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SQL for ArcGIS® Pro
SQL for ArcGIS Pro automatically connects to file geodatabases that are used in the host ArcGIS® Pro project. In Advanced mode, the add-in can connect to hundreds of different vector, raster and database sources, including Enterprise and personal databases, file databases, all popular open and commercial Enterprise DBMS servers, hundreds of file formats, and even web-served data sources.
Many of the sources listed in this page exist in significantly different subtypes and so constitute more than one format or protocol. SQL for ArcGIS Pro will automatically detect such subtypes and will use the correct dataport to access, link to or import from the source as desired.

In Advanced mode a vast range of data sources can be linked or imported into the add-in's own scratchpad storage, such as shapefiles, rasters, vectors, and many other types of GIS data.
In addition to database and file format connections, Advanced mode connectivity to web servers using protocols such as OSM, TMS, WFS, WMS, WMTS, ECWP and ArcGIS REST also provides connectivity to many thousands of data sources within SQL for ArcGIS Pro.
Database Servers
"There is not much GIS in what I am doing, however there is a great deal of relational database work. [...] Using [SQL for ArcGIS Pro], I can import tables from both Ms-Access and from Postgres and write queries that use data from both backends. I cannot do this in pgAdmin or in dBeaver [...] In [SQL for ArcGIS Pro], I can also drag data from gpkg files into postgres..." - Forum post
Always on connectivity
IBM DB2 | Direct connection. |
MySQL | Direct connection. |
Oracle | Direct connection. |
PostgreSQL | Direct connection. |
Microsoft SQL Server | Direct connection. |
SQLite | Direct connection. (Also listed as a File Database source.) |
ESRI Geodatabase | ESRI Geodatabases using SDE style storage on database servers such as Oracle and other database servers. See listings under File Databases for ESRI File Geodatabases and ESRI Personal Geodatabases. |
ODBC | Any ODBC driver. |
OLE DB | Any OLE DB Provider. |
ADO.NET | Generic ADO.NET data source. |
ADO.NET ODBC | ODBC through ADO.NET |
ADO.NET OLE DB | OLE DB through ADO.NET |
ADO.NET Oracle | ADO.NET built in connection to Oracle. |
ADO.NET SQL Server | ADO.NET built in connection to SQL Server |
Many popular database servers use variations of the above, such as ODBC, to connect. Search the vendor's website for the latest versions of required drivers. Some vendors require downloads or licensing to connect to their packages or to obtain their client drivers. Typical examples suggested by Manifold users include:
Actian Matrix | Connects using Actian Matrix ODBC drivers. |
Actian Vector / Ingres | Connects using Actian Ingres ODBC drivers. |
ALTIBASE | DSN connection requires ALTIBASE HDB Client. |
Amazon Aurora |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, |
Amazon EMR | Connects using Amazon Hive or Impala ODBC drivers. |
Cisco Information Server 7.0 | Connects using Cisco Client Installation Package with ODBC. |
Cisco Information Server 6.2.6 | Connects using Cisco Client Installation Package with ODBC. |
Google Cloud SQL |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, |
HP Vertica | Connects using HPE Vertica ODBC drivers. |
MariaDB |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, |
MemSQL |
Connects using MySQL dialogs, |
MapR Hadoop Hive | Connects using MapR Hive ODBC drivers. |
MonetDB | Connects using MonetDB ODBC drivers. |
Microsoft Azure |
Connects using SQL Server dialogs, |
IBM Netezza | Connects using Netezza ODBC driver. |
Pivotal Greenplum Database | Connects using Pivotal Greenplum ODBC drivers. |
SAP HANA | Connects using SAP HANA ODBC driver. |
Snowflake | Connects via ODBC. Sign on to your Snowflake instance and use Help - Download to get the ODBC driver. |
Splunk | Connects using Splunk ODBC drivers. |
Teradata | Connects using Teradata ODBC driver. |
The above servers may require ODBC or other vendor-supplied drivers for connectivity. All other data sources on this page are

Above: LiDAR terrain elevation data for Charles County, Maryland, from an ArcGIS REST server. Palette and hill shading done on-the-fly by Manifold Viewer using discrete palette stepping.
