Generate Excel From Geodatabase (Topographic Production Tools)

Summary

Creates a Microsoft Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) from the contents of a geodatabase.

Usage

This tool will create an Excel spreadsheet that defines the schema of a topographic production database and can be used in the Generate Geodatabase From Excel tool.
The Excel file that is generated consists of multiple worksheets based on the components of the geodatabase. The individual worksheets in the file contain the spatial reference, datasets, object classes, subtypes, fields, domains, and metadata to be included in the geodatabase.

Label	Explanation	Data type
Input Geodatabase	The geodatabase that will be used to create the Excel spreadsheet.	Workspace
Output Excel File	The Excel file that will be created from the geodatabase.	File

arcpy.topographic.GenerateExcelFromGeodatabase(in_geodatabase, out_excel_file)

Name	Explanation	Data type
in_geodatabase	The geodatabase that will be used to create the Excel spreadsheet.	Workspace
out_excel_file	The Excel file that will be created from the geodatabase.	File

Code sample

GenerateExcelFromGeodatabase example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the GenerateExcelFromGeodatabase function.

# Name: GenerateExcelFromGeodatabase_sample.py
# Description: Uses the contents of a geodatabase to create a Microsoft Excel file (.xls or .xlsx).

# Import System Modules
import arcpy

# Setting the environment
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True

# Setting Local Variables
in_geodatabase = r'C:\Data\GDB\MGCP_TRD_4_6.gdb'
out_excel_file = r'C:\Data\Excel\MGCP_TRD_4_6.xls'

# Run Generate Excel From Geodatabase
arcpy.topographic.GenerateExcelFromGeodatabase(in_geodatabase, out_excel_file)

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information