An overview of the Package toolset

The Package toolset contains tools to consolidate, package, and share layers, maps, projects, address locators, and geoprocessing results.

Layer files, maps and basemaps in projects, and address locators are containers that reference data that resides on local disk, across a local area network, or in an enterprise geodatabase. The tools in the Package toolset allow you to consolidate data resources into a single folder location using the consolidation tools or into a single compressed file using the package tools. You can use the tools in the Package toolset to organize and share data, maps, address locators, and geoprocessing workflows.

You can share packages using standard file transfer techniques or by publishing them to ArcGIS Online using the Share Package tool.

Tools in the Package toolset

Tool	Description
Consolidate Layer	Consolidates one or more layers by copying all referenced data sources into a single folder.
Consolidate Locator	Consolidate a locator or composite locator by copying all locators into a single folder.
Consolidate Map	Consolidates a map and all referenced data sources to a specified output folder.
Consolidate Project	Consolidates a project (an .aprx file) and referenced maps and data into a specified output folder.
Consolidate Toolbox	Consolidates one or more toolboxes into a specified output folder.
Create Map Tile Package	Generates tiles from a map and packages them as a single tile package or multiple smaller tile packages.
Create Mobile Map Package	Packages maps and basemaps along with all referenced data sources into a single .mmpk file.
Create Mobile Scene Package	Creates a mobile scene package file (.mspk) from one or more scenes for use across the ArcGIS system.
Create Vector Tile Index	Creates a multiscale mesh of polygons that can be used as index polygons when creating vector tile packages.
Create Vector Tile Package	Generates vector tiles from a map or basemap and packages the tiles in a single .vtpk file.
Extract Package	Extracts the contents of a package to a specified folder. The output folder will be updated with the extracted contents of the input package.
Package 3D Tiles	Packages a 3D tiles layer or folder of 3D tiles content into a 3D tiles archive file.
Package Layer	Packages one or more layers and all referenced data sources to create a single compressed .lpkx file.
Package Locator	Packages a locator or composite locator and creates a single compressed .gcpk file.
Package Map	Packages a map and all referenced data sources to create a single compressed .mpkx file.
Package Project	Consolidates and packages a project file (.aprx) of referenced maps and data to a packaged project file (.ppkx).
Package Result	Packages one or more geoprocessing results, including all tools and input and output datasets, into a single compressed file (.gpkx).
Share Package	Shares a package by uploading it to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.

The Scene Layers toolset contains tools for packaging scene layers and validating third-party scene layer packages.

Tools in the Scene Layers toolset

Tool	Description
Create 3D Object Scene Layer Content	Creates a scene layer package (.slpk) or scene layer content (.i3sREST) from a multipatch or 3D object feature layer input.
Create Building Scene Layer Content	Creates a scene layer package (.slpk) or scene layer content (.i3sREST) from a building layer input.
Create Integrated Mesh Scene Layer Content	Creates scene layer content (.slpk or .i3sREST) from OpenSceneGraph binary (OSGB) data.
Create Point Cloud Scene Layer Content	Creates a point cloud scene layer package (.slpk) or scene layer content (.i3sREST) in the cloud from LAS, zLAS, LAZ, or LAS dataset input.
Create Point Scene Layer Content	Creates a point scene layer package (.slpk) or scene layer content (.i3sREST) from a point feature layer.
Create Voxel Scene Layer Content	Creates a scene layer package (.slpk file) from a voxel layer input.
Upgrade Scene Layer	Upgrades a scene layer package to the current I3S version in SLPK format or output to i3sREST format for use in ArcGIS Enterprise.
Validate Scene Layer	Evaluates a scene layer package (*.slpk or *.i3sREST) in a cloud store to determine its conformity to I3S specifications.