Web Servers
Pre-Packaged Web Servers
Download and open the following projects for immediate access to over 100 pre-configured web servers you can use as layers in your SQL for ArcGIS Pro projects.
- ArcGIS_REST_Servers.map (1024 KB) - A Manifold format .map project providing a collection of ArcGIS REST web server data sources. Useful for ESRI people and others, and provides an outstanding example of the very wide range of free data available online that Viewer can see.
- JOSM sources.map (1088 KB) - A Manifold format .map project providing approximately 60 web server data sources using various protocols, including TMS, that are available for immediate use in 9. Data sources come from a list of openly available and usable web servers for creating new features for OpenStreetMap, and are pre-configured to include a JOSM API key, when required, for such uses. Also includes Amazon free elevation tile servers. Provides an outstanding example of the very wide range of free data available online that Viewer can see.
Geocoding Servers
The geocoding server module interface is an open interface for which anyone can write a module. The following modules are
Bing Geocoder | Street address geocoding using Bing. |
Google Geocoder | Street address geocoding using Google. | Here Geocoder | Street address geocoding using Here. | Here Landmark Geocoder | Landmark geocoding using Here. | Here Reverse Geocoder | Reverse street address geocoding using Here. |
MapBox Geocoder | Street address geocoding using MapBox. |
MapQuest Geocoder | Street address geocoding using MapQuest. |
OpenCage Geocoder | Street address geocoding using OpenCage. |
Yandex Geocoder | Street address geocoding using Yandex. |
Image Servers
The image server module interface is an open interface for which anyone can write a module. For spectacular visual examples, see the User Manual Example topic. The following modules are
File Databases
The following connections are
CSV .asc, .csv, .tab, .txt, etc... | ![]() |
DB .db | Borland Paradox |
DBF .dbf | dBase, FoxPro |
DSN .dsn | Microsoft Data Source files |
HTML .htm, .html | Tables in HTML pages |
ESRI File Geodatabase |
![]() ESRI File Geodatabases using ESRI GDB files for storage. The images show ESRI's "Naperville" tutorial example GDB data set with tax parcels layer and pipes layer (in green), overlaid on a Bing streetmap web server layer for context. The larger image is zoomed in to show detail on parcels, which have been colored on the fly by SQL for ArcGIS Pro to better distinguish different classes of tax parcels. The larger image spreads across multiple monitors. All data resides within the ESRI geodatabase. ![]() |
ESRI Personal Geodatabase | ESRI Geodatabases using MDB files for storage. |
MDB .mdb | Microsoft Access 2000 and Access 97 .mdb format |
SQLite | SQLite database engine files. |
UDL .udl | Microsoft Universal Data Link |
WKx .wj, .wk | Lotus |
XLS .xls | Microsoft Excel |
XLSX .xlsx | Microsoft XLSX files (Microsoft Office 2007 and later), .xlsx |

Above: The Style pane for rasters enables instant application of colors to surfaces for visualizations. Palettes can be applied to multiple different windows showing the same data from the same table, as seen above in an illustration from this topic in the User Manual. The Style pane is available in Advanced mode in SQL for ArcGIS Pro.
