An overview of the Distributed Geodatabase toolset(ArcInfo only)
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Distributing geodatabases allows organizations to disperse their data as necessary from central servers to regional or local offices which may be in a connected or disconnected environment. This is achieved through replication of the geodatabase in whole or in part and dispensing these replicas as necessary throughout an organization. As the replicas are updated, changes can be coordinated between the offices through a synchronization process.

The Distributed Geodatabase toolset covers the same functionality as the Disconnecting Editing toolset, along with many new tools that support Geodatabase Replication and also a tool to import WFS feature types. The Disconnected Editing tools are still available to support backward compatability; however, if you are developing new models or scripts, it is recommended to use the tools in the Distributed Geodatabase toolset.

The following table lists the tools available in the Distributed Geodatabase toolset and provides a brief description of each.

NOTE: Tool availability is determined by the ArcGIS license. Licensing requirements for each tool are listed below.

Tool	Description
Add Global IDs	Adds global IDs to a list of geodatabase classes, tables and/or feature datasets. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Compare Replica Schema	Generates a report file XML comparing an input replica geodatabase and an XML schema file or geodatabase. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Create Replica	Creates a replica personal, file, or ArcSDE geodatabase from a specified list of feature classes, layers, datasets, and/or tables in an ArcSDE geodatabase. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Create Replica Footprints	Creates a polygon feature class that contains the contents of the replica manager. The geometry used as the spatial filter for each replica in a workspace is stored in the shape column.
Export Acknowledgement Message	Creates an output acknowledgment file to acknowledge the reception of a data change message from an input replica and replica geodatabase.
Export Data Change Message	Creates an output delta file containing replica updates from an input replica and replica geodatabase. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Export Replica Schema	Creates an output replica schema file with the schema of an input one- or two-way replica. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Import Message	Imports changes from a delta file to a replica geodatabase. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Import Replica Schema	Applies replica schema differences using an input replica geodatabase and XML schema file or geodatabase. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Re-export Unacknowledged Data Change Messages	Creates an output delta file containing unacknowledged replica updates from an input one- or two-way replica geodatabase. Requires an ArcEditor license.
Synchronize Changes	Synchronizes edits between two replica geodatabases in a direction specified by the user.
WFS To Feature Class	Imports a feature type from a Web Feature Service (WFS) to a feature class in a geodatabase.

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