topic Re: Import arcpy error after it worked for months? in Geoprocessing Questions

Import arcpy error after it worked for months?

XavierNogueira — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:45:01 GMT

Hi all,

So I have an incredibly frustrating error that is severely impeding my ability to do my job right now and all help would be appreciated. I have been using arcpy without issue for months, but today, after changing literally nothing I know get an error at the 'import arcpy' command.

It looks like this:

File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\__init__.py", line 74, in <module>
    from arcpy.geoprocessing import gp
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from ._base import *
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 14, in <module>
    import arcgisscripting
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgisscripting\__init__.py", line 119, in <module>
    from ._arcgisscripting import *
RuntimeError: The Product License has not been initialized.

I have searcher around and while others have never gotten arcpy to work and have issues, I haven't seen anyone else with arcpy just suddenly failing on them.

Please help me out! What are some ways I can pinpoint and solve this issue.

Re: Import arcpy error after it worked for months?

curtvprice — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 03:23:53 GMT

Are there any issues with your ArcGIS Pro license when you start it up and look at the licensing?

If your license server is unreachable, Pro will not work either.

Another issue to check out if you have checked out your license and it has timed out. Looking at Pro would illuminate that issue as well.

Re: Import arcpy error after it worked for months?

Anonymous User — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:36:18 GMT

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Re: Import arcpy error after it worked for months?

GlenShepherd — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:36:25 GMT

Some additional troubleshooting steps...

check in ArcGIS Pro > Settings > Python > are you using a default python environment or cloned one? if a clone, try switching back to default and testing the script again.
check whether any of your geoprocessing tools are working in AcrGIS Pro
run a Repair on the ArcGIS Pro installation
is Data Interoperability for ArcGIS Pro installed? have you recently uninstalled and reinstalled ArcGIS Pro? If yes to both, uninstall Data Interoperability, reboot and test your script again.