Python Runtime Appears to Timeout

pmckinney

I am trying to convert a Model Builder script into a Windows Scheduled Task.  I have broken it into multiple scripts, and then call each script successively from a BAT file.

Each script runs the arcpy.TiledLabelsToAnnotation_cartography tool for a specific scale.  It basically creates annotation feature classes.

The first and last map scales run, but the other scales do not run.  There are also no error messages in my log files (that should write within the except clause).  I initially tried running this as a single script, but it would stop during the second scale (without any messages).

It almost seems like Python is crashing for some reason.  From my log file, it takes about 2 hours for the first scale, and about an hour for the last scale.

Does anybody have any ideas as to what may be happening?  I can share the scripts, if needed.

Generate Labels Report 01-09-2021.txt

JoeBorgione

Are you running the scheduled task on a pc or some sort of server?  I've never been able to get Task Scheduler to work on a PC; for me the code was bullet proof but the failure is in task schedular.

Looking at one of your scripts, everybody has their own style of doing things.  I would run it as one script and make each of the individual scripts a def() that is called by main().  I don't see anything wrong with your code per se.  Below is what we use as a basic template for our python scripts.  Each geoprocessing def() has only one except to one try.  We print to the log file no matter what happens, success or failure.

#TEMPLATE to send error emails automatically
#TEMPLATE to insure correct error trapping automatically
#SEE END OF SCRIPT FOR STARTING POINT CODE
# <<<<<<<<<   CONFIG SETTINGS TO BE ENTERED BY TEMPLATE USER

# sample imports
import arcpy
import sys
import os
import smtplib

# sample script level variables/paths   <<<<<<<<<<<HERE          
samplePath = r"\\somePath\arcgisresources\common\geocode\backupLoc"
samplePath2 = r"\\somePath\arcgisresources\common\geocode"

# sample init   HERE
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True

def sendEmail(errMessage):   # if errors send email
    from_addr = "errors@slco.org"
    to_addr = ["IS-GISDL@Something.org", "customerEmail@SOmething.org"]  # <<<<< ENTER CUSTOMER EMAIL HERE
    subject = "Errors:   ERROR DESCRIPTION HERE"   # <<<<<<<   ERROR DESC HERE
    msg_text = errMessage
    msg = "From: %s\nTo: %s\nSubject: %s\n\n%s" % (from_addr, to_addr, subject, msg_text)
    server = "SomeEmailServer.org"
    server = smtplib.SMTP(server)
    server.sendmail(from_addr, to_addr, msg)
    server.quit()


# FUNCTIONS HERE
def functionName(parameter1, parameter2, etc):
    try:
        #<<<<<<<<LOGIC HERE
        print "Success: DESCRIPTION HERE will display in log file" 
    except Exception as err:
        print err
        sendEmail(err)

# MAIN FUNCTION HERE
def main():

    # start log file HERE
    logFile = r"E:\scripts\locators_recreate_publish\logs\locators recreate publish.log"   #<<<<<<<<<< INSERT LOG FILE PATH HERE
    logoutput = open(logFile,'w')
    beginTime = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
    logoutput.write("Began at # " + beginTime + "\n")
    sys.stdout = logoutput   #<<<< POINTS ERROR MESSAGES TO BE RECORDED IN LOG FILE, NOT TO THE PYTHON DEBUG SCREEN

    # paths variables <<<<<<<<<<<<HERE
    samplePathFOR_DEF_MAIN = r"\\somePath\arcgisresources\common\geocode\backupLoc"
    samplePath2FOR_DEF_MAIN = r"\\somePath\arcgisresources\common\geocode"



    # SCRIPT LOGIC <<<<<<<<<<<HERE
    functionName(parameter1, parameter2, etc)
    functionName(parameter1, parameter2, etc)
           


    # close log file HERE
    logoutput.write("Ended at # " + time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') + "\n")
    logoutput.close()

    ###end def main
    

# script start HERE, points python.exe etc to use the def main as a starting point
if __name__ == '__main__':  #if def main exists, call it
    main()   #calls def main