways.shp can be redirected to a file geodatabase workspace if the dataset name in the file geodatabase is also called Highways.
If dataset names are different, full paths to the data source is required. For example, c:\data\highways.shp can be redirected to c:\data\usa.gdb\us_highways.
Requires ArcGIS 10.x