ArcGIS Pro 3.7 API Reference Guide
ArcGIS.Core.Data.DDL Namespace / SchemaBuilder Class / Create Method / Create(FeatureClassDescription) Method
Indicates the ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureClass to be created.
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    Create(FeatureClassDescription) Method
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    Enqueue the create operation on the object referred to by the FeatureClassDescription. This method must be called on the MCT. Use QueuedTask.Run.
    Syntax

    Parameters

    featureClassDescription
    Indicates the ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureClass to be created.

    Return Value

    Exceptions
    ExceptionDescription
    The total path length for the ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureClass to be created must be less than 252 characters.
    featureClassDescription is null.
    A Geodatabase must be set as the datasource for this operation
    This method or property must be called within the lambda passed to QueuedTask.Run.
    Example
    Creating a feature class
    {
      // Must be called within QueuedTask.Run
      void CreateFeatureClassSnippet(Geodatabase geodatabase, FeatureClass existingFeatureClass,
        SpatialReference spatialReference)
      {
        // Create a Cities feature class with the following fields
        // GlobalID
        // ObjectID
        // Name (string)
        // Population (integer)
    
        // This helper routine creates a FieldDescription for a GlobalID field with default values
        FieldDescription globalIDFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateGlobalIDField();
    
        // This helper routine creates a FieldDescription for an ObjectID field with default values
        FieldDescription objectIDFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateObjectIDField();
    
        // This helper routine creates a FieldDescription for a string field
        FieldDescription nameFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Name", 255);
    
        // This helper routine creates a FieldDescription for an integer field
        FieldDescription populationFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("Population");
    
        // Assemble a list of all of our field descriptions
        List<FieldDescription> fieldDescriptions = new List<FieldDescription>()
            { globalIDFieldDescription, objectIDFieldDescription, nameFieldDescription, populationFieldDescription };
    
        // Create a ShapeDescription object
        ShapeDescription shapeDescription = new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Point, spatialReference);
    
        // Alternatively, ShapeDescriptions can be created from another feature class.  In this case, the new feature class will inherit the same shape properties of the existing class
        ShapeDescription alternativeShapeDescription = new ShapeDescription(existingFeatureClass.GetDefinition());
    
        // Enable support for measure (M) value, if needed
        // shapeDescription.HasM = true;
    
        // Enable support for the vertical coordinate system (Z), if needed
        // shapeDescription.HasZ = true;
    
        // Create a FeatureClassDescription object to describe the feature class to create
        FeatureClassDescription featureClassDescription =
          new FeatureClassDescription("Cities", fieldDescriptions, shapeDescription);
    
        // Create a SchemaBuilder object
        SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder = new SchemaBuilder(geodatabase);
    
        // Add the creation of the Cities feature class to our list of DDL tasks
        schemaBuilder.Create(featureClassDescription);
    
        // Execute the DDL
        bool success = schemaBuilder.Build();
    
        // Inspect error messages
        if (!success)
        {
          IReadOnlyList<string> errorMessages = schemaBuilder.ErrorMessages;
          //etc.
        }
      }
    }
    Creating a table with index from scratch
    {
      // Must be called within QueuedTask.Run
      void CreatingTableWithIndex(SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder)
      {
        FieldDescription nameFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Name", 50);
        FieldDescription addressFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Address", 200);
    
        // Creating a feature class, 'Buildings' with two fields
        TableDescription tableDescription = new TableDescription("Buildings",
          new List<FieldDescription>() { nameFieldDescription, addressFieldDescription });
    
        // Enqueue DDL operation to create a table
        TableToken tableToken = schemaBuilder.Create(tableDescription);
    
        // Creating an attribute index named as 'Idx'
        AttributeIndexDescription attributeIndexDescription = new AttributeIndexDescription("Idx", new TableDescription(tableToken),
          new List<string> { nameFieldDescription.Name, addressFieldDescription.Name });
    
        // Enqueue DDL operation to create an attribute index
        schemaBuilder.Create(attributeIndexDescription);
    
        // Execute build indexes operation
        bool isBuildSuccess = schemaBuilder.Build();
      }
    }
    Adding indexes in pre-existing dataset
    {
      // Must be called within QueuedTask.Run
      void AddingIndexes(SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder, FeatureClassDefinition featureClassDefinition)
      {
        // Field names to add in the attribute index
        string fieldName = featureClassDefinition.GetFields().First(f => f.AliasName.Contains("Name")).Name;
        string fieldAddress = featureClassDefinition.GetFields().First(f => f.AliasName.Contains("Address")).Name;
    
        // Creating an attribute index with index name 'Idx' and two participating fields' name
        AttributeIndexDescription attributeIndexDescription = new AttributeIndexDescription("Idx",
          new TableDescription(featureClassDefinition), new List<string> { fieldName, fieldAddress });
    
        // Enqueue DDL operation for an attribute index creation 
        schemaBuilder.Create(attributeIndexDescription);
    
        // Creating the spatial index 
        SpatialIndexDescription spatialIndexDescription = new SpatialIndexDescription(new FeatureClassDescription(featureClassDefinition));
    
        // Enqueue DDL operation for the spatial index creation
        schemaBuilder.Create(spatialIndexDescription);
    
