topic Re: Is Modelbuilder the *only* way to rename fields - not succeeding in Python in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64210#M2273 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Harry,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Are you showing the complete code in your uploaded sample? If you search the Help file for </SPAN><STRONG>FieldInfo</STRONG><SPAN> the example given in the help shows that this object is obtained via the </SPAN><STRONG>Describe</STRONG><SPAN> Object.&nbsp; Maybe your </SPAN><STRONG>fieldInfo </STRONG><SPAN>object is invalid?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Duncan</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:46:20 GMT DuncanHornby 2012-11-04T17:46:20Z Is Modelbuilder the *only* way to rename fields - not succeeding in Python https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64209#M2272 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Probably doing it incorrectly, but following the samples in which I try Python:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">import arcpy fi = arcpy.FieldInfo() fi.addField("Name", "Name2", "VISIBLE", "") arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management("TheFC, "foo5", "","", fi) arcpy.CopyFeatures_management("foo5", "hoo1")</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does NOT persist renaming the fields. Hoo1 still has the old names. According to what I have read, it shouldn't. Is modelbuilder the *only* way renaming works? Is it possible by using ArcPy field methods? What am I doing incorrectly (this time)?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:04:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64209#M2272 HarryBowman 2012-11-02T00:04:12Z Re: Is Modelbuilder the *only* way to rename fields - not succeeding in Python https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64210#M2273 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Harry,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Are you showing the complete code in your uploaded sample? If you search the Help file for </SPAN><STRONG>FieldInfo</STRONG><SPAN> the example given in the help shows that this object is obtained via the </SPAN><STRONG>Describe</STRONG><SPAN> Object.&nbsp; Maybe your </SPAN><STRONG>fieldInfo </STRONG><SPAN>object is invalid?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Duncan</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:46:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64210#M2273 DuncanHornby 2012-11-04T17:46:20Z Re: Is Modelbuilder the *only* way to rename fields - not succeeding in Python https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64211#M2274 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Harry's script works ok for me. I suppose it's based on example from </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00170000006v000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this page</A><SPAN> where creating </SPAN><SPAN style="font-family:Courier New;">FieldInfo </SPAN><SPAN>object directly from </SPAN><SPAN style="font-family:Courier New;">arcpy </SPAN><SPAN>is used.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>At first glance, it seemed for me that field name was not changed. But I checked feature class properties and it turned out that actually field name was changed but not a field alias which is used in display in Attribute table.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So check actuall field name in feature class properties.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:21:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64211#M2274 MarcinGasior 2012-11-05T09:21:28Z Re: Is Modelbuilder the *only* way to rename fields - not succeeding in Python https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64212#M2275 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You are exactly correct - in Catalog, you can see that the field is the correct name. Now I just need to figure out how to change the alias, since that is what the user will see.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:07:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64212#M2275 HarryBowman 2012-11-05T15:07:02Z Re: Is Modelbuilder the *only* way to rename fields - not succeeding in Python https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64213#M2276 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Harry -</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Did you ever figure out a way to change the alias name via arcpy?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thx</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>John</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:43:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/is-modelbuilder-the-only-way-to-rename-fields-not/m-p/64213#M2276 JohnHansen 2013-08-28T14:43:31Z