https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324736#M8973 <P>I am seeing this too. Looks like the SHAPE_LENGTH field does not come through with GDB feature classes, at least. The good news, however, is it's simple to re-calculate the Shape length field:</P><PRE>sedf["length"] = sedf["SHAPE"].apply(lambda x: x.get_length("PLANAR", "METERS"))</PRE><P>More information on <STRONG>get_length</STRONG> options <A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/python/api-reference/arcgis.features.html#arcgis.features.GeoSeriesAccessor.get_length" target="_self">here.</A></P> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:52:55 GMT EarlMedina 2023-09-01T13:52:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324277#M8965 <P>I am converting feature class to spatially enabled data frame using below code, after conversion shape_length field of a line layer is not getting populated. Only shape data is available ?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">fc = os.path.join(geodatabase_path, layer_name) sedf = arcgis.GeoAccessor.from_featureclass(fc)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:43:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324277#M8965 NiharSahoo 2023-08-31T09:43:22Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324288#M8966 <P>maybe a shapefile?</P> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:33:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324288#M8966 DavidPike 2023-08-31T11:33:31Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324289#M8967 <P>Sorry i could understand. Can you please elaborate ?</P> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:41:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324289#M8967 NiharSahoo 2023-08-31T11:41:31Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324467#M8970 <P>A shapefile might retain the shape_length field.&nbsp; Shape_length and shape_area are maintained by featureclasses (eg in a gdb), but the code for&nbsp;</P><P>arcgis.GeoAccessor.from_featureclass</P><P>may not maintain it.&nbsp; Look at the code in your installation for</P><P>C:\... your install dir ...\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\Lib\site-packages\arcgis\features\geo\_io\fileops.py</P><P>lines 666-682.&nbsp; If you are running in an environment that has arcpy installed it attempts to read the length and area field... If your environment doesn't have arcpy installed, it will fail to retrieve them.</P> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:51:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324467#M8970 DanPatterson 2023-08-31T17:51:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324736#M8973 <P>I am seeing this too. Looks like the SHAPE_LENGTH field does not come through with GDB feature classes, at least. The good news, however, is it's simple to re-calculate the Shape length field:</P><PRE>sedf["length"] = sedf["SHAPE"].apply(lambda x: x.get_length("PLANAR", "METERS"))</PRE><P>More information on <STRONG>get_length</STRONG> options <A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/python/api-reference/arcgis.features.html#arcgis.features.GeoSeriesAccessor.get_length" target="_self">here.</A></P> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:52:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/while-converting-feature-class-to-spatially/m-p/1324736#M8973 EarlMedina 2023-09-01T13:52:55Z