        // Execute build indexes operation
        bool isBuildSuccess = schemaBuilder.Build();
    
        if (!isBuildSuccess)
        {
          IReadOnlyList<string> errors = schemaBuilder.ErrorMessages;
          // Iterate and handle errors 
        }
      }
    }
    Creating table with subtypes
    {
      // Must be called within QueuedTask.Run
      void CreateTableWithSubtypes(SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder)
      {
        // Creating a 'Building' table with the subtype field 'BuildingType'
        FieldDescription buildingType = new FieldDescription("BuildingType", FieldType.Integer);
        FieldDescription buildingName = new FieldDescription("Name", FieldType.String);
    
        TableDescription tableDescription = new TableDescription("Building", new List<FieldDescription> { buildingName, buildingType });
    
        // Add the building type subtype with three subtypes - Business, Marketing, Security
        tableDescription.SubtypeFieldDescription = new SubtypeFieldDescription(buildingType.Name,
          new Dictionary<int, string> { { 1, "Business" }, { 2, "Marketing" }, { 3, "Security" } })
        {
          DefaultSubtypeCode = 3 // Assigning 'Security' building type as the default subtype
        };
    
        schemaBuilder.Create(tableDescription);
        schemaBuilder.Build();
      }
    }
    Creating relationship class
    {
      // Must be called within QueuedTask.Run
      void CreateRelationshipWithRelationshipRules(SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder)
      {
        // Creating a 'BuildingType' table with two fields - BuildingType and BuildingTypeDescription
        FieldDescription buildingType = FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("BuildingType");
        FieldDescription buildingTypeeDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("BuildingTypeDescription", 100);
        TableDescription buildingTypeDescription = new TableDescription("BuildingType",
          new List<FieldDescription>() { buildingType, buildingTypeeDescription });
        TableToken buildingtypeToken = schemaBuilder.Create(buildingTypeDescription);
    
        // Creating a 'Building' feature class with three fields - BuildingId, Address, and BuildingType
        FieldDescription buildingId = FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("BuildingId");
        FieldDescription buildingAddress = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Address", 100);
        FieldDescription usageSubType = FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("UsageSubtype");
        FeatureClassDescription featureClassDescription = new FeatureClassDescription("Building",
          new List<FieldDescription> { buildingId, buildingAddress, buildingType, usageSubType },
          new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Polygon, SpatialReferences.WGS84));
    
        // Set subtype details (optional)
        featureClassDescription.SubtypeFieldDescription = new SubtypeFieldDescription(usageSubType.Name,
          new Dictionary<int, string> { { 1, "Marketing" }, { 2, "Utility" } });
    
        FeatureClassToken buildingToken = schemaBuilder.Create(featureClassDescription);
    
        // Creating a 1:M relationship between the 'Building' feature class and 'BuildingType' table
        RelationshipClassDescription relationshipClassDescription = new RelationshipClassDescription(
          "BuildingToBuildingType", new FeatureClassDescription(buildingToken), new TableDescription(buildingtypeToken),
          RelationshipCardinality.OneToMany, buildingType.Name, buildingType.Name)
        {
          RelationshipType = RelationshipType.Composite
        };
    
        // Adding relationship rules for the 'Marketing' subtype
        relationshipClassDescription.RelationshipRuleDescriptions.Add(new RelationshipRuleDescription(1, null));
    
        schemaBuilder.Create(relationshipClassDescription);
        schemaBuilder.Build();
      }
    }
    Creating attributed relationship class
    {
      // Must be called within QueuedTask.Run
      void CreateAttributedRelationship(SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder)
      {
        // Creating a 'BuildingType' table with two fields - BuildingType and BuildingTypeDescription
        FieldDescription buildingType = FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("BuildingType");
        FieldDescription buildingTypeeDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("BuildingTypeDescription", 100);
        TableDescription buildingTypeDescription = new TableDescription("BuildingType",
          new List<FieldDescription>() { buildingType, buildingTypeeDescription });
        TableToken buildingtypeToken = schemaBuilder.Create(buildingTypeDescription);
    
        // Creating a 'Building' feature class with three fields - BuildingId, Address, and BuildingType
        FieldDescription buildingId = FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("BuildingId");
        FieldDescription buildingAddress = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Address", 100);
        FeatureClassDescription featureClassDescription = new FeatureClassDescription("Building",
          new List<FieldDescription> { buildingId, buildingAddress, buildingType },
          new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Polygon, SpatialReferences.WGS84));
        FeatureClassToken buildingToken = schemaBuilder.Create(featureClassDescription);
    
        // Creating M:M relationship between the 'Building' feature class and 'BuildingType' table
        AttributedRelationshipClassDescription attributedRelationshipClassDescription =
          new AttributedRelationshipClassDescription("BuildingToBuildingType",
            new FeatureClassDescription(buildingToken),
            new TableDescription(buildingtypeToken), RelationshipCardinality.ManyToMany, "OBJECTID", "BuildingID",
            "OBJECTID", "BuildingTypeID");
    
        // Adding optional attribute field in the intermediate table - 'OwnershipPercentage' field
        attributedRelationshipClassDescription.FieldDescriptions.Add(FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("OwnershipPercentage"));
    
        schemaBuilder.Create(attributedRelationshipClassDescription);
        schemaBuilder.Build();
      }
    }
    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 11 Home, Pro, Enterprise (64 bit)

    ArcGIS Pro version: 3.0 or higher.
    See Also