Geoprocessing > Automating your work with scripts > Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts
About batch processing with scripts |
|
|
Release 9.3
Last modified June 3, 2010 |
Print all topics in : "Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts" |
Note:
This topic was updated for 9.3.1.
Companies and organizations that use a GIS typically have large amounts of information stored in many different data formats. Hundreds of shapefiles, geodatabase feature classes, coverages, grids, and tables can form the backbone of the organization and are used every day. New data can also be created at a staggering rate by converting data from one format to another. The tasks required to maintain current databases and create data suitable for analysis are often daunting because of the volume of data required for processing.
Scripts are used to meet these requirements, since they are an efficient way of organizing data and executing operations. Scripts can be run outside an ArcGIS application at any time. By using an operating system's scheduling mechanism, you can have a script run at a regular date and time.
Learn more about listing data