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Esri

Type of Support

Read and write

Alteryx Tools Used to Connect

Standard Workflow Processing

Additional Details

Read records into Designer from a FileGeodatabase (.gdb).

Data Types

FileGeodatabase

Designer

fieldTypeSmallInteger

Int16

fieldTypeInteger

Int32

fieldTypeOID

Int32

fieldTypeSingle

Float

fieldTypeDouble

Double

fieldTypeDate

DateTime

fieldTypeGeometry

SpatialObj

fieldTypeBlob

Blob

fieldTypeString

WString if less than 256, otherwise V_WString.

fieldTypeGUID

WString if less than 256, otherwise V_WString.

fieldTypeGlobalID

WString if less than 256, otherwise V_WString.

fieldTypeXML

V_String

Write records from Designer into a Feature Class or a table in a FileGeodatabase (.gdb).

Output Options

  • Overwrite DB (Drop): Drops an existing database, creates a new database and table, and inserts records.

  • Append Existing: Inserts records into an existing table.

  • Delete Data and Append: Truncates existing table and inserts records.

  • Overwrite Table (Drop): Drops an existing table, creates a new table, and inserts records.

  • Create New Table: Adds a new table to an existing database.

  • Update: Warn on Update Failure: Updates an existing record based on an Object ID and throws a warning when the UPDATE fails.

  • Update: Error on Update Failure: Updates an existing record based on an Object ID and throws an error when the UPDATE fails.

  • Update: Insert if New: Updates an existing record based on an Object ID, or inserts if it's a new record.

Projection: WGS 84 is the default.

OID Field: Accepts Byte, Int16, and Int32 Alteryx data types, and stores it as a fieldTypeOID.

Data Types: Data from Designer convert to these types in .gdb files:

Designer

FileGeodatabase

Bool

Unsupported

Int16

fieldTypeSmallInteger

Int32

fieldTypeInteger

Int64

Unsupported

FixedDecimal

fieldTypeDouble

Float

fieldTypeSingle

Double

fieldTypeDouble

String

fieldTypeString

WString

fieldTypeString

V_String

fieldTypeString

V_WString

fieldTypeString

Date

Unsupported: Use DateTime instead.

Time

Unsupported: Use DateTime instead.

Time

Unsupported: Use DateTime instead.

DateTime

fieldTypeDate

Blob

fieldTypeBlob

SpatialObj

fieldTypeGeometry (limited to one field per table, and one type per field).

Limitations

Compression and custom projections are NOT supported.