Difference: Project Notebook vs Script Tool

DanCrawford

Hello.  I find that when I run a python command from my project notebook, the script runs and does what I expect it to.  When I run the same code from a toolbox script that I just created, it runs without error but doesn't do anything.

This is the notebook command:
arcpy.cartography.ConvertLabelsToGraphics(
  'Map', 20000, 'SINGLE_LAYER', 'XBA/New LTC-SUP/PofC', 'Graphics', 'DISPLAY',  
'GRAPHICS_LAYER_PER_FEATURE_LAYER', 'ONLY_PLACED', 'GroupGraphics')

This is the tool script:
import arcpy
def pofctographic():
tenure_type=arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
if tenure_type == "LTC-SUP":
   arcpy.AddMessage("LTC-SUP selected")
   arcpy.cartography.ConvertLabelsToGraphics(
     'Map', 20000, 'SINGLE_LAYER', 'XBA/New LTC-SUP/PofC', 'Graphics', 'DISPLAY',
     'GRAPHICS_LAYER_PER_FEATURE_LAYER', 'ONLY_PLACED', 'GroupGraphics')

if tenure_type == "CP":
  arcpy.AddMessage("CP selected")
  arcpy.cartography.ConvertLabelsToGraphics(
    'Map', 20000, 'SINGLE_LAYER', 'XBA/New CP/PofC', 'Graphics', 'DISPLAY',
    'GRAPHICS_LAYER_PER_FEATURE_LAYER', 'ONLY_PLACED', 'GroupGraphics')
pofctographic()

DanCrawford

Dylan from ESRI Canada has provided this solution:
As a workaround, you can assign the result of the arcpy.cartography.ConvertLabelsToGraphics function to a variable, then add the first element of this variable (which will be the group layer) to the map object as follows:

import arcpy
arpx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
map_obj = arpx.listMaps("Map")[0]
glayer = arcpy.cartography.ConvertLabelsToGraphics(map_obj, 2000, 'SINGLE_LAYER', 'XBA/PofC')
map_obj.addLayer(glayer[0])

 Thank-you Dylan!