Hi, I'm using the ArcGIS Pro Python console (we are using ArcGIS Desktop 10.5 mostly but its copy_management doesn't have the associated_data parameter) in order to try to do the following: Copy all feature classes under a specific data set in an enterprise geodatabase to a new / existing data set with a specific name in the same database and in the process rename the feature classes using a suffix. This is the current python code: suffix = "_imahappysuffix" in_data = "C:/tempo/pyth/data_owner_connection.sde/db_test.dataowner.mexico" out_data = "C:/tempo/pyth/data_owner_connection.sde/db_test.dataowner.newdataset" arcpy . env . workspace = r 'C:\tempo\pyth\data_owner_connection.sde' dss = arcpy . ListDatasets ( "db_test.dataowner.mexico" , "Feature" ) for ds in dss : for fc in arcpy . ListFeatureClasses ( feature_dataset = ds ) : arcpy . Copy_management ( in_data , out_data , associated_data = fc + " FeatureClass " + fc + suffix ) This executes and creates a new dataset named newdataset (if it didn't exist) and then creates a copy of the first feature class with the intended suffix. The second and third feature classes in the origin data set however are only given a _1 suffix in the target data set, how come? I think something might be wrong with how I use associated_data but I haven't figured out what yet. In the target data set I'm getting: db_test.dataowner.mexico_dots_imahappysuffix db_test.dataowner.mexico_realms_1 db_test.dataowner.mexico_rivers_1 Thanks for reading : )

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copy_management associated_data in loop to rename only renames the first

DavidPersson

Hi,

I'm using the ArcGIS Pro Python console (we are using ArcGIS Desktop 10.5 mostly but its copy_management doesn't have the associated_data parameter) in order to try to do the following:

Copy all feature classes under a specific data set in an enterprise geodatabase to a new / existing data set with a specific name in the same database and in the process rename the feature classes using a suffix.

This is the current python code:

suffix <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"_imahappysuffix"</SPAN>


in_data <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>  <SPAN class="string token">"C:/tempo/pyth/data_owner_connection.sde/db_test.dataowner.mexico"</SPAN>

out_data <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"C:/tempo/pyth/data_owner_connection.sde/db_test.dataowner.newdataset"</SPAN>


arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">'C:\tempo\pyth\data_owner_connection.sde'</SPAN>


dss <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListDatasets<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"db_test.dataowner.mexico"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Feature"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> ds <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> dss<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> fc <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListFeatureClasses<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>feature_dataset<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>ds<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
        arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Copy_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>in_data<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> out_data<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> associated_data<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>fc<SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">" FeatureClass "</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN>fc<SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN>suffix<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<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>

This executes and creates a new dataset named newdataset (if it didn't exist) and then creates a copy of the first feature class with the intended suffix. The second and third feature classes in the origin data set however are only given a _1 suffix in the target data set, how come?

I think something might be wrong with how I use associated_data but I haven't figured out what yet.

In the target data set I'm getting:

db_test.dataowner.mexico_dots_imahappysuffix

db_test.dataowner.mexico_realms_1

db_test.dataowner.mexico_rivers_1

Thanks for reading : )

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DanPatterson_Retired

Copy Features—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop if you are just copying featureclasses

Copy—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop has a lot more fluff associated with it and seems to be targeted for particular situations

Is it your intention to use the latter instead of the former?

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JoshuaBixby

I haven't worked with the newish associated_data parameter yet, but according to Copy—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop you appear to be running into some form of expected behavior:

The from_name and to_name column names will be identical if the to_name is not already used in out_data. If a name already exists in the out_data, a unique to_name will be created by appending an underscore plus a number, _2.

In your case it is appending _1 instead of _2.

DanPatterson_Retired

Copy Features—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop if you are just copying featureclasses

Copy—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop has a lot more fluff associated with it and seems to be targeted for particular situations

Is it your intention to use the latter instead of the former?

DavidPersson

Thanks, that's a good point; possibly it's copying all origin feature classes thrice, hah, loop-logic-failure if so. Checking..

DavidPersson

My intention is to get all feature classes in a specific data set copied under new names (suffix) into another dataset; seems Copy Features can do just that too, after CreateFeatureDataset. Got it working now with a .gdb-source and target, will try .sde-target tomorrow. Cheers for the advice! : )

Edit. Just wanted to say that CopyFeatures_management appears to work for the intended job. No potential issues with selections either as enterprise geodatabase feature classes -> enterprise geodatabase feature classes. Thanks again! (if anyone is interested in the rough little script I made I'll attach it here, am not certain yet how the forum usually goes )

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