Consolidate Locator (Data Management)
Summary
Consolidate a locator or composite locator by copying all locators into a single folder.
Illustration
![Locator consolidated folder Locator consolidated folder](0017/GUID-E7D30DA7-96D5-417A-83B8-DB6F3F350BAE-web.png)
Usage
This tool is located in the Geocoding toolbox. For convenience, a copy of this tool also resides in the Data Management toolbox Package toolset.
A warning is issued when this tool encounters an invalid locator. The invalid locator will not be packaged.
If the locator to be consolidated or packaged is a composite locator and the Composite locator only: copy participating locators in ArcSDE database instead of referencing them option is checked
- The composite locator and all its participating locators, including locators in an ArcSDE database, will be copied to the consolidated folder.
- Each locator will be copied to a unique folder created in the consolidated folder.
If the locator to be consolidated or packaged is a composite locator and the Composite locator only: copy participating locators in ArcSDE database instead of referencing them option is unchecked
- The composite locator and its non-ArcSDE participating locators will be copied to the consolidated folder.
- The participating locators in an ArcSDE database will not be copied to the consolidated folder, but the composite locator will preserve the connection information of the participating locators that are stored in ArcSDE.
Syntax
Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
in_locator |
The input locator or composite locator that will be consolidated. | Locator |
output_folder |
The output folder that will contain the locator or composite locator with its participating locators. | Folder |
copy_arcsde_locator (Optional) | Specifies whether participating locators will be copied or their connection information will be preserved in the composite locator. This option only applies to composite locators.
| Boolean |
Code Sample
The following Python script demonstrates how to use the ConsolidateLocator tool from the Python window:
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/MyData/Locators"
arcpy.ConsolidateLocator_Geocoding('Atlanta_composite', 'Consolidate_folder', "COPY_ARCSDE")
Finds and creates individual consolidated folders for all the locators that reside in a specified folder.
# Name: ConsolidateLocator.py
# Description: Find all the locators that reside in a specified folder and create a consolidated folder for each locator.
# import system modules
import os
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
# Set environment settings
env.overwriteOutput = True
env.workspace = "C:/MyData/Locators"
# Loop through the workspace, find all the loc and create a consolidated folder using the same
# name as the original locator
for loc in arcpy.ListFiles("*.loc"):
print "Consolidating " + loc
arcpy.ConsolidateLocator_geocoding(loc, os.path.splitext(loc)[0], "COPY_ARCSDE")