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Find Model Source Location

NickWeil

I have an ArcGIS Pro project that I haven't touched in quite awhile. I opened it the other day and had a model open, but could not remember where I had it saved. It was not in the toolbox tab in the catalog view. I clicked around in the ModelBuilder ribbon and while I could save and export the model, as well as see where all the inputs are coming from, I cannot find where the actual model is.

This seems like a straightforward thing, but I cannot figure it out. Any help would be appreciated!

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NickWeil

Thank you @DanPatterson and @Robert_LeClair for your suggestions on this topic. Unfortunately, it appears that there is no way to find the source location of a model that is open.

I created an ArcGIS Ideas post about this issue. If you encounter this problem as well, please give the idea some support.

danretired

You can always look for projects using os.walk or arcpy's equivalent to find projects

ArcGISProject—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

then look for the default toolboxes

ArcGISProject Class

The project's default toolbox location. The string must include the toolbox's full path and file name.

But... just saving it to a new toolbox and remembering next time to overtly specify a saving location would be easiest, like you can with regular *.tbx files

Robert LeClair

Nick - I'll preface this reply by saying I am not a Python person in the slightest but I found some Python snippets from a Blog that may help. You can find it referenced here.

danretired

Not unless you examine the toolboxes, perhaps using python ... arcpy.AddToolbox

tbx = arcpy.AddToolbox(pth)
tbx = arcpy.AddToolbox(pth)

dir(tbx)
Out[12]: ['AttributeSort', ... snip ..., 'Model', ... snip ..., 'Triangulate', '__alias__', '__all__', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__loader__', '__name__', '__package__', '__pathname__', '__spec__', 'test']

NickWeil

@Robert_LeClairI checked this location and the missing .tbx was not to be found. I checked some other locations I had been using and found the missing toolbox and associated model on another server.

The immediate issue is fixed, but the larger question remains - is there an easy way to find the source of a model?

NickWeil

Yes, I do create a default toolbox when starting a project. I had also registered another toolbox with the project. This particular model was not in either of those toolboxes.

I had navigated to another toolbox through catalog and opened it that way.

Robert LeClair

Sometimes things get lost in a Default.gdb that's created with the initial project. If you don't change the path WHERE the *.aprx is initially created, it gets created in the C:\Users\<user profile>\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects folder by default. Check and see if you have any projects there and the accompanying *.tbx. Maybe it's there?

danretired

Do you create a default toolbox when you start a project?

If so, was it not in there?

Create a model tool—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

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