https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/update-arcpy-creategpsddraft-documentation/idi-p/964598 <P><SPAN>Add a note in the documentation for the arcpy.CreateGPSDDraft function (</SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//018v0000008z000000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/...0000008z000000</A><SPAN>) that it only works with .tbx toolboxes, and there's no way to get it to work with python toolboxes. &nbsp;Would have saved me some time digging thru documentation to find what I was missing, only to end up empty.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Better yet, make the descriptions can just be made optional.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/103083-ERROR-001242-when-calling-arcpy.CreateGPSDDraft-with-result-from-.pyt-toolbox" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/103083-ERROR-001242-when-calling-arcpy.CreateGPSDDraft-with-result-from-.pyt-toolbox</A></P><!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000005D27 --> Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:52:08 GMT CharlesArnold 2024-08-01T15:52:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/update-arcpy-creategpsddraft-documentation/idi-p/964598 <P><SPAN>Add a note in the documentation for the arcpy.CreateGPSDDraft function (</SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//018v0000008z000000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/...0000008z000000</A><SPAN>) that it only works with .tbx toolboxes, and there's no way to get it to work with python toolboxes. &nbsp;Would have saved me some time digging thru documentation to find what I was missing, only to end up empty.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Better yet, make the descriptions can just be made optional.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/103083-ERROR-001242-when-calling-arcpy.CreateGPSDDraft-with-result-from-.pyt-toolbox" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/103083-ERROR-001242-when-calling-arcpy.CreateGPSDDraft-with-result-from-.pyt-toolbox</A></P><!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000005D27 --> Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:52:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/update-arcpy-creategpsddraft-documentation/idi-p/964598 CharlesArnold 2024-08-01T15:52:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/update-arcpy-creategpsddraft-documentation/idc-p/1613838#M34727 <P>Python toolboxes (PYT) support parameter descriptions authored in the ArcGIS Pro tool metadata editor, as described here&nbsp;<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/analysis/geoprocessing/basics/document-a-custom-tool.htm" target="_blank">https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/analysis/geoprocessing/basics/document-a-custom-tool.htm</A>&nbsp;</P><P>When the parameters have descriptions, the arcpy function for sharing an sddraft from the tool result can be made.&nbsp;</P><P>Also in recent versions of ArcGIS Pro, the parameter descriptions are now optional when sharing the tool as a service.&nbsp;</P> Mon, 12 May 2025 22:35:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/update-arcpy-creategpsddraft-documentation/idc-p/1613838#M34727 DrewFlater 2025-05-12T22:35:54Z