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Scheduled Python script arcpy.SpatialJoin_analysis line of code resumes only when I log into the machine
I have a python script (scheduled by windows scheduler) on a desktop I remote into.
all lines of code execute without me being remoted into the machine except when it gets to this line of code below ...
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Select MAX values within records with the same name
I have some polygons with same name and different area.
I want to select each polygon by name (FARM_ID field) with maximum area.
For example, I want to select polygons "SCAPD04-1" with ...
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Creating TIN using ArcPy
I am attempting to creating a TIN using arcPy. When I try, I receive an error saying "The value is not a member of . Failed to execute (CreateTin)." Is there any solution to fix this? I am ...
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Using ListFields in ArcPy with ArcMap
I am having trouble getting the List Fields function to work. I need to search through a number of shapefiles located in different folders to list the fieldnames so I can see what are common naming ...
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Assigning multiple Customize keyboard shortcut keys for ArcMap
I am using ArcMap 10.1 and 10.2.1.
I have attached the below image for reference. I want to assign multiple Customize keyboard shortcut keys at the same time.
Is it possible do this using ArcPy/...
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Updating ValueTable parameter of ArcPy Python Toolbox tool
I have a shapefile and I want to calculate multiple fields using the GP ValueTable parameter.
The script loads field names from a layer, then I should delete rows I don´t want to calculate and then I ...
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Check if listed fieldnames are in shapefiles
I have one main folder and it has multiple sub-folder. Each sub-folder has one shapefile. I want to check some attribute field names like PLACENAME, GNIS_ID, which are present in all the shapefiles or ...
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Exporting to GeoTIFF from data view with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy
I'm trying to work with ArcGIS Desktop with this problem. I need to export a data to geotiff with specific boundaries which are polygons, so i decided to use Data Driven Pages (DDP). Because there is ...
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ArcPy to select by location not showing selected features in attribute table
I have a button where it first calculate no of features in a specific layer and then runs the "are_identical_to" and update "D". After that it checks if the no of counts in two layers is same? If not, ...
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Creating raster from grid algebra expression using point attribute values?
I have a point shapefile representing groundwater production wells with annual pumpage values distributed over a general area. I'd like to create a raster layer with each cell representing the ...
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To update Point location every 1 second
I am using update cursor to change the location of a point with FID = 0 every second, but whenever I run the code my ArcGIS freezes and point doesnot move. I am visualizing an output where the point ...
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Fetching data from ArcGIS attribute tables using ArcPy? [closed]
I want to fetch/extract data from ArcGIS attribute tables (to set some temporal series) using Python. Because of the structure of my tables and their disposition, I thought of using the "division"
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Getting layer label from ArcMap Table Of Contents?
How do I get a layer´s label from the TOC?
I can´t find a similar question and ArcGIS Help tells nothing about it. I have searched even in other knowledge bases but with no success.
I need to get ...
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Getting and editing list of strings from file geodatabase
I have a file GDB that contains Annotation and Polygon feature classes. I would like to create a list of strings with the first part of the name of the polygon features. For example in the data below ...
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Mass Updating to Move Points to New Location using ArcPy? [duplicate]
I have updated x,y for about 50,000 points.
How can I move the points to their new location at once (not one by one)?
I know there is a way of creating a new .shp from updated x,y but that won't ...
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Creating Python code with ArcMap to export maps in jpg?
I want to export maps that I have created on ArcMap 10.1 with this Python code:
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
for i in range(1, mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount + 1):
mxd....
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Appending polygon features from file geodatabase table to SDE table?
I am facing an issue while appending the feature class to ArcSDE feature class.
All the I am trying to append the gdb feature classs data, I can see that the geometry is either changed and some cases ...
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Comparison of GDB Table with a database table Comparison
I have to compare 2 tables one from gdb and another from database. I do not want myself to do a comparison one by one. Do anyone of you have a better idea for doing this?
UPDATE: I have read the ...
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Verifying if user input as value exists in column using ArcPy?
I am trying to verify whether a value inserted by a customer exists in the field.
import arcpy
import os
import sys
#Set the work space
arcpy.env.workspace = "Y:\Milad\GeometricNetworkAnalysis"
path=...
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Creating a "Data entry table" parameter - Arcpy tool scripts
I want to create an Arcpy tool script that takes values from a 2-column table placed in the tool itself, which is filled by the user, and stores these values in a real table.
In order to do so, I have ...
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Accessing composite data type parameter when validating parameters in Python Toolbox?
I have a simple tool with two parameters:
a boolean (just to tick or untick it)
a composite data (where I can choose an output location - either a folder or a feature dataset).
I am unable to access ...
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Rotating point feature symbols by intersect polyline in ArcGIS Desktop?
I would like to rotate point features symbols by angle of polyline that they overlap. Similar to cartographic line symbol, that can rotate to follow line angle:
I´m using basic license of ArcGIS 10.1....
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Tool validation - setting error message
I am writing a tool within Python Toolbox that has two parameters:
param0 = arcpy.Parameter(
name="a",
displayName="A",
datatype="GPFeatureLayer",
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ArcPy Editor commits in batches of a thousand records dropping some records
I am copying data from one database to another using arcpy cursors. This is an Oracle enterprise geodatabase against a versioned dataset. Using Python 2.7 and ArcGIS 10.1.
The following code has ...
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Catching arcgisscripting.ExecuteError and error details?
I am with ArcGIS 10.1. In my Python script, I need to catch arcgisscripting.ExecuteError and other general Python errors. When a arcgisscripting.ExecuteError is thrown, I also need to retrieve error ...
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Getting layer EPSG in ArcMap using ArcPy?
How do i get my layer EPSG with Python in ArcMap 10.1?
