Geodatabase design forms

Geodatabase name
Feature dataset name
Feature classes:
Type Feature class name Alias

Type: Indicate if this is a PoiNT, Line, or POLYgon feature class.

Name: Enter the name of your feature class.
Alias: Describe the contents of the feature class.
Tables worksheet
Feature class or Nulls Default Domain name or
table name (lookup) Field name Key Field type Alias (Y/N) value subtype field (S) or (D)

Field type: Long Integer, Short Integer, Text, Floating Point, etc…
Alias: Alternate field name (may contain spaces)
Nulls: Are null values allowed?
Default value: Most common value
Domain/Subtype: Indicator of which domain or subtype is applied to this field
Key: Primary Key, Foreign Key, Lookup Key, etc…
Domains worksheet
Coded values / Range
Domain name Description Field type Domain type Code / (Min) Desc /(Max)

Name: Name of domain

Description: Description of domain
Field type: Must match the field to which this domain will be applied
Domain type: Coded values (text) or range (numbers)
Code (or minimum): Code used to represent value OR low end of numeric range allowed
Desc (or maximum): Description of code OR high end of numeric range allowed
 Coded values / Range
Domain name Description Field type Domain type Code / (Min) Desc / (Max)

Name: Name of domain

Description: Description of domain
Field type: Must match the field to which this domain will be applied
Domain type: Coded values (text) or range (numbers)
Code (or minimum): Code used to represent value OR low end of numeric range allowed
Desc (or maximum): Description of code OR high end of numeric range allowed
Subtypes worksheet
PRESET DEFAULTS
Subtype name Code Description Field Domain name Default value

Code: Integer values

Description: Description of code
Field: Field names for which defaults or domains may be assigned
Domain: Name of the domain that may be applied to this field
Value: Default value of the associated field
Relationship worksheet

Name of the relationship class:

Origin table/feature class:

Destination table/feature class:

Relationship type: Simple (peer to peer) Composite

Labels:
Origin to destination:

Destination to origin:

Message propagation: Forward Backward Both None

Cardinality: 1-1 1-M M-N

Attributes: No Yes - Table name:

Add to the tables worksheet

Primary key field Foreign key name

Origin table/feature class: :

Destination table/feature class: :