Using ArcCatalog

Catalog’s contents. An item’s
path describes how to navigate
the Catalog’s hierarchy to find
it. For items located in a remote
database stored in the Database
Connections folder, the path
includes both the folder’s name
and the name of the database
connection. For example, a path
that selects a parcel’s feature
class in an ArcSDE ® geodatabase
might appear as “Database
Connections\myConnection\
theDataset\anOwner.parcels”. If
you type the path of a folder for
which a folder connection
doesn’t already exist, a new
folder connection will automatically
be created.
The selected item’s path always
appears in the ArcCatalog
window’s title bar and in the
text box on the Location toolbar.
The status bar shows how
many items are currently
selected and what type of items
they are, if appropriate. u
Selecting an item by
typing its path
1. Type the path to the item you
want to select in the Location
text box.
2. Press Enter.
The Catalog tree expands to
show the item you’ve selected.
Or, a new folder
connection is added to the
Catalog, and it is selected in
the Catalog tree.
Moving up the Catalog
tree
1. Click the Up One Level
button.
The next item up in the
Catalog tree’s hierarchy is
selected.
The Catalog tree expands to
show the selected item.
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Tip
Selecting a path from the
Location list
After selecting an item by typing its
path, the path is added to the
Location list. To select that item
again later, click the Location
dropdown arrow and click the
appropriate path in the list.
The next item up in the
heirarchy is selected; if
Hydrants was selected
before, Water would be
selected after clicking the
Up One Level button.
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