{"id":2803142,"date":"2025-05-27T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2803142"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:34:55","slug":"overwrite-options-arcgis-pro","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro","title":{"rendered":"Improve your geoprocessing productivity with Append To Existing in ArcGIS Pro (May 2025)"},"author":314022,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,37101],"tags":[778722,351652,772932,773052,24801],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-2803142","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-pro-3-5","tag-data-sharing","tag-geoprocesing","tag-geoprocessing-tools","tag-sharing","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":314022,"user_firstname":"Margaret","user_lastname":"Crawford","nickname":"Margaret Crawford","user_nicename":"mcrawford","display_name":"Margaret Crawford","user_email":"mcrawford@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-06-28 19:13:27","user_description":"Margaret is a Product Engineer on the Geoprocessing team. Her passion for GIS began with her interest in human-environmental relationships, and her graduate thesis studied the growing impact of flood-induced cascading disasters caused by sea level rise. Margaret leverages her foundation in research methodologies and spatial analysis techniques in her role at Esri, where she creates written content and demonstrations on features in ArcGIS Pro. She also contributes to refining and redesigning geoprocessing tools and functions. In her personal life, Margaret is a loving cat parent to three beautiful cats, and enjoys swimming and snowboarding.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230310_184124630.PORTRAIT234-465x465.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Learn about the new Overwrite Options for geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro 3.5","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2803722,"id":2803722,"title":"Overwrite_pic1","filename":"Overwrite_pic1.png","filesize":433474,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_pic1","alt":"","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"","name":"overwrite_pic1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 17:38:35","modified":"2025-05-22 17:38:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":750,"height":452,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","medium-width":433,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":452,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","large-width":750,"large-height":452,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":452,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":452,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":452,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic1.png","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":452}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"color: #2f5496\"><strong>Estimated Read Time:<\/strong><\/span> 5.5 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Picture this: you\u2019ve received updated data for a project. It could be new survey results, updated customer records, or the latest population data for your county.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you need to decide what to do with the dataset you already have and consider how any changes may impact the layers, maps, and apps you\u2019ve created using the original dataset. Figuring out a workflow with the least impact and downtime is critical.<\/p>\n<p>You could delete your old, existing dataset and start fresh. But what if the overwrite resets some of your previous configurations or breaks the shared data? In cases like that, updating your existing datasets or refreshing them with new data may be more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog, we\u2019ll explore three new <strong>Overwrite Options<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_463DCA76A448429C8EE22ED94F1E70B0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Pro 3.5<\/a> and work through an example of how to use them.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #2f5496\">Overwrite tool outputs<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever ran a geoprocessing tool, you\u2019ve likely encountered the warning below.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2803782,"id":2803782,"title":"Overwrite_pic2","filename":"Overwrite_pic2.png","filesize":5228,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_pic2","alt":"Warning 000725","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"Warning 000725","name":"overwrite_pic2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 17:55:14","modified":"2025-05-22 17:55:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":442,"height":87,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2-213x87.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":87,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","medium-width":442,"medium-height":87,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","medium_large-width":442,"medium_large-height":87,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","large-width":442,"large-height":87,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","1536x1536-width":442,"1536x1536-height":87,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","2048x2048-width":442,"2048x2048-height":87,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","card_image-width":442,"card_image-height":87,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic2.png","wide_image-width":442,"wide_image-height":87}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The message appears next to an output parameter when the given output already exists and the option to <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/geoprocessing-options.htm#GUID-8A6E65E0-33A6-41A0-979E-2A2915212EAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allow overwrites<\/a> is checked. So, when you run a tool with this warning, the existing dataset is <em>deleted and replaced<\/em> by the tool\u2019s output.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #2f5496\">Pro 3.5 <\/span><span style=\"color: #2f5496\">tool overwrite enhancements<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>To provide more control for tool outputs, ArcGIS Pro 3.5 includes an <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/run-geoprocessing-tools.htm#ESRI_SECTION2_8D9522F9B1C14F09BBFC0AD5E17FA08C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Overwrite Options<\/strong><\/a> drop-down list with three overwrite methods to choose from.