An overview of the Product Library toolset

This toolset provides tools used to manage files and items within a product library. It also contains tools to create and upgrade a product library.

Tool	Description
Add File	Adds a file to a Product Library. This associates the file with a Product Library entry. Once you have added a file to a Product Library, use Check Out File and Check In File to manage changes made to it.
Attach Database	Attaches a .mdf file to an instance of SQL Server Express. This creates a geodatabase from the input .mdf file. Detach and attach allow you to move geodatabases between instances of SQL Server Express.
Checkin File	Checks a file back into a product library. A product library stores information and data required for cartographic and digital data production in a geodatabase. Soluciones de Esri de representación cartográfica y representación en gráficos store business rules, documents, and spatial information inside a product library.
Checkout File	Checks out a file from a product library. A product library stores information and data required for cartographic and digital data production in a geodatabase. Soluciones de Esri de representación cartográfica y representación en gráficos store business rules, documents, and spatial information inside a product library.
Check Out File as Database	Checks out an instance database file (.mdf) from a Product Library. This tool is similar to the Production Mapping Check Out File geoprocessing tool but returns a workspace as the checked out file. Use this tool in ModelBuilder to chain the output workspace (the database .mdf file) to another tool as an input parameter.
Check Out File as File	Checks out a file from a Product Library. This tool is similar to the Production Mapping Check Out File geoprocessing tool but returns a file instead of a string. Use this tool in ModelBuilder to chain the output file to another tool as an input parameter.
Create Product Library	Creates a new product library in a geodatabase.
Create Production Database	Creates a new production database within a geodatabase. A production database stores tables used by Esri Mapping and Charting Solutions. Esri Production Mapping, Esri Defense Mapping, and the Esri Aeronautical Solution store different data models in their production databases. These data models describe hard-copy maps or charts based on product specifications.
Detach Database	Separa una geodatabase de SQL Server Express (.mdf).
Get Local Copy	Gets a local copy of a file stored inside the product library. Allows you to view or edit a file outside a product library without exclusively locking the file in a product library. Changes made to the local copy are not tracked in the product library.
List Files	Returns a list of files associated with a node in the Product Library tree. A product library stores information and data required for cartographic and digital data production in a geodatabase. Soluciones de Esri de representación cartográfica y representación en gráficos store business rules, documents, and spatial information inside a product library.
List Items	Returns a list of child items that are associated with a node in the Product Library tree. A product library stores information and data required for cartographic and digital data production in a geodatabase. Soluciones de Esri de representación cartográfica y representación en gráficos store business rules, documents, and spatial information inside a product library.
Upgrade Product Library	Upgrades a product library schema.
Upgrade Production Database	Upgrades a production database schema. A production database stores tables used by Esri Mapping and Charting Solutions. Esri Production Mapping, Esri Defense Mapping, and the Esri Aeronautical Solution store different data models in their production databases. These data models describe hard-copy maps or charts based on product specifications.

Tools in the Product Library toolset