An overview of the General toolset

The General toolset contains tools for performing general data management operations. The toolset contains tools for combining feature classes or tables; renaming, copying, or deleting datasets; finding or deleting duplicate or identical records; sorting records; and uploading files to a portal.

Tools in the General toolset

Tool	Description
Append	Appends to, or optionally updates, an existing target dataset with multiple input datasets. Input datasets can be feature classes, tables, shapefiles, rasters, or annotation or dimension feature classes.
Copy	Copies the input data to an output workspace of the same data type as the input workspace.
Create Database View	Creates a view in a database based on an SQL expression.
Delete	Permanently deletes data. All types of geographic data supported by ArcGIS, as well as toolboxes and workspaces (folders and geodatabases), can be deleted. If the specified item is a workspace, all contained items will also be deleted.
Delete Identical	Deletes records from a feature class or table that have identical values in a set of fields. If the geometry field is selected, feature geometries are compared.
Delete Multiple	Permanently deletes multiple data items of the same or different data types. All types of geographic data supported by ArcGIS, as well as toolboxes and workspaces (folders and geodatabases), can be deleted. If a specified item is a workspace, all contained items will also be deleted.
Export Report To PDF	Exports an ArcGIS Pro report to a PDF file.
Extract Data from Geodatabase	Extracts a subset of data from one geodatabase to another geodatabase or an .xml file.
Find Identical	Reports any records in a feature class or table that have identical values in a list of fields, and generates a table listing the identical records. If the Shape field is specified, feature geometries will be compared.
Merge	Combines multiple input datasets into a single, new output dataset. This tool can combine point, line, or polygon feature classes or tables.
Rename	Changes the name of a dataset. This includes a variety of data types, including feature dataset, raster, table, and shapefile.
Sort	Reorders records in a feature class or table, in ascending or descending order, based on one or multiple fields. The reordered result is written to a new dataset.
Transfer Files	Transfers files between a file system and a cloud storage workspace.
Upload File To Portal	Uploads a file to the active portal. Supported file types are .lyrx, .mapx, .pagx, .pdf, .rptt, .rptx, and .stylx.