The Attachments toolset contains tools for managing geodatabase attachments. The attachments functionality provides a way to associate nongeographic data with geographic information. With these tools, you can incorporate attachments into your workflows and automate the process of adding and removing attachments.
The following are common use case examples for attachments:
- Attach picture files to geographic features (pictures represent conditions at a specific time).
- Attach HTML documents to table records.
- Attach reports or graphs that provide additional information about features (for example, a profile graph created by a line-of-sight analysis for a way point or track).
Learn more about working with the Attachments geoprocessing tools
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Adds file attachments to the records of a geodatabase feature class or table. The attachments are stored in the geodatabase in a separate attachment table that maintains linkage to the target dataset. Attachments are added to the target dataset using a match table that indicates for each input record (or an attribute group of records) the path to a file to add as an attachment to that record. | |
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Disables attachments on a geodatabase feature class or table. The tool deletes the attachment relationship class and attachment table. | |
Downgrades the attachments functionality of a feature class or table. | |
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Enables attachments on a geodatabase feature class or table. The tool creates the necessary attachment relationship class and attachment table that will store attachment files internally. | |
Exports file attachments from the records of a geodatabase feature class or table to a specified folder. Attachments can also be exported to subdirectories based on an attribute value from a specified attribute column. Exported attachments can be renamed using one or more field attribute values. | |
Creates a match table to be used with the Add Attachments and Remove Attachments tools. | |
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Removes attachments from geodatabase feature class or table records. | |
Upgrades the attachments functionality on the data. |