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2803802,"id":2803802,"title":"Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog","filename":"Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","filesize":106665,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/gif_for_overwriteoptionsblog","alt":"Overwrite Options","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"Overwrite Options","name":"gif_for_overwriteoptionsblog","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 18:00:26","modified":"2025-05-22 18:00:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":362,"height":270,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","medium-width":350,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","medium_large-width":362,"medium_large-height":270,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","large-width":362,"large-height":270,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","1536x1536-width":362,"1536x1536-height":270,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","2048x2048-width":362,"2048x2048-height":270,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","card_image-width":362,"card_image-height":270,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gif_for_OverwriteOptionsBlog.gif","wide_image-width":362,"wide_image-height":270}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Use the following overwrite option to ensure a clean slate each time you run a tool:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Delete existing and create new (Default)<\/strong>\u2013Performs the same overwrite behavior that was available in previous ArcGIS Pro releases, where the original dataset is deleted from the database and replaced with a new one.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2803822,"id":2803822,"title":"Overwrite_pic3","filename":"Overwrite_pic3.png","filesize":15325,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_pic3","alt":"Delete existing and create new","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"Delete existing and create new","name":"overwrite_pic3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 18:04:08","modified":"2025-05-22 18:04:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":417,"height":155,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3-213x155.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":155,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","medium-width":417,"medium-height":155,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","medium_large-width":417,"medium_large-height":155,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","large-width":417,"large-height":155,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","1536x1536-width":417,"1536x1536-height":155,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","2048x2048-width":417,"2048x2048-height":155,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","card_image-width":417,"card_image-height":155,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic3.png","wide_image-width":417,"wide_image-height":155}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Use the following options to update an existing dataset without altering its structure, including its table <a href=\"https:\/\/support.esri.com\/en-us\/gis-dictionary\/schema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schema<\/a> and fields:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Append to existing<\/strong>\u2013Adds the tool\u2019s output features or records to the original dataset.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2804432,"id":2804432,"title":"Overwrite_pic4_2","filename":"Overwrite_pic4_2.png","filesize":7921,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_pic4_2","alt":"Append to existing","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"Append to existing","name":"overwrite_pic4_2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 20:15:28","modified":"2025-05-22 20:15:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":417,"height":239,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","medium-width":417,"medium-height":239,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","medium_large-width":417,"medium_large-height":239,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","large-width":417,"large-height":239,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","1536x1536-width":417,"1536x1536-height":239,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","2048x2048-width":417,"2048x2048-height":239,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","card_image-width":417,"card_image-height":239,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic4_2.png","wide_image-width":417,"wide_image-height":239}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>3. Replace existing records<\/strong> \u2013 The original dataset\u2019s features and attributes are deleted and replaced by the tool\u2019s output.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2803872,"id":2803872,"title":"Overwrite_pic5","filename":"Overwrite_pic5.png","filesize":2613,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_pic5","alt":"Append to existing","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"Append to existing","name":"overwrite_pic5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 18:18:32","modified":"2025-05-22 18:18:42","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":489,"height":120,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5-213x120.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":120,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":114,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","medium_large-width":489,"medium_large-height":120,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","large-width":489,"large-height":120,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","1536x1536-width":489,"1536x1536-height":120,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","2048x2048-width":489,"2048x2048-height":120,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","card_image-width":489,"card_image-height":120,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic5.png","wide_image-width":489,"wide_image-height":120}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><span style=\"color: #2f5496\">Where are the Overwrite Options?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>You can find<strong> Overwrite Options<\/strong> in many tools that create output datasets when you set the tool output to a dataset that already exists. These options are included in some of the most commonly-used tools in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/analysis\/an-overview-of-the-analysis-toolbox.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analysis toolbox<\/a> (Pairwise Buffer, Summary Statistics, etc.), and Data Management <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/data-management\/an-overview-of-the-features-toolset.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">features toolset<\/a> (XY Table to Point, Copy Features, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>You can also specify the <strong>Overwrite Options<\/strong> for these tools in Python using the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/arcpy\/classes\/env.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overwriteOutputOptions<\/a> environment property.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #2f5496\">What to know before getting started<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Before diving into <strong>Overwrite Options<\/strong>, here are a few things to keep in mind to avoid any surprises:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overwrites are permanent, so, you cannot undo any changes.<\/li>\n<li>When using the <strong>Append to existing<\/strong> or <strong>Replace existing records<\/strong> options to update outputs:\n<ul>\n<li>The geometry type must match the original dataset. For example, you cannot create polygons in a point feature class.