
For example, when you export features from a layer, the data will be saved in the map's default geodatabase unless specified otherwise. This location is used for adding datasets and for saving resultant datasets created by various editing and geoprocessing operations. Working with the default geodatabaseĮach map document has a default geodatabase, which is the home location for the spatial content of your map. Enter the new Home location to be used for all new map documents. You can change the Home folder location by clicking the Options button and then the Home Folder tab on the Catalog Options dialog box. You can access the map's Home folder in the Catalog window by clicking the Home button in the Catalog window menu. For example, a common folder might be used to hold a number of related map documents, in which case they share a common Home folder. You can use this to organize ArcGIS information. Setting and changing the map's Home folderĪnytime you copy a map document to a new file folder location, that will become the map's Home folder. When you export a page layout as PDF, the default location will be the map's home location (the map document's workspace folder). It is the location that is initially used to add new layers to ArcMap and to store new datasets that are created during editing and geoprocessing. The Home folder is used by default in ArcMap to save results, store new datasets, and access file-based information. One of the key workspaces in ArcMap is each map document's Home folder, which is the folder location where your map document is stored.
