Compress (Data Management Tools)

Summary

Compresses an enterprise geodatabase by removing states not referenced by a version and redundant rows.

To improve geodatabase performance, compress the geodatabase periodically. A compressed geodatabase is more efficient.
Once a geodatabase is compressed, deleted records cannot be recovered.
Compressing a geodatabase not only reduces space requirements but can also reduce overall retrieval times.
While the Compress tool is running, you can still view data in the geodatabase.
Only the geodatabase administrator can perform compress.
This tool is not applicable to enterprise geodatabases that do not use versioning.
This tool is not applicable to branch versioning.

Label	Explanation	Data type
Input Database Connection	The database connection file that connects to the enterprise geodatabase to be compressed. Connect as the geodatabase administrator.	Workspace

Label	Explanation	Data type
Compressed Input Workspace	The compressed input geodatabase.	Workspace

arcpy.management.Compress(in_workspace)

Name	Explanation	Data type
in_workspace	The database connection file that connects to the enterprise geodatabase to be compressed. Connect as the geodatabase administrator.	Workspace

Name	Explanation	Data type
out_workspace	The compressed input geodatabase.	Workspace

Compress example (Python window)

This stand-alone Python script uses the Compress tool to compress the geodatabase.

import arcpy
arcpy.management.Compress("c:/Connection to brockville.sde")