topic Re: Python and ArcGIS Pro 2.2 in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Python and ArcGIS Pro 2.2

GeorgeJones9282 — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:54:28 GMT

Hi all, i'm trying to set a label constraint to only label only those features that are not assigned to 999. So far my code doesn't work but I've tried the following below:

import arcpy
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
qry = "facilityNumber <> '999'"
for map in aprx.listMaps():
for lyr in map.listLayers():
if lyr.supports("SHOWLABELS"):
if lyr.showLabels == qry:
print("Layer name: " + lyr.name)
for lblClass in lyr.listLabelClasses():
print("\t Class Name: \t" + lblClass.name)
print("\t Expression: \t" + lblClass.expression)
print("\t SQL Query: \t" + lblClass.SQLQuery)
del aprx

Re: Python and ArcGIS Pro 2.2

LyonMNGIS — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:18:46 GMT

George,

I don't have the answer for you offhand, but I did notice a couple items that you may want to consider.

First, make sure that facilityNumber is a text value and not a numerical value. Searching for 999 as an integer is not the same as searching for '999' as a text value.

Second, lyr.showLabels is a true or false value which toggles labels on or off for a given layer. It is not the underlying definition query.

Check out https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/labels-still-not-visible-after-setting-lyr/m-p/378362#M29854

Hope that helps.

This might be a useful thread