Distinguishing between Layers and TableView using ArcPy

Question

I am working with ArcMap and am using ArcPy.

My task is to loop through MXDs and find broken data sources.

My code is:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(fullPath)
brknMXD = arcpy.mapping.ListBrokenDataSources(mxd)
for brknItem in brknMXD:  
    if brknItem.supports("workspacePath"):
        try:
            source = brknItem.workspacePath
            print  str(brknItem) + ": " +  source
        except:
            print "unexpected error"
            continue
    else:
        print "Layer does not support source"

Some MXDs have TableViews and that is where the code breaks.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "P:\Scripts\Find_MXDs_Broken_Sources.py", line 5, in if brknItem.supports("workspacePath"): AttributeError: 'TableView' object has no attribute 'supports'

I checked within an MXD Python interpreter to see what type of objects are return by arcpy.mapping.ListBrokenDataSources(mxd) and it indicated:

>>> for each in brknMXD:
...     print type(each)
...     
<class 'arcpy._mapping.Layer'>
<class 'arcpy._mapping.Layer'>
<class 'arcpy._mapping.Layer'>
<class 'arcpy._mapping.TableView'>

Clearly I can just set a test to distinguish between these two types, but I don't know how exactly to write it.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

As commented by @MichaelStimson:

You could use the describe statement http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//03q30000001w000000 and look at the dataType, it should be Layer or TableView for the two indicated types, though I'm not sure how well it works with broken objects... give it a go and see what you get: if arcpy.Describe(brknItem).dataType == 'Layer': before .supports(.. line.

and as commented by @BenSNadler:

You can use listLayers and listTables and check if each one is broken Or as noted above, check the type before .supports