BUG-000123119 for ArcGIS Pro

Bug ID Number	BUG-000123119
Submitted	June 18, 2019
Last Modified	June 5, 2024
Applies to	ArcGIS Pro
Version found	2.3.3
Operating System	Windows OS
Operating System Version	10.0 64 Bit
Status	Will Not Be Addressed

Additional Information

This behavior is as intended/as designed. CopyFeatures is intended as a lightweight feature by feature transfer without any additional higher order objects from the geodatabase (subtypes, domains, etc). By being more narrow and lighter weight, it is a bit faster. If the desire is to have all the associated geodatabase objects be copied across, that is the purpose of the FeatureClassToFeatureClass tool, as well as the Copy tool.

Workaround

Use the copy command from the context menu options to directly copy over the feature class to the new file geodatabase within the Catalog pane. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/geodatabases/overview/copy-feature-datasets-classes-and-tables-to-another-geodatabase.htm#GUID-83B928E7-BA8C-4E10-BF74-2D4A97C452C9This issue is not reproducible with the FeatureClassToFeatureClass_conversion() tool. Use the 'FeatureClassToFeatureClass_conversion()' to copy the feature class with domains to the new file geodatabase. The issue is not reproducible in ArcMap 10.7. Running the CopyFeatures_management() tool to create a copy from the same data exports the domains as well.