Outputing shape_Area value from polygon feature to output table in ModelBuilder?

Question

In ModelBuilder, I'm using the "Iterate Datasets" tool to iterate though a dataset of polygon features. Each are simple, single, polygons so just the one row in the attribute table. The polygons were generated with a shape_Length and shape_Area column in their attribute table.

I would like to output the area of each polygon feature to a summary table (cvs or similar) containing values for all iterations.

My current model is stuck right at the start with the Iterate Datasets tool which uses a Feature Dataset of polygon features as input. Previously I've just manually copied the shape_Area value from the features into an excel sheet which works but is slow.

Answer 1

Rather than having one polygon per feature class what I would probably do is to Append them into a single feature class and then run Summary Statistics on that i.e. no need for an iterator.