{"id":81971,"date":"2018-01-16T13:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T13:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/migrate-your-content-to-arcgis-pro-2-1\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:16:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:16:28","slug":"migrate-your-content-to-arcgis-pro-2-1","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/analytics\/analytics\/migrate-your-content-to-arcgis-pro-2-1","title":{"rendered":"Migrate your content to ArcGIS Pro 2.1"},"author":5691,"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":[],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-81971","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-announcements","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>There are many\u00a0reasons to <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm\">begin working with ArcGIS Pro 2.1<\/a>. If there is functionality you\u2019ve been waiting to see, check out our <a title=\"What's new in ArcGIS Pro 2.1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yBkUVIJpJi8\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s new video<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>ArcGIS Pro is project-based. Each project has a single folder connection to your project\u2019s home folder that includes the project file (.aprx) on disk. Inside this file are all your resources: maps, layouts, layers, tables, tasks, tools, connections to servers, databases, folders, and styles. When you decide to use Pro for your workflows, it\u2019s important to know\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/migrate-content-to-arcgis-pro.htm\">how to migrate your content<\/a>. The first step to bringing your work from other ArcGIS applications into Pro is to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/create-a-project.htm\">create a project<\/a> using the blank project template. Blank projects open without maps, scenes, or content. To bring your ArcMap, ArcGlobe, and Scenes into ArcGIS Pro, just click Import Map on the Insert tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/InsertTab_v2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/InsertTab_v2.png\" alt=\"Import Map\" width=\"358\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can\u00a0also drag and drop the map documents from the ArcMap Catalog window to the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2017\/12\/07\/dude-wheres-my-catalog\/\">ArcGIS Pro Catalog<\/a>\u00a0pane or Catalog view.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Catalog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97054 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Catalog.png\" alt=\"Catalog in ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"527\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you import a map document (.mxd), each data frame is imported as a separate map. 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If there are specific tools you use all the time, you can quickly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/basics\/save-geoprocessing-tools-in-your-project.htm\" target=\"_blank\">create a shortcut to them\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0by adding them to the Analysis Tools gallery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AnalysisTab_v2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AnalysisTab_v2.png\" alt=\"Analysis Tab\" width=\"631\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/arcpy\/main\/arcgis-pro-arcpy-reference.htm\" target=\"_blank\">arcpy.mp<\/a>\u00a0(Pro uses Python 3), you may need to make adjustments to work with project files (.aprx). If you want to port your\u00a0custom code and extensions for ArcMap into ArcGIS Pro, take a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/sdk\/\" target=\"_blank\">capabilities of the ArcGIS SDK for .NET<\/a>\u00a0to determine whether you are ready to migrate your work into ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n<p>Note that you cannot export projects in ArcGIS Pro to their previous formats such as .mxd, .sxd, or .3dd documents. Projects can only be saved for use in ArcGIS Pro. 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