IDataset Interface

Provides access to members that supply dataset information.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

When To Use

The IDataset interface is the main interface used to manage a dataset. For example, use the members in this interface to get the name of the dataset, copy, delete or rename the dataset.

Members

		Description
	BrowseName	The browse name of the dataset.
	CanCopy	True if this dataset can be copied.
	CanDelete	True if this dataset can be deleted.
	CanRename	True if this dataset can be renamed.
	Category	The category of the dataset.
	Copy	Copies this dataset to a new dataset with the specified name.
	Delete	Deletes this dataset.
	FullName	The associated name object.
	Name	The name of the Dataset.
	PropertySet	The set of properties for the dataset.
	Rename	Renames this Dataset.
	Subsets	Datasets contained within this dataset.
	Type	The type of the Dataset.
	Workspace	The workspace containing this dataset.

CoClasses that implement IDataset

CoClasses and Classes	Description
AdjustmentClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	AdjustmentClass Class
AMSWorkspace (esriTrackingAnalyst)	Controls the Tracking Server workspace COM object's properties.
ASCoordinateClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	ASCoordinateClass Class
ASPointClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	ASPointClass Class
AttributedRelationshipClass	AttributedRelationshipClass Object.
CadastralFabric (esriGeoDatabaseExtensions)	A container for querying information about a cadastral fabric.
CadFeatureLayer (esriCarto)	ESRI CAD Feature Layer class.
COGOAdjustmentClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGOAdjustmentClass Class
COGOCircularCurveClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGOCircularCurveClass Class
COGOCompositeMeasClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGOCompositeMeasClass Class
COGODeflAngleDistClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGODeflAngleDistClass Class
COGODeltaXYClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGODeltaXYClass Class
COGODirDirInterClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGODirDirInterClass Class
COGODirDistClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGODirDistClass Class
COGODirDistInterClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGODirDistInterClass Class
COGODistDistInterClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGODistDistInterClass Class
COGOFilletCurveClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGOFilletCurveClass Class
COGOSimpleMeasClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGOSimpleMeasClass Class
COGOStationAndOffsetClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGOStationAndOffsetClass Class
COGOTraverseClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	COGOTraverseClass Class
CoverageAnnotationLayer (esriCarto)	An ESRI coverage annotation layer.
DimensionLayer (esriCarto)	A collection of properties for a dimension layer.
FDOGraphicsLayer (esriCarto)	A collection of properties for an annotation layer (feature data object graphics layer).
FeatureClass	FeatureClass Object.
FeatureDataset	FeatureDataset Object.
FeatureLayer (esriCarto)	A collection of features and their visual representation.
FreeStationClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	FreeStationClass Class
GdbRasterCatalogLayer (esriCarto)	Geodabase RasterCatalog source and display options.
GeometricNetwork	ESRI Geometric Network object.
IMSSubFeatureLayer (esriCarto)	IMS Sub-FeatureLayer class
MADtedLayer (esriMilitaryAnalyst)	A layer used to control the display of MA DTED Catalogs.
MARasterLayer (esriMilitaryAnalyst)	A layer used to control the display of MA RPF Catalogs.
MemoryRelationshipClass	A relationship class object the is stored in memory.
NetCDFFeatureClass (esriDataSourcesNetCDF)	An in-memory representation of a NetCDF feature class.
NetCDFRasterBand (esriDataSourcesNetCDF)	A representation of a single band of a NetCDF raster dataset on disk.
NetCDFRasterDataset (esriDataSourcesNetCDF)	A representation of a NetCDF raster dataset on disk.
NetCDFTable (esriDataSourcesNetCDF)	An in-memory representation of a NetCDF table.
NetCDFWorkspace (esriDataSourcesNetCDF)	The NetCDF workspace object.
NetworkDataset	A container for querying information about a network dataset.
NetworkLayer (esriCarto)	ESRI Network Layer CoClass.
ObjectClass	ObjectClass Object.
RasterBand (esriDataSourcesRaster)	A representation of a single band of a raster dataset on disk.
RasterCatalog	A collection of raster datasets in a Geodatabase table.
RasterDataset (esriDataSourcesRaster)	A representation of a raster dataset on disk.
RasterLayer (esriCarto)	Raster layer source and display options.
RasterWorkspace (esriDataSourcesRaster)	The raster workspace object.
RelationshipClass	RelationshipClass Object.
RelQueryTable	An object that joins two datasets based on common data values.
RepresentationClass	A Feature Class Representation object.
ResectionClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	ResectionClass Class
RouteEventSource (esriLocation)	Route event source object.
SchematicDataset (esriSchematic)	Schematic dataset object.
SchematicDiagram (esriSchematic)	Schematic diagram object.
SchematicDiagramClass (esriSchematic)	Schematic diagram class object.
SchematicElementClass (esriSchematic)	Schematic element class object.
SchematicFolder (esriSchematic)	Schematic folder object.
Sde3Workspace (esriDataSourcesGDB)	ESRI SDE (3.x) Feature Database.
Sde4Workspace (esriDataSourcesGDB)	ESRI SDE (4.x) Feature Database.
StandaloneTable (esriCarto)	A standalone table.
StreetNetwork	A container for describing a street network.
Table	Table Object.
TacheometryClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	TacheometryClass Class
TemporalFeatureClass (esriTrackingAnalyst)	Controls settings for the temporal feature class.
TemporalFeatureLayer (esriTrackingAnalyst)	Defines the coclass IDL parameters and attributes of the TemporalFeatureLayer COM object.
Terrain (esriGeoDatabaseExtensions)	The ESRI Terrain component.
Tin	The ESRI TIN component.
Topology	ESRI Topology Object.
TPSMeasurementClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	TPSMeasurementClass Class
TPSSetupClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	TPSSetupClass Class
TraverseClass (esriSurveyPkgs)	TraverseClass Class
UtilityNetwork	A container for describing a utility network.
VersionedWorkspace	VersionedWorkspace Object.
Workspace	Workspace Object.
XYEventSource	XY event source object.

Remarks

Not all of the methods and properties of IDataset are available to a Graph object such as a Geometric Network. The Copy and Rename methods are not supported, along with the PropertySet and SubSets properties. To copy a Geometric Network, see the GeoDBDataTransfer object. To return a listing of the feature classes within a Geometric Network, use the IFeatureClassContainer interface.