File Formats
Dataports for the following file formats are
"." dot files (GIRAS) | Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System (GIRAS) files. See the GIRAS, LULC Vector Format entry below. |
"." dot files (GLOBE) | ECC GLOBE format dot files. |
"." dot files (GRASS) | Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) format dot files. |
000 | ![]() |
ADRG THF .thf | NGA ARC Digitized Raster Graphics, loaded from .thf files |
AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Level 1 B, .l1b |
ADF |
![]() ![]() ESRI .adf format, also sometimes called ArcGrid format. ADF files can contain either raster or vector data. ![]() ![]() The first thumbnail at right expands to a view of the Yosemite National Park region, a terrain elevation data set colored on the fly by SQL for ArcGIS Pro with a quantized palette showing elevations. The second thumbnail shows a zoomed-in view to the Yosemite Valley and Yosemite Village area famous to millions of tourists and uses a smooth interpolation palette to show terrain elevations. Larger thumbnails expand to multi-monitor sized images using either a more natural palette or a false color palette to show elevations. ![]() ![]() The thumbnails at right show the GLC2000 land use data set for India, a raster data set color-coded by land use type and imported from an ESRI .adf format file. It imports with perfect georegistration as seen in the overall image, which uses an NOAA world shaded relief WMS layer for background and a Google transparent streets layer on top for context. The detailed image shows use of ESRI ArcGIS REST server layers, with a hill shading layer at 50% opacity blended with the land use data to provide relief and a boundaries and place name layer above for context. The GLC2000 data set shows land use at 1 km per pixel resolution on the Equator. SQL for ArcGIS Pro is automatically re-projecting the Latitude / Longitude GLC2000 layer on the fly into Pseudo-Mercator projection as used by the map and the web server layers. |
BIL | ![]() |
BMP | Windows bitmap, .bmp |
BNA | BNA vector format used in Atlas GIS. |
BWx | ![]() |
CS .cs | C# scripts |
CSV | Comma-separated or other text file tables. |
CTG, LULC Grid Cell | ![]() |
CUR | CUR is an image format used for saving images that will be used for icons. Using images from CUR files is basically identical to using ICO files. |
DAT | SPOT file format. |
DAT GCDB | Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) DAT file format. |
DB | Tables in Borland Paradox files |
DBF | Tables in dBase, FoxPro files |
DDF, SDTS | ![]() US government SDTS (Spatial Data Transfer Standard) files ending in DDF extension. SDTS format stores rasters (terrain elevation data such as DEM, or images) and vectors (such as data sets converted from USGS DLG). The upper image shows the Palo Alto roads data set from the USGS 1:24K series, with road lines extracted, colored on the fly in orange-yellow and shown overlaid in a map on a Bing satellite layer. The Stanford Linear Accelerator is the white horizontal line a middle left. The lower images show terrain elevation data from USGS published in SDTS raster format, with a Google terrain background and Google streets overlaid. The terrain has been colored and hill shaded on the fly by SQL for ArcGIS Pro, using a more natural palette for one image and a false color palette for greater contrast in the other image. ![]() ![]() |
DDR, LAS |
DDR files as used with Log ASCII Standard (LAS) format used for well logging data. This is a legacy format different from the LAS format used for LiDAR data. Images show DDR LAS data providing Channel 1 of a five-band AVHRR instrument flown on an earth observation satellite, overlaid on a base map with transparent labels above for reference. SQL for ArcGIS Pro automatically re-projects layers in a map to conform to the map. ![]() ![]() |
DEM | USGS DEM files |
