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FieldInfo GetVisible method returns "VISIBLE" even when field is hidden

Anonymous User

I have a script which lists properties for each field in the layers in an mxd, including its "visible" status.

"Shape_Length" and "Shape_Area" fields are all given a visibility status of "VISIBLE"

They are all turned off. Every other turned off field is given a status of "HIDDEN"

Any idea why this is happening? Is this a bug?

Thank you,

Randy McGregor

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JoshuaBixby

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RandyBurton

What script/code are you using? Something like:

mxd <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MapDocument<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"CURRENT"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> lyr <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListLayers<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"\n\nLayer Name: "</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>name

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># Create a describe object</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; desc <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Describe<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># If a feature layer, continue</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> desc<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>dataType <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"FeatureLayer"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># Create a fieldinfo object</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; field_info <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> desc<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>fieldInfo

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># Use the count property to iterate through all the fields</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> index <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> range<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> field_info<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>count<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># Print fieldinfo properties</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Field Name: {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>field_info<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getFieldName<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>index<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\tNew Name:&nbsp;&nbsp; {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>field_info<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getNewName<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>index<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\tSplit Rule: {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>field_info<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getSplitRule<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>index<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\tVisible:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>field_info<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getVisible<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>index<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
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Based on FieldInfo page.

It does appear that some fields like OBJECTID, SHAPE will show as VISIBLE even if turned off. Perhaps it relates to geometry properties and the @ token??

Anonymous User

Almost exactly like that, yes.

It does appear as though the geometry fields are simply ignoring the getVisible method.

"SHAPE" and "OBJECTID" fields are turned on so they may have the same problem if they were turned off.

I can just tweak the code to say "HIDDEN" for all Shape_Length and Shape_Area fields and just hope I remember to hide them, so I don't make a liar out of my fields information report

Thank you,

Anonymous User

Thanks. My first posting on GeoNet (I used ESRI forums YEARS ago.) I appreciate the advice.

HCCGISICT_

Not that it helps but FYI: This has been confirmed by ESRI support as a bug:

Bug NIM101408 : The fieldinfo.getvisible method always returns Visible for OBJECTID and SHAPE fields.

This issue has a current status of "in product plan", meaning that it is down for an eventual fix. Bug report can be found here: NIM101408: The fieldinfo.getvisible method always returns Visib..

JoshuaBixby

As much as "In Product Plan" is better than a couple of the alternative status states, seeing the bug has been around since 10.2.2 and not fixed yet doesn't give me hope. It might get fixed, but it will be more a byproduct of some other issue being addressed than being fixed directly. Now if someone wants to get an EEAP and pay Esri to fix it, then we might get somewhere.

SamSzotkowski

Would be nice if they fixed this bug... Still present in Pro 3.0 and got demoted to "Will not be addressed."

You cannot publish a layer to AGOL if the "Shape" field is hidden, and there doesn't appear to be any way to check if that's the case before running the tool. It's not the end of the world though, you just have to handle this error:

arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: ERROR 001272: Analyzer errors were encountered ([{"code":"00123","message":"Shape field is not visible","object":"layer_name"},{"code":"00102","message":"Selected layer does not contain a required layer type for web feature layer","object":"map_name"}]).

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