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.

Parameters

Dialog

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Table Location	The workspace in which the output table will be created.	Workspace
Table Name	The name of the table to be created.	String
Template Table Name (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
Configuration Keyword (Optional)	The configuration keyword that determines the storage parameters of the table in an enterprise geodatabase.	String
Table Alias Name (Optional)	The alternate name of the output table that will be created.	String

Derived Output

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Output Table	The new output table.	Table

Python

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

Name	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