DEM (GTOPO30) |
![]() ![]() USGS GTOPO30 DEM files: The GTOPO30 project created a worldwide terrain elevation data set at approximately 1 km resolution. SQL for ArcGIS Pro can display the complete GTOPO30 data set for the entire world at once, panning and zooming instantly. Thumbnails above show a three-monitor wide display zoomed in to show terrain elevation from Spain to the Caspian Sea, with one image showing use of Google transparent labels and the other without Google labels. The terrain has been colored using Style in discrete intervalus and hill shading has been applied. Click on the thumbnail for a full size image (be patient - these are big images) and then click again in the image that opens to zoom in to full resolution, using scroll bars in the browser to view the image if you do not have three monitors. |
DGN .dgn | ![]() |
DHT | Cataloging entry for many military formats |
DLG .dlg, .opt | USGS Digital Line Graph Optional |
DNG |
![]() ![]() |
DOQ | USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle, .doq, .coq, .jpg |
DRG | USGS Digital Raster graphics (scanned maps) in .tif format. |
DSN | Microsoft Data Source files, .dsn |
DTx, DTED | Digital Terrain Elevation Data (US Military / NGA), DTED Level 0 (dt0), Level 1 (dt1), Level 2 (dt2) |
DWG .dwg | AutoCAD |
DXF .dxf | AutoCAD |
E00 | ![]() |
ECW / JPEG2000 | ![]() |
EMF, WMF | Windows Meta File and Extended Meta File, .emf, .wmf |
ERS | ERMapper .ers files. |
FLT .flt | ESRI ArcINFO Floating-Point Grid |
FS .fs | F# scripts |
GDF | Geographic Data Format (GDF) as used in TeleAtlas MultiNet and generic European GDF use. |
GeoJSON | Files providing spatial data using GeoJSON, a "geographic" format using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). SQL for ArcGIS Pro automatically reads TopoJSON when a GeoJSON file contains TopoJSON. Geometry collections are expanded automatically. |
GIF | A well-known image format, .gif |
GIRAS, LULC Vector Format | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
GIS .gis .lan | ERDAS .lan and .gis format files. |
GLOBE | ECC GLOBE format files. |
GML | OGC Geography Markup Language. |
GPKG | ![]() ![]() The image at left shows an example GPKG file from the geopackage.org samples collection that shows a vector drawing of vegetation counts in Washington, DC. It is colored on the fly by SQL for ArcGIS Pro and displayed together with a Google Satellite layer for background, being re-projected on the fly into the same pseudo-Mercator coordinate system used by Google. |
GPX | GPS Exchange Format. |
GRASS | US Army Corps of Engineers raster-based package. |
GRD .grd | ESRI ArcINFO ASCII Grid |
GRD Northwood | Northwood / Vertical Mapper Grid Format |
GRD Surfer | Golden Software Surfer Grid Format |
GXF | Geosoft Grid Exchange File, an ASCII grid format mainly used for terrain elevation data. |
HDF | SeaWiFS, EOS, NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) Hierarchical Data Format (HDF). Used mostly for images. Used widely in Earth Observation Satellite (EOS) projects. |
HEIF, HEIC .heic | High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) files storing images and sequences of images. SQL for ArcGIS Pro works with HEIF as implemented using Microsoft modules, reading and writing files with an .heic extension. HEIF capability requires downloading and installing optional, free packages from Microsoft. |
HGT | Space Shuttle SRTM data in .hgt, .inc,.mag, .pol and .err files. |
HTML | Tables in HTML files. |
IMG | ENVI, ERDAS, IDRISI and IMDISP.img formats. SQL for ArcGIS Pro autoselects. |
JPEG | A well-known image format, .jpg, .jpeg. |
JPEG 2000 | ![]() |
JS .js | JavaScript scripts |
JSON | Generic JSON text files, written in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), often used to convey metadata or table data. |
KML KMZ | Google Earth KML and KMZ |
