Trimble Business Center

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

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Andrew Haukaas
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Andrew, I am very familiar with the GIS module workflow. Might you be willing to share the Geodatabase? Per the most common workflow, TBC is expecting a GDB that was created in ESRI. That being said, you should be able to create a GDB with TBC and connect to it and write to it. The key is being consistent with your coordinate system and datum here. If you have TBC set to something like state plane az central, int foot, nad83 2011, and Geoid 18 int foot, when you create that GDB, it should honor that system (if exported as grid with northern/eastings). Then, you would connect to it via the GIS connection manager and tell TBC that you are considering those systems (GDB and TBC project data) to be the same. Finally, you should then be able to write to GIS. Keep in mind that the schema needs to match identically. in other words, if you tweaked any layers/feature codes/attributes after doing the initial export and connecting to the Geodatabase, you would have write/Read issues.

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Zach Edwards

Original Message:
Sent: 04-10-2026 10:47
From: Andrew Haukaas
Subject: Geodatabase exported from TBC can't be Connected to TBC properly

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

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Andrew Haukaas
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I emailed you access to a zip file of the gdb. Thank you for taking a look. 

Andrew, I am very familiar with the GIS module workflow. Might you be willing to share the Geodatabase? Per the most common workflow, TBC is expecting a GDB that was created in ESRI. That being said, you should be able to create a GDB with TBC and connect to it and write to it. The key is being consistent with your coordinate system and datum here. If you have TBC set to something like state plane az central, int foot, nad83 2011, and Geoid 18 int foot, when you create that GDB, it should honor that system (if exported as grid with northern/eastings). Then, you would connect to it via the GIS connection manager and tell TBC that you are considering those systems (GDB and TBC project data) to be the same. Finally, you should then be able to write to GIS. Keep in mind that the schema needs to match identically. in other words, if you tweaked any layers/feature codes/attributes after doing the initial export and connecting to the Geodatabase, you would have write/Read issues.

------------------------------
Zach Edwards

Original Message:
Sent: 04-10-2026 10:47
From: Andrew Haukaas
Subject: Geodatabase exported from TBC can't be Connected to TBC properly

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

------------------------------
Andrew Haukaas
------------------------------

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

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Andrew Haukaas
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One more thing. You may be missing the ESRI vertical coordinate system library. It doesn't come with the typical ArcGIS pro installation. You can download it from My ESRI and it's called the "ArcGIS Coordinate Systems Data." This may be why you were seeing that warning. 

Perhaps @Matthew Morris has a suggestion here? Perhaps it's as simple as how Andrew is connecting to the GDB? Perhaps saying to consider TBC and the GDB to be the same CRS, he'll be good to go?

------------------------------
Zach Edwards

Original Message:
Sent: 04-10-2026 10:47
From: Andrew Haukaas
Subject: Geodatabase exported from TBC can't be Connected to TBC properly

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

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Andrew Haukaas
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I may haven't been clear enough. I can connect to the data just fine. But using the exact same fxl file and project that just created the GDB, I can't Write to GIS. The coordinate system is always wrong.

• Open blank TBC
• Import FXL
• Process field data
• Export GDB of features
• Connect to GDB just created
• Wrong Coordinate system warning
• Write to GIS
• Features indeed are in the wrong coordinate system.

I have tried exporting the GDB in state plane and global coordinates, but neither works. This gdb hasn't been opened in ESRI or any other program. Connecting isn't an issue, reading from it isn't an issue, writing IS an issue. The initial export is fine. Connecting and reading from it is fine. Writing to it afterward isn't fine. Maybe I'm off base thinking this should work. TBC 2025.20

One more thing. You may be missing the ESRI vertical coordinate system library. It doesn't come with the typical ArcGIS pro installation. You can download it from My ESRI and it's called the "ArcGIS Coordinate Systems Data." This may be why you were seeing that warning. 

Perhaps @Matthew Morris has a suggestion here? Perhaps it's as simple as how Andrew is connecting to the GDB? Perhaps saying to consider TBC and the GDB to be the same CRS, he'll be good to go?

