The File Geodatabase toolset contains tools for compressing, uncompressing, and licensing file geodatabases.
To reduce storage requirements, you can compress vector file geodatabase feature classes and tables to a read-only format. Files can be reduced to as little as one-fourth their original size. Once compressed, a dataset looks the same in ArcGIS AllSource as when it was uncompressed. Also, apart from editing, you work with it the same way. The compressed data is a direct access format, so you do not have to uncompress it each time you access it.
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Compacts a file or mobile geodatabase, SQLite database, or Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) GeoPackage file. Compacting rearranges data storage, often reducing the file's size and improving performance. | |
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Compresses all the contents in a geodatabase, all the contents in a feature dataset, or an individual stand-alone feature class or table. | |
Generates a license file (.sdlic) for displaying the contents in a licensed file geodatabase created by the Generate Licensed File Geodatabase tool. | |
Generates a license definition file (.licdef) that defines and restricts the display of contents in a file geodatabase. The contents of the licensed file geodatabase can be viewed by creating a license file (*.sdlic) and configuring the ArcGIS clients to recognize it. The license file is created using the Generate File Geodatabase License tool. | |
Recovers data from a file geodatabase that has become corrupt. | |
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Uncompresses all the contents in a geodatabase, all the contents in a feature dataset, or an individual stand-alone feature class or table. |