Create Table (Data Management)

Summary

Creates a geodatabase table or a dBASE table.

Usage

• If the output location is a folder, the default output is a dBASE table.

• To create a dBASE table in a folder, you must append the extension .dbf to the output table name.

Syntax

arcpy.management.CreateTable(out_path, out_name, {template}, {config_keyword}, {out_alias})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
out_path	The workspace in which the output table will be created.	Workspace
out_name	The name of the table to be created.	String
template [template,...] (Optional)	A table with an attribute schema that is used to define the output table. Fields in the template tables will be added to the output table.	Table View
config_keyword (Optional)	The configuration keyword that determines the storage parameters of the table in an enterprise geodatabase.	String
out_alias (Optional)	The alternate name of the output table that will be created.	String

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
out_table	The new output table.	Table

Code sample

CreateTable example 1 (Python window)

The following Python Window script demonstrates how to use the CreateTable function in immediate mode:

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.CreateTable_management("C:/output", "habitatTemperatures.dbf", 
                             "vegtable.dbf")

CreateTable example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following Python script demonstrates how to use the CreateTable function in a stand-alone script:

# Name: CreateTable_Example2.py
# Description: Create table to store temperature data in gnatcatcher habitat areas

# Import system modules
import arcpy

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

# Set local variables
out_path = "C:/output"
out_name = "habitatTemperatures.dbf"
template = "vegtable.dbf"
config_keyword = ""

# Execute CreateTable
arcpy.CreateTable_management(out_path, out_name, template, config_keyword)

Environments

Current Workspace, Output CONFIG Keyword, Scratch Workspace

Licensing information

• Basic: Yes
• Standard: Yes
• Advanced: Yes