If you just need to export the attributes found in the Attribute table for a layer, you can export the information to various formats as well. This can be accomplished in two ways:
- The first is from the Table pane. Click on the options button (the three horizontal lines) in the upper-right corner, and select the Export table option, as shown in the following screenshot:
- The second way is to go straight to the Copy Rows geoprocessing tool, located in the Data Management Tools toolbox and the Tables toolset. Both methods end up producing the same result.
Both of the previously stated methods will allow you to export an entire table or a set of selected records to another table. You have the option of exporting to the following formats and types:
- A geodatabase standalone table
- dBase (.dbf)
- Comma-delimited text...