SDE Files, how to enable and use...

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07-24-2017 11:00 AM
TravisSwanberg
New Contributor II

I recently started a GIS position in which the previous employee set up all the data on SDE files. These are somewhat Greek to me and need help now enabling the files for editing. How do I take these .sde files that have been established before, turn on admin permissions, and use the data inside? When I connect to the database I can't see any data. 

Any and all help or hints regarding SDE would be much appreciated. Any SDE reference guides too?

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AdamZiegler1
Esri Contributor

Hi Travis - .sde files are connection files to an Enterprise Geodatabase. Depending on how you authenticate to the database (OS Authentication versus Database Authentication) the files may not work for you. Do you know what type of relational database your data is stored in? Are you essentially the DBA, or do you have DBA resources available to you?

Adam Z

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