L1B .l1b | NOAA Polar Orbiter Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Level 1 B |
LAS, LAZ |
![]() ![]() Format for storing LiDAR data (LAS) or LiDAR data in zipped form (LAZ). The images show the discovery of a cabin hidden under the trees by using LiDAR data to hunt for returns from objects below the tree canopy. |
LBL LAS | Log ASCII Standard (LAS) format. |
LPK ESRI | ESRI ArcGIS layer package .lpk files. LPK files are a zipped form of an ESRI file GDB plus layer information for ArcGIS. |
Manifold MAP | All Manifold, SQL for ArcGIS Pro, and Radian® .map project files. |
MBS .mbs, .xbs | ETAK / TeleAtlas MapBase |
Manifold MFD | 4.50 and earlier Manifold .mfd drawing files. |
MIF .mif | ![]() |
Manifold MML | Manifold Markup Language for generic storage. |
MVT | MVT files, an intermediate format for vector tiles used by some web servers. |
Manifold MWS | Manifold 4.50 workspace files |
NC .nc | NetCDF files |
NDE TAIF .nde, .edg, .fac | Tele Atlas Interchange Format, Street Net, Multi Net |
NTF .ntf | UK Ordnance Survey including various NTF subformats. |
NITF | NGA .ntf image format (different than UK Ordance Survey .ntf) | PBF .pbf, OSM, O5M | ![]() ![]() |
PCX | PC Paintbrush format by ZSoft, .pcx | PDS, XML | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PIX | PCIDISK, Silicon Graphics Alias / Wavefront .pix format |
PL .pl | Perl scripts |
PNG .png | Portable Network Graphics (pronounced "Ping"). |
PPM | Portable PixMap (PPM) format. Intended as a "lowest common denominator" color image file format. Used in UNIX systems, .ppm |
PY .py | Python scripts |
RB .rb | Ruby scripts |
RST | IDRISI .rst format files |
RWB | Raw Binary format files |
RWT | Raw Text format files |
SGI | Silicon Graphics .sgi format files |
SHP .shp | ![]() ![]() |
SID .sid | ![]() |
SQL | Files containing SQL. |
SQLite | SQLite database files. |
SUN | Sun Microsystems .sun files |
TAB | ![]() MapInfo TAB files. MapInfo table format consists of multiple files, usually five files, referenced by a controlling .tab file. Can result in vector drawings, tables and raster images. The first illustration shows parcels in Riddells Creek, Australia, imported from a vector TAB file. The larger image shows a raster image imported from TAB storage that is a scan of a paper map. The screenshot shows a SQL for ArcGIS Pro image that spans three monitors. ![]() |
TGA | Targa .tga files |
THF .thf, .toc | NGA ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (ADRG) and Compressed ADRG (CADRG). |
TIF TIFF | ![]() |
TOC .toc, .thf | NGA ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (ADRG) and Compressed ADRG (CADRG). |
TXT | Text files. |
VB | Visual Basic files. |
VBS | VBScript files. |
VCT .vct | IDRISI Vector format |
VDF .vdf | SeaWiFS Satellite CEOS VDF format |
VEC | IDRISI |
WEBP .webp | ![]() |
WKx .wj, .wk | Lotus |
XLS .xls | Microsoft Excel |
XYZ | Generic XYZ |

Terrain elevations in Charles County, Maryland, from an ESRI ArcGIS REST web server operated by Salisbury University on behalf of Maryland government. Colored on the fly with an elevation palette and hill shaded by SQL for ArcGIS Pro.
GDAL Raster Formats
SQL for ArcGIS Pro includes all of the above many formats and data sources as fully parallelized, thread safe, native SQL for ArcGIS Pro capabilities. In addition, SQL for ArcGIS Pro can connect to yet more formats using the popular GDAL open source library. The add-in's GDAL dataport automatically connects to the selected format using GDAL, if GDAL has been installed on the system. GDAL supports some niche formats that SQL for ArcGIS Pro does not within SQL's own code, so being able to use GDAL extends the add-in's connectivity to even the most obscure formats. GDAL is easy to download and install for those users who wish to use GDAL. The links on format names below jump to GDAL web pages either describing that specific GDAL capability or to the general GDAL formats page.
