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I'm trying to write a script that will, in part, calculate statistics for a raster layer in an Arcmap mxd, but when I run the script I get an "invalid parameter" error (Error 000840), saying that the value isn't a Mosaic Layer, Mosaic Catalog, or Raster Catalog. The Calculate Statistics tool in the toolbox works fine for a single raster, so I'm not sure how to fix this. Relevant code block:

import arcpy
inRaster = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
arcpy.CalculateStatistics_management(inRaster, "1", "1", "-9999")

Any suggestions?

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Try using inRaster = arcpy.GetParameter(0) instead, I think it wants the raster object and not the text string, which is arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) is giving you.

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  • Nope, looks like that still gives the same error :/
    – Donna
    Commented Apr 18, 2013 at 0:05
  • The online help suggests to me that it is expecting a text string. Perhaps @Donna should just use arcpy.AddMessage and/or print to see what inRaster has been set to. Maybe that is not actually a valid Mosaic Layer, Mosaic Catalog, or Raster Catalog. Also, has the script been added behind a tool?
    – PolyGeo ♦
    Commented Apr 18, 2013 at 0:09
  • Okay, just looked at that...it stores just the raster name but not the complete path as help shown in the help. The inRaster data type is set to Raster Layer; is there a way to extract the full path from that?
    – Donna
    Commented Apr 18, 2013 at 0:16
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    Is this code behind a Toolbox tool? Sounds like it. Try setting the inRaster datatype to Raster Dataset.
    – Chad Cooper
    Commented Apr 18, 2013 at 0:26
  • Yeah, it's a script tool within a toolbox. Changing the inRaster type does fix the Calculate Statistics problem - but then my next step is applying additional symbology from a template layer using arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer_management, and it's saying that the input layer (inRaster) doesn't exist or isn't supported...maybe because it's now referencing the file directly rather than the layer in my mxd?
    – Donna
    Commented Apr 18, 2013 at 0:41

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