<\/li>\n<li>All non-matching fields are excluded from the tool output.<\/li>\n<li>Outputs will be projected in the same spatial reference as the existing dataset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #2f5496\"><b>Example<\/b>: Update a feature layer with Overwrite Options in ArcGIS Pro 3.5<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f5496\"><strong>Objective:<\/strong><\/span> Update an existing point feature layer in your portal without disrupting its connected data services, such as its dashboards, maps, or web apps.<\/p>\n<p>Your team maintains a shared point feature layer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/stats\/reports-analysis\/stopfrisk.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NYPD Stop, Question and Frisk<\/strong><\/a> incidents in your organization\u2019s portal. This layer is used in several shared maps, dashboards, and web apps to support research on racial disparities for police stops in New York City.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2804012,"id":2804012,"title":"Overwrite_map1","filename":"Overwrite_map1.png","filesize":489383,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_map1","alt":"2023 Stop, Question, Frisk Point Locations","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"2023 Stop, Question, Frisk Point Locations (n=16,971)","name":"overwrite_map1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 19:24:42","modified":"2025-05-22 19:28:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":750,"height":557,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1.png","medium-width":351,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1.png","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":557,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1.png","large-width":750,"large-height":557,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1.png","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":557,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1.png","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":557,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1-626x465.png","card_image-width":626,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map1.png","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":557}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The point dataset includes the stop date and details, demographic information about the suspect, and the XY coordinates.<\/p>\n<table width=\"690\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\">OID<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"54\">SHAPE<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"78\">STOP_FRISK_DATE<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"120\">SUSPECTED_CRIME_DESCRIPTION<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"72\">ARRESTED<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"84\">SUSPECT_SEX<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"90\">SUSPECT_RACE<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"66\">STOP_LOC_X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eff0f1\" width=\"66\">STOP_LOC_Y<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"54\">Point<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">1\/1\/2023<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">MENACING<\/td>\n<td width=\"72\">N<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">MALE<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">BLACK<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">984781<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">198509<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"54\">Point<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">1\/1\/2023<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">CPW<\/td>\n<td width=\"72\">Y<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">MALE<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">WHITE HISP<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1015557<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">170379<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"54\">Point<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">1\/1\/2023<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">CPW<\/td>\n<td width=\"72\">N<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">MALE<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">WHITE HISP<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1005940<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">197103<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"54\">Point<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">1\/1\/2023<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">CPW<\/td>\n<td width=\"72\">N<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">MALE<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">BLACK<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1049830<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">185439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"54\">Point<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">1\/1\/2023<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">CPW<\/td>\n<td width=\"72\">Y<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">MALE<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">BLACK HISP<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1013821<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">252710<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Your organization is still using data from <strong>2023<\/strong> for the point feature layer. But the NYPD releases updated stop, question and frisk data annually in Excel (<code>.xlsx<\/code>) files. To keep your internal systems current, you need to <em>overwrite<\/em> the existing feature layer, so that it includes the most recent year\u2019s data (<strong>2024<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2f5496\"><strong>Append new data to a Feature Service Layer<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/data-management\/xy-table-to-point.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>XY Table To Point<\/strong><\/a> tool to convert the table to points and <em>append<\/em> new records to the existing feature layer.<\/p>\n<p>You may be thinking, <em>aren\u2019t you skipping a step?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In previous versions of Pro, <em>yes. <\/em>You would need to first run the <strong>XY Table To Point<\/strong> tool to create points, then run the <strong>Append<\/strong> tool to add the new points to the feature layer.<\/p>\n<p>New in <strong>ArcGIS Pro 3.5<\/strong>, you can use the <strong>Append to Existing<\/strong> option to run an append operation behind the scenes while you run a tool, instead of creating a new output dataset that has to be post-processed!<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: Although you won\u2019t be using the <strong>Append<\/strong> tool today, in ArcGIS Pro 3.5, the tool has some exciting new features that <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm#:~:text=Append%E2%80%94The%20Optimize,services%20are%20supported.