AAIGrid | Arc/Info ASCII Grid |
ACE2 | ACE2 |
ADRG | ADRG/ARC Digitilized Raster Graphics (.gen/.thf) |
AIG | Arc/Info Binary Grid (.adf) |
AIRSAR | AIRSAR Polarimetric |
ARG | Azavea Raster Grid |
BLX | Magellan BLX Topo (.blx, .xlb) |
BAG | Bathymetry Attributed Grid (.bag) |
BMP | Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap (.bmp) |
BPG | BPG (Better Portable Graphics) |
BSB | BSB Nautical Chart Format (.kap) |
BT | VTP Binary Terrain Format (.bt) |
CAD | AutoCAD DWG Raster layer |
CALS | CALS Type I |
CEOS | CEOS (Spot for instance) |
COASP | DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster |
COSAR | TerraSAR-X Complex SAR Data Product |
CPG | Convair PolGASP data |
CTG | USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid |
DB2 | DB2 |
DDS | DirectDraw Surface |
DERIVED | Derived |
DIMAP | Spot DIMAP (metadata.dim) |
DIPEx | ELAS DIPEx |
DODS | DODS / OPeNDAP |
DOQ1 | First Generation USGS DOQ (.doq) |
DOQ2 | New Labelled USGS DOQ (.doq) |
DTED | Military Elevation Data (.dt0, .dt1, .dt2) |
E00GRID | Arc/Info Export E00 GRID |
ECRGTOC | ECRG Table Of Contents (TOC.xml) |
ECW | ERDAS Compressed Wavelets (.ecw) |
EHdr | ESRI .hdr Labelled |
EIR | Erdas Imagine Raw |
ELAS | NASA ELAS |
ENVI | ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster |
EPSILON | Epsilon - Wavelet compressed images |
ERS | ERMapper (.ers) |
ESAT | Envisat Image Product (.n1) |
FAST | EOSAT FAST Format |
FIT | FIT |
FITS | FITS (.fits) |
FujiBAS | Fuji BAS Scanner Image |
GENBIN | Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled) |
GPKG | GeoPackage |
GEORASTER | Oracle Spatial GeoRaster |
GFF | GSat File Format |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) |
GRIB | WMO GRIB1/GRIB2 (.grb) |
GMT | GMT Compatible netCDF |
GRASS | GRASS Raster Format |
GRASSASCIIGrid | GRASS ASCII Grid |
GSAG | Golden Software ASCII Grid |
GSBG | Golden Software Binary Grid |
GS7BG | Golden Software Surfer 7 Binary Grid |
GSC | GSC Geogrid |
GTA | Generic Tagged Arrays (.gta) |
GTiff | TIFF / BigTIFF / GeoTIFF (.tif) |
GTX | NOAA .gtx vertical datum shift |
GXF | GXF - Grid eXchange File |
HDF4 | Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 (HDF4) |
HDF5 | Hierarchical Data Format Release 5 (HDF5) |
HF2 | HF2/HFZ heightfield raster |
HFA | Erdas Imagine (.img) |
IDA | Image Display and Analysis (WinDisp) |
ILWIS | ILWIS Raster Map (.mpr,.mpl) |
INGR | Intergraph Raster |
IRIS | IRIS |
ISCE | ISCE raster |
ISIS2 | USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2) |
ISIS3 | USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3) |
JAXAPALSAR | JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5) |
JDEM | Japanese DEM (.mem) |
JPEG | JPEG JFIF (.jpg) |
JPEGLS | JPEG-LS |
JPEG2000 | JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2ECW | JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2KAK | JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2Lura | JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2MrSID | JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JP2OpenJPEG | JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k) |
JPIPKAK | JPIP (based on Kakadu) |
KEA | KEA |
KMLSUPEROVERLAY | KMLSUPEROVERLAY |
KRO | KRO |
