RemoveEmptyFeatureClassFromGeometricNetwork_management returns ERROR 000584

Question

I'm trying to run the following code

import os
import arcpy

CONFOLDER = os.path.abspath(r"C:\...\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.2\ArcCatalog")
NETWORK_EQUIPMENT = os.path.join(CONFOLDER, 'test_db_at_test-1.sde\NetworkEquipment\Network_Equipment')

# Process: Remove Feature Class From Geometric Network
desc = arcpy.Describe(NETWORK_EQUIPMENT)
arcpy.RemoveEmptyFeatureClassFromGeometricNetwork_management(NETWORK_EQUIPMENT, "RfConn")  # select count(*) from RfConn -- this returns 0, so I believe it's empty.

But get this error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "emove_empty_featureclass_from_geometricnetwork.py", line 10, in <module>
arcpy.RemoveEmptyFeatureClassFromGeometricNetwork_management(NETWORK_EQUIPMENT, "RfConn")
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\management.py", line 5096, in RemoveEmptyFeatureClassFromGeometricNetwork
raise e
ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.
ERROR 000584: Implementation of this Tool's Validate is invalid.
ERROR 000584: Implementation of this Tool's Validate is invalid.
ERROR 000584: Implementation of this Tool's Validate is invalid.
Failed to execute (RemoveEmptyFeatureClassFromGeometricNetwork).

I'm using ArcGIS 10.2.2, ArcSDE10 on SQL Server and the geometric network consists of versioned data.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

danretired · Accepted Answer

This error typically only occurs in a custom tool. Contact the tool's developer for more assistance.

000584: Implementation of this Tool's Validate is invalid.—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

I guess that would be you

Programming a ToolValidator class—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

But this link says

Tools that are not available in ArcGIS Pro—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

it isn't available(?)

Remove Empty Feature Class From Geometric Network