Hi, I am building a toolbox using Python 3 in ArcGIS Pro 2.4. It involves a series of network analysis processes, including closest facility and service area. I am using arcpy.na.MakeClosestFacilityAnalysisLayer and arcpy.na.MakeServiceAreaAnalysisLayer. I am able to create them no problem, but I am having lots of trouble with manipulating them, including: * I cannot select the location where they are stored - they always get placed in the default GDB even though I am trying to put them "in_memory"; * I cannot name them something meaningful - They always are named ServiceArea1, Service Area2; and * I cannot delete the final layer using python (arcpy.Delete_management) once I am done with it - so every time I rerun the syntax it adds a new file with the wrong name (e.g., ServiceArea2) and my tool crashes. Anyone have any suggestion on how to fix this and make it work correctly? I want to be able to create it in a specified location, name it something that is meaningful and then delete the file when it is done. Thanks! Andrew

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How do I delete a network analyst layer (i.e., Service Area, Closest Facility) using python 3 (ArcGIS Pro)?

AndrewClark2

Hi,

I am building a toolbox using Python 3 in ArcGIS Pro 2.4. It involves a series of network analysis processes, including closest facility and service area. I am using arcpy.na.MakeClosestFacilityAnalysisLayer and arcpy.na.MakeServiceAreaAnalysisLayer. I am able to create them no problem, but I am having lots of trouble with manipulating them, including:

I cannot select the location where they are stored - they always get placed in the default GDB even though I am trying to put them "in_memory";
I cannot name them something meaningful - They always are named ServiceArea1, Service Area2; and
I cannot delete the final layer using python (arcpy.Delete_management) once I am done with it - so every time I rerun the syntax it adds a new file with the wrong name (e.g., ServiceArea2) and my tool crashes.

Anyone have any suggestion on how to fix this and make it work correctly? I want to be able to create it in a specified location, name it something that is meaningful and then delete the file when it is done.

Thanks!

Andrew

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Melinda Morang

Hi Andrew. Your script works fine with the addition of this line:

ServArea.defaultImpedanceCutoffs = [1]

Seems like you shouldn't need this because all your facilities have explicitly-set break values in the Breaks field, but for some reason it's getting confused. I'll log a bug on our end to address this item of confusion, but I think if you add this to your code in the part where you're setting the service area properties, you should be good to go.

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Melinda Morang

Hi Andrew. Glad you're putting nax to good use.

Documentation for the Service Area input fields is here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/network-analyst/servicearea-input-data-types.htm

AndrewClark2

Hey Network Analyst‌ Python‌ experts. Does anyone have any suggestions for me to accomplish this? I am using NAX.

Thanks!

DanPatterson_Retired

Network Analyst‌ shared to there to see if some of the experts can follow up

AndrewClark2

Hi Dan.

Thanks so much for sharing and I think I figured out most of the conversion to the arcpy.nax module. I was wondering if you can point me to anything that can provide a list of fields for the fieldmapping associated with service area facilities?

My original code added locations as follows and note that I assigned "Breaks_Meters" to the variable cutoff:

arcpy.na.AddLocations(layer_object, facilities_layer_name, facilities, "Name CentreID #;CurbApproach # 0;Attr_Minutes # 0;Attr_Meters # 1;Breaks_Minutes # #;Breaks_Meters cutoff 1", "5000 Meters", None, "RoadsNetwork SHAPE;NetworkDataSet_Junctions NONE", "MATCH_TO_CLOSEST", "APPEND", "NO_SNAP", "5 Meters", "EXCLUDE", "RoadsNetwork #;NetworkDataSet_Junctions #")

When I tried to use a similar code below I get an error message: File "<string>", line 12, in <module> KeyError: 'Breaks_Meters'

arcpy.nax.MakeNetworkDatasetLayer(nds, nd_service_area)
ServArea = arcpy.nax.ServiceArea(nd_service_area)
ServArea.distanceUnits = arcpy.nax.DistanceUnits.Meters
ServArea.travelMode = travel_mode
ServArea.outputType = arcpy.nax.ServiceAreaOutputType.Polygons
ServArea.geometryAtOverlap = arcpy.nax.ServiceAreaOverlapGeometry.Overlap

# MAP FIELDS FOR FACILITIES
fm_sa = ServArea.fieldMappings(arcpy.nax.ServiceAreaInputDataType.Facilities, True)
fm_sa["Name"].mappedFieldName = "CentreID"
fm_sa["Breaks_Meters"].mappedFieldName = "cutoff"
ServArea.load(arcpy.nax.ServiceAreaInputDataType.Facilities, Scratch + r"\fac_p", fm_sa)

result_sa = ServArea.solve()
result_sa.export(arcpy.nax.ServiceAreaOutputDataType.Polygons, gdb + "\FinalAnalysis\SrvArea_Final")

DanPatterson_Retired

If you are using ArcGIS Pro 2.4, there is a new arcpy network analysis module

What is the Network Analyst module (arcpy.na)—Network Analyst module | ArcGIS Desktop

The differences between the *.na and *.nax module are briefly discussed here

Choosing between the modules (arcpy.na and arcpy.nax)—Network Analyst module | ArcGIS Desktop

Migration differences, here

Migrating arcpy.na to ArcGIS Pro—Network Analyst module | ArcGIS Desktop

And of course the one you aren't going to like

Write geoprocessing output to memory—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop

But I can't remember if this was the same for pre-2.4

Memory-based workspaces do not support geodatabase elements such as feature datasets, subtypes, domains, representations, topologies, geometric networks, or network datasets.

So file geodatabases are a need.

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