L1B | NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR) |
LAN | Erdas 7.x .LAN and .GIS |
LCP | FARSITE v.4 LCP Format |
Leveller | Daylon Leveller Heightfield |
LOSLAS | NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift |
MBTiles | MBTiles |
MAP | OziExplorer .MAP |
MEM | In Memory Raster |
MFF | Vexcel MFF |
MFF2 (HKV) | Vexcel MFF2 |
MG4Lidar | MG4 Encoded Lidar |
MRF | Meta Raster Format |
MrSID | Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database |
MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
MSGN | EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat) |
NDF | NLAPS Data Format |
NGSGEOID | NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids |
NITF | NITF (.ntf, .nsf, .gn?, .hr?, .ja?, .jg?, .jn?, .lf?, .on?, .tl?, .tp?, etc.) |
netCDF | NetCDF |
NTv2 | NTv2 Datum Grid Shift |
NWT_GRC | Northwood/VerticalMapper Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab |
NWT_GRD | Northwood/VerticalMapper Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab |
OGDI | OGDI Bridge |
OZI | OZI OZF2/OZFX3 |
PAux | PCI .aux Labelled |
PCIDSK | PCI Geomatics Database File |
PCRaster | PCRaster |
Geospatial PDF | |
PDS | NASA Planetary Data System |
PLMosaic | Planet Labs Mosaics API |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics (.png) |
PostGISRaster | PostGIS Raster (previously WKTRaster) |
PNM | Netpbm (.ppm,.pgm) |
PRF | PHOTOMOD raster file (.prf,.x-dem) |
R | R Object Data Store |
RASDAMAN | Rasdaman |
Rasterlite | Rasterlite - Rasters in SQLite DB |
SQLite | Rasterlite2 - Rasters in SQLite DB |
RIK | Swedish Grid RIK (.rik) |
RMF | Raster Matrix Format (*.rsw, .mtw) |
ROI_PAC | ROI_PAC Raster |
RPFTOC | Raster Product Format/RPF (CADRG, CIB) |
RS2 | RadarSat2 XML (product.xml) |
RRASTER | R Raster (.grd) |
RST | Idrisi Raster |
SAFE | Sentinel 1 SAR SAFE (manifest.safe) |
SENTINEL2 | Sentinel 2 |
SAGA | SAGA GIS Binary format |
SAR_CEOS | SAR CEOS |
SDE | ArcSDE Raster |
SDTS | USGS SDTS DEM (*CATD.DDF) |
SGI | SGI Image Format |
SNODAS | Snow Data Assimilation System |
SRP | Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP) |
SRTMHGT | SRTM HGT Format |
TERRAGEN | Terragen Heightfield (.ter) |
TIL | EarthWatch/DigitalGlobe .TIL |
TSX | TerraSAR-X Product |
USGSDEM | USGS ASCII DEM / CDED (.dem) |
VICAR | VICAR |
VRT | GDAL Virtual (.vrt) |
WCS | OGC Web Coverage Service |
WEBP | WEBP |
WMS | OGC Web Map Service, and TMS, WorldWind, On Earth tiled, VirtualEarth, ArcGIS REST, IIP) |
WMTS | OGC Web Map Tile Service |
XPM | X11 Pixmap (.xpm) |
XYZ | ASCII Gridded XYZ |
ZMap | ZMap Plus Grid |

Above: Use SQL to manipulate channels in rasters, or use the point and click Style pane. The Style pane for rasters enables instant combinations and recombinations of channel data, as seen above in an RGB image from this topic in the User Manual. Advanced mode provides the Style pane in SQL for ArcGIS Pro
OGR Vector Formats
In addition to all GDAL raster formats, the add-in's GDAL dataport also can connect to all OGR vector formats using the GDAL / OGR library. OGR is a popular open source library that can connect to many vector formats, including some niche formats that SQL does not support within SQL's native code. OGR is part of GDAL installations.
