Create Indoors Database (Indoors)

Available for an ArcGIS organization licensed with the Indoors extension.

Summary

Adds the necessary datasets, feature classes, tables, and configurations to a geodatabase to host ArcGIS Indoors data.

Usage

• The target geodatabase must already exist.

• When using an enterprise geodatabase, the connection file must connect directly to the database, and the connection should be established as the database owner.

• The output of this tool is used by the Import Floorplans To Indoors Geodatabase tool, which converts the CAD data to GIS data.

Syntax

CreateIndoorsDatabase(target_gdb)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
target_gdb	A geodatabase to contain the ArcGIS Indoors Information Model to manage indoor GIS information for use with Indoors apps.	Workspace

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
updated_gdb	The geodatabase in which the Indoors schema and data results will be generated.	Workspace

Code sample

CreateIndoorsDatabase example 1 (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the CreateIndoorsDatabase function in immediate mode.

import arcpy
arcpy.indoors.CreateIndoorsDatabase(r"C:\Indoors\ExampleCampus.gdb")

CreateIndoorsDatabase example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to use the CreateIndoorsDatabase function.

# Name: Indoors_CreateIndoorsDatabase_example2.py
# Description: Creates Indoors model items in an empty file geodatabase.

import arcpy

# Set local variables
out_folder_path = r"C:\Indoors"
out_name = "ExampleCampus.gdb"

# Execute CreateFileGDB
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management(out_folder_path, out_name)

# Execute CreateIndoorsDatabase on empty file geodatabase
arcpy.indoors.CreateIndoorsDatabase(r"{0}\{1}".format(out_folder_path, out_name))

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing information

• Basic: No
• Standard: Requires Indoors
• Advanced: Requires Indoors