Geocoding - Error - Address Locator does not exist or is not supported

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Hello, I am trying to automate geocoding a table of addresses. When I do it in ArcGIS/ArcMap via the geocoding toolbox, I have no problems. When I try to run the same using the python window, I get this error: ERROR 000732: Input Address Locator: Dataset Ready-To-Use Services\Geocoding\ArcGIS World Geocoding Service.GeocodeServer does not exist or is not supported I am not sure what's going on. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. PS - I have also posted this question on StackOverflow. Code that I tried. System: ArcMap 10.5.1 on Windows 10 machine. import arcpyaddress_test_txt = "C:\temp\address_test.txt"address_locator = "Ready-To-Use Services\Geocoding\ArcGIS World Geocoding Service.GeocodeServer"arc_test_0719_shp = "C:\temp\arc_test_0719_2.shp"add_fields = "'Address or Place' Field5 VISIBLE NONE; City Field6 VISIBLE NONE; State Field7 VISIBLE NONE;ZIP Field8 VISIBLE NONE"# Process: Geocode Addressesarcpy.GeocodeAddresses_geocoding(address_test_txt, address_locator, add_fields, arc_test_0719_shp, "STATIC") Full listing of the error message: arcpy.GeocodeAddresses_geocoding(address_test_txt, address_locator, add_fields, arc_test_0719_shp, "STATIC") File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.5\ArcPy\arcpy\geocoding.py", line 295, in GeocodeAddresses raise eExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.ERROR 000732: Input Address Locator: Dataset Ready-To-Use Services\Geocoding\ArcGIS World Geocoding Service.GeocodeServer does not exist or is not supportedFailed to execute (GeocodeAddresses).Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in

Shana Britt · Answer

@JaredPilbeam2 I'm not aware of any movement on the idea for CreateGISServerConnection for arcpy in Pro. I did reach out to the team that would be considering this, so hopefully they will respond in that idea post.

JaredPilbeam2 · Answer

@ShanaBrittHello, in this script they use arcpy.mapping.CreateGISServerConnectionFile(). This is apparently an Arcpy Mapping function used in ArcMap. I'm using Pro and the script errors on that function:

AttributeError: module 'arcpy' has no attribute 'mapping'

There's since been an idea posted about getting this to work in Pro. Just checking if there was any news on this. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/add-creategisserverconnectionfile-to-arcpy-for/idi-p/1099996

NikhilBhandari · Answer

Thanks so much.  I will try out the script that you suggested.