arcgisscripting module not found in Python 3.5 in Spyder IDE

Question

I am running ArcGIS Pro 2.2 and I have cloned my conda environment from Python command prompt. When I activate this environment and attempt to run Python 3.5 from the terminal, I can load arcpy as the cloned environment runs the python located at 'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\python.exe'. However, Spyder links to the python installed in the cloned environment and I get the following traceback:

File "<ipython-input-4-f7f77bfeaa96>", line 1, in <module>
    from arcpy.geoprocessing import gp

  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\__init__.py", line 66, in <module>
    from arcpy.geoprocessing import gp

  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from ._base import *

  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 14, in <module>
    import arcgisscripting

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

I have followed the directions located here and here, and the paths mirror a previous installation of ArcGIS Pro 2.0 from which I can use Spyder and arcpy together.

Does anyone know how to resolve this?

Answer 1

Okay all,

I think that I figured out the problem. When I cloned the ArcGISPro environment, I used the following: conda create --clone arcgispro-py3 --name clone. This led to the creation of a clone located at %LocalAppData%\conda\conda\envs\clone. This is not the default location that ArcGISPro uses. When I clone using conda create --clone arcgispro-py3 --name %LocalAppData%\ESRI\conda\envs\clone is creates the cloned environment at %LocalAppData%\ESRI\conda\envs, which is the default location. I am now able to use arcpy from within spyder.