Default arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)

jaykapalczynski

Is there a way to default Get parametersAsTest

Where when I run the tool it will be defaulted unless the user changes it.

<SPAN class="keyword token">def</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">main</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
sde_conn <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">or</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.4\ArcCatalog\x@x.sde"</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

RebeccaStrauch__GISP

Are you creating a tool in a toolbox for your user input?  If so, you you set up you default int he Parmaters box, for example:

Then in the script, you could have something like this:

<SPAN class="comment token"># Script arguments...</SPAN>
targetGDB <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">not</SPAN> targetGDB<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp; targetGDB <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">'\\DFGANCGISDEV3\agsdev\data\update.gdb'</SPAN> ‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

Simple sample, but then you repeat for the other parameters. 

edit: by the way, I should mention that they will see the default you have in the Parameter box, but can change it.   The "if not" covers if nothing is input....at least you ahve the default, for example if you didn't have a default in the Parameter box, and they left the input blank, you could still have the default.