Hello, I'm getting the following error:
Start Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 12:39:31 PM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\\", line 14, in <module>
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\conversion.py", line 2936, in FeatureClassToFeatureClass
raise e
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\conversion.py", line 2933, in FeatureClassToFeatureClass
retval = convertArcObjectToPythonObject(gp.FeatureClassToFeatureClass_conversion(*gp_fixargs((in_features, out_path, out_name, where_clause, field_mapping, config_keyword), True)))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 512, in <lambda>
return lambda *args: val(*gp_fixargs(args, True))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.ERROR 000732: Output Location: Dataset in_memory does not exist or is not supported
Failed to execute (FeatureClassToFeatureClass). I have the following code:
import arcpy
#get input layer and fields:
arcpy.env.workspace = "in_memory"
input_lyr = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
fld_rank_1 = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
fld_rank_2 = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)
out_loc =
#Search for all records, looking at OBJECTID, first rank and second rank
fields = ["OBJECTID",fld_rank_1, fld_rank_2]
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(input_lyr, fields) as cursor:
for row in cursor:
if row[1] == row[2]:
Temp_Selected = "Temp"
arcpy.conversion.FeatureClassToFeatureClass(input_lyr, "in_memory","Temp_Selector","OBJECTID" +"=" +str(row[0]))
Temp_Selected = arcpy.management.SelectLayerByLocation(input_lyr,"CONTAINS","Temp_Selector")
arcpy.conversion.FeatureClassToFeatureClass(input_lyr, "in_memory",Temp_Selected)
rank_lst = []
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(Temp_Selected, fields) as cursor_1:
for row_inner in cursor_1:
rank_lst.append(row_inner[1])
if len(rank_lst) == 0:
pass
if len(rank_lst) > 0:
if max(rank_lst) > row[1]:
cursor.deleteRow()
if max(rank_lst) < row[1]:
pass
arcpy.management.Delete(Temp_Selected)
arcpy.management.Delete("Temp_Selector")
if row[1] < row[2] or row[1] > row[2]:
cursor.deleteRow()
