https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/support-arcade-expressions-in-python/idi-p/1562518 <P>I have encountered several circumstances where I was wishing I was able to run arcade expressions directly in a python script.<BR /><BR />Since attribute rules only support arcade a lot of time has been spent building expressions and logic in the form of arcade expressions.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />Then later on when building an automation workflow I have had to incorporate some of the same logic and had to completely rebuild the script using Python commands instead.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />My thought is this, similar to how you can run SQL scripts inside of a Python script, create a way to pass arcade expressions inside of a python script to perform logic/analysis on the data and pass the output of the arcade expression back to the python script.<BR /><BR />Would love to see this!<BR /><BR /><BR /></P> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:16:53 GMT ckeener217 2024-11-26T05:16:53Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/support-arcade-expressions-in-python/idi-p/1562518 <P>I have encountered several circumstances where I was wishing I was able to run arcade expressions directly in a python script.<BR /><BR />Since attribute rules only support arcade a lot of time has been spent building expressions and logic in the form of arcade expressions.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />Then later on when building an automation workflow I have had to incorporate some of the same logic and had to completely rebuild the script using Python commands instead.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />My thought is this, similar to how you can run SQL scripts inside of a Python script, create a way to pass arcade expressions inside of a python script to perform logic/analysis on the data and pass the output of the arcade expression back to the python script.<BR /><BR />Would love to see this!<BR /><BR /><BR /></P> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:16:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/support-arcade-expressions-in-python/idi-p/1562518 ckeener217 2024-11-26T05:16:53Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/support-arcade-expressions-in-python/idc-p/1642875#M504 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/856213">@ckeener217</a>,<BR /><BR />Can you give a code example of the Arcade and converted Python scripts you mentioned?&nbsp; Since you mentioned attribute rules, my mind goes to&nbsp;arcpy.management.AddAttributeRule(in_table, name, type, script_expression &lt;arcade&gt;) where I believe the output to Python is a result object and the function side effect modifies the db Table View in place.&nbsp; I'm trying to get a better understanding what you want output back to you to help solve the issue.&nbsp; Thx.<BR /><BR />Tyler</P> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:21:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/support-arcade-expressions-in-python/idc-p/1642875#M504 TylerT 2025-08-18T14:21:09Z