------------------------------
Zach Edwards

Original Message:
Sent: 04-10-2026 10:47
From: Andrew Haukaas
Subject: Geodatabase exported from TBC can't be Connected to TBC properly

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

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Andrew Haukaas
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@Andrew Haukaas Are you using ArcGIS Pro 3.6 by any chance? There's a known issue (reported to Esri - will be fixed in a Pro 3.6 patch) that changed how the coordinate system definition on a feature class is represented at the Pro SDK level (WKT2 vs WKT1). This was mentioned in a support bulletin sent to Trimble Geospatial distributors. In this case, as you have observed, TBC will not be able to perform any datum transformation (or likely projection) when writing data to the GIS. Are you able to revert to Pro 3.5 and retry this?

I may haven't been clear enough. I can connect to the data just fine. But using the exact same fxl file and project that just created the GDB, I can't Write to GIS. The coordinate system is always wrong.

• Open blank TBC
• Import FXL
• Process field data
• Export GDB of features
• Connect to GDB just created
• Wrong Coordinate system warning
• Write to GIS
• Features indeed are in the wrong coordinate system.

I have tried exporting the GDB in state plane and global coordinates, but neither works. This gdb hasn't been opened in ESRI or any other program. Connecting isn't an issue, reading from it isn't an issue, writing IS an issue. The initial export is fine. Connecting and reading from it is fine. Writing to it afterward isn't fine. Maybe I'm off base thinking this should work. TBC 2025.20

One more thing. You may be missing the ESRI vertical coordinate system library. It doesn't come with the typical ArcGIS pro installation. You can download it from My ESRI and it's called the "ArcGIS Coordinate Systems Data." This may be why you were seeing that warning. 

Perhaps @Matthew Morris has a suggestion here? Perhaps it's as simple as how Andrew is connecting to the GDB? Perhaps saying to consider TBC and the GDB to be the same CRS, he'll be good to go?

------------------------------
Zach Edwards

Original Message:
Sent: 04-10-2026 10:47
From: Andrew Haukaas
Subject: Geodatabase exported from TBC can't be Connected to TBC properly

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

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Andrew Haukaas
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Nope, ArcGIS isn't involved at all in this process. I can connect to the .gdb in GlobalMapper, Civil3D, or ArcGIS, but this intended workflow doesn't involve them at all. The specific issue is the .gdb saved from TBC can't be connected back to TBC and written to. The key detail being "written to". I want to "Write to GIS" while connected to a .gdb that was created in TBC and it doesn't work for me. 

@Andrew Haukaas Are you using ArcGIS Pro 3.6 by any chance? There's a known issue (reported to Esri - will be fixed in a Pro 3.6 patch) that changed how the coordinate system definition on a feature class is represented at the Pro SDK level (WKT2 vs WKT1). This was mentioned in a support bulletin sent to Trimble Geospatial distributors. In this case, as you have observed, TBC will not be able to perform any datum transformation (or likely projection) when writing data to the GIS. Are you able to revert to Pro 3.5 and retry this?

I may haven't been clear enough. I can connect to the data just fine. But using the exact same fxl file and project that just created the GDB, I can't Write to GIS. The coordinate system is always wrong.

• Open blank TBC
• Import FXL
• Process field data
• Export GDB of features
• Connect to GDB just created
• Wrong Coordinate system warning
• Write to GIS
• Features indeed are in the wrong coordinate system.

I have tried exporting the GDB in state plane and global coordinates, but neither works. This gdb hasn't been opened in ESRI or any other program. Connecting isn't an issue, reading from it isn't an issue, writing IS an issue. The initial export is fine. Connecting and reading from it is fine. Writing to it afterward isn't fine. Maybe I'm off base thinking this should work. TBC 2025.20

One more thing. You may be missing the ESRI vertical coordinate system library. It doesn't come with the typical ArcGIS pro installation. You can download it from My ESRI and it's called the "ArcGIS Coordinate Systems Data." This may be why you were seeing that warning. 

Perhaps @Matthew Morris has a suggestion here? Perhaps it's as simple as how Andrew is connecting to the GDB? Perhaps saying to consider TBC and the GDB to be the same CRS, he'll be good to go?

------------------------------
Zach Edwards

Original Message:
Sent: 04-10-2026 10:47
From: Andrew Haukaas
Subject: Geodatabase exported from TBC can't be Connected to TBC properly

Guys,

I keep running into an issue with "Write to GIS." I've created a geodatabase by exporting FROM TBC when I try to Connect back TO that database in TBC I get this:

I've tried 'output horizontal' as "Grid" and "Global" when exporting with the same result. If I Click "Yes" here anything I "Write to GIS" will indeed be in a completely different system then the original exported data in the geodata base. All this from the same TBC project. What am I missing here?

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Andrew Haukaas
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