It needs to return a integer.
something like this:
layerEPSG = arcpy.getActiveLayerEpsg()
Here is some context:
insrs = arcpy....
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Creating perpendicular line from points to existing line?
I would like to create perpendicular lines from points to line, similar to this:
I have ArcGIS 10.1, so "queryPointAndDistance" doesn´t work for me, and basic licence level, so I can´t use "Generate ...
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Iterate a multistep Map Algebra
I am trying to write my first ArcPy script to iterate a Band Math process with requires a few steps. The uniterated, working script for a single group of bands in one Landsat scene is:
#import ...
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Object: Tool or environment <> not found error randomly occured in a custom Toolbox used in a Python script [closed]
I have developed a custom toolbox on ArcGIS 10.1. It has the following properties:
Name: SingleFDI
Label: SingleFDI
Alias: FFDI
In a Python script, I used arcpy.ImportToolbox to call a tool named ...
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Arcpy Error 010423 when using Zonal Statistics to Table in a tool
I want to include Zonal Statistics to Table to my tool. But if I do I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\xyz\Desktop\test.py", line 16, in <module>
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ArcPy script runs longer processing time in scheduled task than in ModelBuilder?
I have a Python script that runs ArcPy and a model that is imported with a Toolbox.
When directly running the model on ArcMap, it takes 4 plus minutes. It takes about the same time if running in the ...
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Automate publishing ArcMap mxd to ArcGIS Online using ArcGIS REST API or Python
I have a mxd file that contains several feature classes and they get updated every day. I am with ArcGIS 10.1 at the moment. It would be potentially upgraded to 10.5 in the near future anyway.
I have ...
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Coding python loop to select features of polygon layer than are completely contained in group of 11 layers using ArcPy? [duplicate]
This is my first attempt to code in Python.
I have one polygon layer, A, that covers the UK and another set/group of layers that each cover sections of the UK, B. I want to select by location ...
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Checking if attribute field for labeling is present to avoid ArcMap Drawing Errors?
I have a project with several layers in the TOC that point to feature classes or shapefiles. Each of them is using labels and everything is ok.
If I replace the source of these layers with some other ...
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pythonaddins interactive output registry to a shapefile recursively
I am using pythonaddin's onMouseDownMap to get flow paths interactively and add each line drawn to a shapefile. "line" shapefile is created each time using arcpy.RasterToPolyline_conversion whenever I ...
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Set Scale Button Doesn't Work
I'm trying to create a button that sets the map scale to 24000. I'm working in ArcMap 10.1 and my Python programming skill is rudimentary.
I followed the Python Add-In instructions and the creation ...
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Relationship classes and feature classes with the same name
I've noticed that it is possible (at least in ArcGIS 10.1) having within a Personal geodatabase, a relationship class and a feature class/table with the same name!. This is my example:
The above ...
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polygon in polygon in polygon(or more...)
I have a buildings feature class which contains a building in a building (4 times), and I want to extract each building to a new feature class which created. I have written a Python code that does ...
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Determining spatial sort order with ArcPy? [closed]
How do I determine if a varying hypothetical set of lines (example in image) needs to be sorted by X (longitude) rather than Y (latitude) programmatically to ensure they are ordered from 1 to 14 as ...
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arcpy.da.UpdateCursor with sql_clause for artifically inverting cursor loops
Why is row not recognized within my update cursor?
The data is stored in a file geodatabase.
I am using ArcGIS Desktop version 10.1 ArcInfo License.
The screen shot shows the data "ORDER BY X ASC" ...
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Why is ArcPy script looping through bands slow?
I am working on a single tiff with over 20k bands, each representing daily temperature, and I'll be extracting and preforming simple raster math on roughly 3500 of the bands. The problem I'm running ...
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Modify certain serviceCapabilities parameters via ArcPy does not work
I would like to change some parameters in my sdDraft file using arcpy and XML parsing. Some of my steps work without any problems; other certain property-change does not any effect in the resulting ...
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arcpy.ListDatasets will not read CAD files as datasets
I am essentially running this script but for my own data. The problem I am having is that the ListDatasets command is not recognizing the CAD .dwg files as datasets (as it should). It returns a 'None'...
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Renaming layer in a TOC using a tool within Python Toolbox
I created a simple tool that renames layers in the TOC using a for loop. As a tool within my normal toolbox it works fine. Now I´m trying to work more and more with the Python Toolbox and want to ...
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Creating sub-group under existing group for tools in Python Toolbox?
I have created a Python toolbox and a simple SimpleTool with this initialization:
class SimpleTool(object):
def __init__(self):
self.label = "Simple label"
self.description = "...
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Using SQL statement with ArcPy?
I've been using insert, update and select cursors found in arcpy.da and so far it's met my needs.
Today, I found another situation where I really just want to throw a SQL statement at the database, ...
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Getting 999999 error from ArcPy script to increment one field when another field contains 0?
Before I begin I should emphasise that my python knowledge is pretty limited; generally self taught or inspired by snippets I have found on here.
I have a .dbf table, and I need to use python to ...
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Problem getting value from arcpy script tool with validation code driven drop-down: code window popup on tool execution
I am attempting to provide the user a drop down list of field values based on a predefined shapefile or table. The string value users choose then needs to be taken by the script tool for use later in ...
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Avoiding arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF locking mxd with data driven pages?
I've written a script that makes use of a data driven pages mxd, but I'm having issues with locks. The script iterates through a series of feature classes and uses them as the base layer for the DDP. ...
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Adding vertices to existing lines where they intersect using ArcPy?
I need to add vertices to existing lines at intersections, something like this:
I want to do this automatically, by Python script. I can get the coordinates (x,y) of intersections in very simple way:
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