AeronavFAA | Aeronav FAA files |
AmigoCloud | AmigoCloud API |
ArcObjects | ESRI ArcObjects |
AVCBin | Arc/Info Binary Coverage |
AVCE00 | Arc/Info .E00 (ASCII) Coverage |
ARCGEN | Arc/Info Generate |
BNA | Atlas BNA |
CAD | AutoCAD DWG |
DWG | AutoCAD DWG |
DXF | AutoCAD DXF |
Carto | Carto |
Cloudant | Cloudant / CouchDB |
CouchDB | CouchDB / GeoCouch |
CSV | Comma Separated Value (.csv) |
CSW | OGC CSW (Catalog Service for the Web) |
VFK | Czech Cadastral Exchange Data Format |
DB2ODBC | DB2 Spatial |
DODS | DODS/OPeNDAP |
EDIGEO | EDIGEO |
ElasticSearch | ElasticSearch |
FileGDB | ESRI FileGDB |
PGeo | ESRI Personal GeoDatabase |
SDE | ESRI ArcSDE |
ESRI Shapefile | ESRI Shapefile / DBF |
FMEObjects Gateway | FMEObjects Gateway |
GeoJSON | GeoJSON |
Geoconcept | Géoconcept Export |
Geomedia | Geomedia .mdb |
GPKG | GeoPackage |
GeoRSS | GeoRSS |
GFT | Google Fusion Tables |
GML | GML |
GMLAS | GMLAS |
GMT | GMT |
GPSBabel | GPSBabel |
GPX | GPX |
GRASS | GRASS Vector Format |
GPSTrackMaker | GPSTrackMaker (.gtm, .gtz) |
HTF | Hydrographic Transfer Format |
Idrisi | Idrisi Vector (.VCT) |
IDB | Informix DataBlade |
"Interlis 1" and "Interlis 2" | INTERLIS |
INGRES | INGRES |
OpenJUMP .jml | JML |
KML | KML |
LIBKML | LIBKML |
MapInfo File | Mapinfo File |
DGN | Microstation DGN v7 |
DGNv8 | Microstation DGN v8 |
MDB | Access MDB (PGeo and Geomedia capable) |
Memory | Memory |
MongoDB | MongoDB |
MySQL | MySQL |
NAS | NAS - ALKIS |
netCDF | NetCDF |
OCI | Oracle Spatial |
ODBC | ODBC |
MSSQLSpatial | MS SQL Spatial |
ODS | Open Document Spreadsheet |
OGDI | OGDI Vectors (VPF, VMAP, DCW) |
OpenAir | OpenAir |
OpenFileGDB | ESRI FileGDB |
OSM | OpenStreetMap XML and PBF |
PCIDSK | PCI Geomatics Database File |
Geospatial PDF | |
PDS | PDS |
PLScenes | Planet Labs Scenes API |
PGDump | PostgreSQL SQL dump |
PostgreSQL/PostGIS | PostgreSQL/PostGIS |
REC | EPIInfo .REC |
S57 | S-57 (ENC) |
SDTS | SDTS |
SEGUKOOA | SEG-P1 / UKOOA P1/90 |
SEGY | SEG-Y |
Selafin | Selafin/Seraphin format |
SOSI | Norwegian SOSI Standard |
SQLite | SQLite/SpatiaLite |
SUA | SUA |
SVG | SVG |
SXF | Storage and eXchange Format |
UK. NTF | UK .NTF |
TIGER | U.S. Census TIGER/Line |
VRT | VRT - Virtual Datasource |
WFS | OGC WFS (Web Feature Service) |
XLS | MS Excel format |
XLSX | MS Office Open XML spreadsheet |
XPLANE | X-Plane/Flightgear aeronautical data |
VDV | VDV-451/VDV-452/IDF |
Walk | Walk |
WAsP | WAsP .map format |
Format availability is subject to change without notice.
SQL for ArcGIS® Pro has been Discontinued
SQL for ArcGIS® Pro has been discontinued in favor of using Manifold System Release 9. The two products are almost identical so instead of providing a separate SQL for ArcGIS Pro product, Manifold is offering all SQL for ArcGIS Pro licensees a free upgrade to Manifold Release 9 Universal Edition, a $195 value at no additional charge.


Google example image for Google .webp image format. SQL for ArcGIS Pro can handle virtually any image format in addition to virtually all known GIS and spatial data formats.
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