Hi,
I am wondering why setting up the parameter type as in output makes the tool auto -populate the output location and name without me letting me set it or control the output name.
I have this script that does nothing yet, but I found out that when I try to set the input of the census layer, the output is gets populated automatically with random feature class name. How can I control at least the feature class name
<SPAN class="keyword token">def</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">getParameterInfo</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>self<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
<SPAN class="string token">"""Define parameter definitions"""</SPAN>
census<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Parameter<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>
name<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"census"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
displayName<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Census Tracts"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
direction<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Input"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
datatype<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Feature Layer"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
parameterType<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Required"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
output_fc<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Parameter<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>
name<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"output_fc"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
displayName<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Output"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
direction<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Output"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
datatype<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"GPFeatureLayer"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
parameterType<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Required"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
params<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN>census<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>output_fc<SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">return</SPAN> params
<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">def</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">execute</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>self<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> parameters<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> messages<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
<SPAN class="string token">"""The source code of the tool."""</SPAN>
census<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>parameters<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>value
output_fc<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>parameters<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>value
<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Thank you,