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improve performance for feature service layers<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Open the <strong>XY Table To Point<\/strong> tool and set the following parameters:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2803972,"id":2803972,"title":"Overwrite_pic6","filename":"Overwrite_pic6.png","filesize":36105,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_pic6","alt":"XY Table To Point tool","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"XY Table To Point tool","name":"overwrite_pic6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 18:54:48","modified":"2025-05-22 18:55:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":422,"height":528,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6.png","medium-width":209,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6.png","medium_large-width":422,"medium_large-height":528,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6.png","large-width":422,"large-height":528,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6.png","1536x1536-width":422,"1536x1536-height":528,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6.png","2048x2048-width":422,"2048x2048-height":528,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6-372x465.png","card_image-width":372,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_pic6.png","wide_image-width":422,"wide_image-height":528}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>1. <strong>Input Table<\/strong>: The excel sheet with the updated data. <code>sqf2024:Sheet1$<\/code><\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Output Feature Class<\/strong>: The REST endpoint\/URL of the feature service data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">A warning will appear next to the parameter, indicating the feature class already exists, and <strong>Overwrite Options<\/strong>\u00a0will appear above the <strong>Run<\/strong> button.<br \/>\n<em>Note<\/em><em>: If you see an error message instead of a warning, check the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/geoprocessing-options.htm#GUID-8A6E65E0-33A6-41A0-979E-2A2915212EAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allow geoprocessing tools to overwrite existing datasets<\/a> <\/strong>option.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>X Field:<\/strong> <code>STOP_LOCATION_X<\/code><\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Y Field:<\/strong> <code>STOP_LOCATION_Y<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Note<\/em><em>: You may need to clean the data in Excel to convert the coordinate fields to a numeric field type. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/data\/excel\/work-with-excel-in-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_CFEF9994188849D89C6F74552D58C271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Learn more about working with Excel in ArcGIS Pro<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Coordinate System<\/strong>: <code>6539<\/code><\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Overwrite Options:<\/strong> <code>Append to existing<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Note<\/em><em>: You cannot delete or create new web feature layers from geoprocessing tools, you can only process the layer\u2019s existing records, including deleting or appending rows. So, if you attempt to run the tool using <strong>Delete Existing and create new<\/strong> it will fail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run <\/strong>the tool.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting map includes the <strong>2024<\/strong> points appended to the existing feature layer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2804212,"id":2804212,"title":"Overwrite_map2","filename":"Overwrite_map2.png","filesize":494685,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/overwrite-options-arcgis-pro\/overwrite_map2","alt":"NYPD SQF points for 2023 and 2024","author":"314022","description":"","caption":"NYPD stop, question, and frisk points for 2023 and 2024 (n= 42,345 points)","name":"overwrite_map2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2803142,"date":"2025-05-22 19:52:35","modified":"2025-05-22 19:53:14","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":545,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2.png","medium-width":360,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":545,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2.png","large-width":752,"large-height":545,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":545,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":545,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2-642x465.png","card_image-width":642,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Overwrite_map2.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":545}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You may have noticed that the input table has over <code>80<\/code> fields, whereas the feature layer in the example contains <code>9<\/code> fields. By using the <strong>Append to existing<\/strong> (or <strong>Replace existing records<\/strong>) option to update the feature layer, all non-matching fields from the input table were excluded from the output.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: If your output requires field matching rules because the fields have different names or types, you will need to continue using a two steps approach with the <strong>Append<\/strong> tool\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/field-map.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Field Map<\/a> to set the field matching rules.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #2f5496\">Summary<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>In Pro 3.5, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/run-geoprocessing-tools.htm#ESRI_SECTION2_8D9522F9B1C14F09BBFC0AD5E17FA08C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Overwrite Options<\/strong><\/a> are available in select tools when you set the output to an existing dataset. <strong>Overwrite Options<\/strong> include three methods for overwriting your data: <strong>Delete existing and create New (default)<\/strong>, <strong>Append to existing<\/strong>, and <strong>Replace existing records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Use the <strong>Delete existing and create new (default)<\/strong> option to delete and replace an existing dataset with the tool output. Use the new <strong>Append to existing<\/strong> and <strong>Replace existing records<\/strong> options to incrementally update or seamlessly replace your existing datasets attributes without altering its schema.<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":1420722,"post_author":"9412","post_date":"2021-12-10 07:28:18","post_date_gmt":"2021-12-10 15:28:18","post_content":"","post_title":"Overwrite Feature Services Script Tool for Automating Updates","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"overwrite-feature-services-script-tool-for-automating-updates","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-04-12 03:51:57","post_modified_gmt":"2024-04-12 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