idea Implement arcpy.da.Describe in ArcMap in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Implement arcpy.da.Describe in ArcMap

curtvprice — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:31:33 GMT

Just learned about this at UC today:

Describe—Data Access module | ArcGIS Desktop (Pro) is really awesome. Great work arcpy team!

ArcMap is not going away and we want it there too. Please up-vote Python‌ friends!

Re: Implement arcpy.da.Describe in ArcMap

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:41:29 GMT

What were the python (etcetera) dependencies? 3.5/6? if anything..

If so that would pretty well kill backporting

Re: Implement arcpy.da.Describe in ArcMap

JoshuaBixby — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:50:15 GMT

The new DA Describe seems to just use a Dict, nothing unique to 3.5+. I think the ArcPy DA team, like most Desktop teams at Esri, is wanting to look forward and not back, i.e., I think it is more about desire than technical limitations.

Re: Implement arcpy.da.Describe in ArcMap

DanPatterson_Retired — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 11:51:38 GMT

Speed perhaps, but order won't come until 3.6 I suppose

a = dict(one=1, two=2, three=3)     # ---- python 3.5.3
a
Out[2]: {'one': 1, 'three': 3, 'two': 2}

#
a = dict(one=1, two=2, three=3) # ---- python 3.6.1
a
{'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3} ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Implement arcpy.da.Describe in ArcMap - Status changed to: Closed

ShaunWalbridge — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:27:03 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion @curtvprice. At this point, Pro has diverged significantly from ArcMap and ArcMap is in mature support, so we are unable to add new features to it. Hopefully Pro is doing what you need in your current workflows, and if not, please let us know so we can address any remaining gaps.

Cheers, Shaun