topic Re: arcpy.Describe() in ArcGIS Pro Questions

arcpy.Describe()

AprilSummers — Fri, 24 May 2024 18:06:06 GMT

How can we extract these properties from a feature class in an Enterprise GeoDatabase. I particularly want to extract the 'Instance' values

I am using arcpy.Describe(featureclass). It doesn't give me instance. I looked up the object properties and it is not listed in the documentation.

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/functions/describe-object-properties.htm

I even used arcpy.da.Describe(featureclass). Still, couldn't get the value of instance.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Re: arcpy.Describe()

MobiusSnake — Fri, 24 May 2024 18:12:39 GMT

Those are properties of the feature class' workspace rather than the feature class itself. You'll want to do something like this:

Get a Describe object for your feature class
Use the workspace property to get a Describe object for the workspace (a database in this case)
Access the properties of that object (see this page)

Re: arcpy.Describe()

AprilSummers — Fri, 24 May 2024 19:03:47 GMT

Thank you! That solved it.

It's feels a bit convoluted. I must say though that the 'instance' in connection properties was not the same 'instance' in the data source properties screenshot. I had to use cp.database

cp.instance returned the value of 'Server'