Table To Domain (Data Management Tools)

Summary

Creates or updates a coded value domain with values from a table.

Usage

• A domain can also be created with the Create Domain tool.

• The standard delimiter for tabular text files with extensions .csv or .txt is a comma, and for files with a .tab extension, a tab. To use an input table with a nonstandard delimiter, you must first specify the correct delimiter used in the table using a schema.ini file.

Parameters

• Dialog
• Python

Label	Explanation	Data type
Input Table	The database table from which the domain values will be derived.	Table View
Code Field	The field in the database table from which the domain code values will be derived.	Field
Description Field	The field in the database table from which the domain description values will be derived.	Field
Input Workspace	The workspace that contains the domain that will be created or updated.	Workspace
Domain Name	The name of the domain that will be created or updated.	String
Domain Description (Optional)	The description of the domain that will be created or updated. Domain descriptions of existing domains are not updated.	String
Update Option (Optional)	Specifies how the domain will be updated when you're using an existing domain. Append the values—The values from the input table will be appended to the existing domain values. This is the default. Replace the values—The existing domain values will be replaced with the values from the input table.	String

Derived output

Label	Explanation	Data type
Updated Input Workspace	The updated input workspace.	Workspace

Environments

Auto Commit, Current Workspace

Licensing information

• Basic: Yes
• Standard: Yes
• Advanced: Yes

Related topics

• An overview of the Domains toolset
• Find a geoprocessing tool
• Geoprocessing considerations for attribute domains
• Introduction to attribute domains
• Data design
• Create and manage domains