topic ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed. Failed to execute (Near). in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167321#M12918 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am running Esktop 10.5 and Python27. I have arcpy working fine from my IDE but&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">when I try to run the following, I get an error:</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;"><CODE style="color: #ec5252; background-color: #f2f3f5; border: 1px solid #dedfe0; padding: 2px 4px;">myNear = arcpy.Near_analysis(school_layer,tri_layer,"5000 meters")</CODE>&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">The error says:&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed.<BR />Failed to execute (Near).</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">I tried looking this up in stack exchange, but the best that I could come up with is that 1) Either Near_analysis is part of some extension that requires an additional licnese/payment or 2) There is something incorrect about the parameters being used.&nbsp;Any ideas?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:19:54 GMT JustinBridwell 2018-02-07T15:19:54Z ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed. Failed to execute (Near). https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167321#M12918 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am running Esktop 10.5 and Python27. I have arcpy working fine from my IDE but&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">when I try to run the following, I get an error:</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;"><CODE style="color: #ec5252; background-color: #f2f3f5; border: 1px solid #dedfe0; padding: 2px 4px;">myNear = arcpy.Near_analysis(school_layer,tri_layer,"5000 meters")</CODE>&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">The error says:&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed.<BR />Failed to execute (Near).</P><P style="color: #29303b; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">I tried looking this up in stack exchange, but the best that I could come up with is that 1) Either Near_analysis is part of some extension that requires an additional licnese/payment or 2) There is something incorrect about the parameters being used.&nbsp;Any ideas?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:19:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167321#M12918 JustinBridwell 2018-02-07T15:19:54Z Re: ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed. Failed to execute (Near). https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167322#M12919 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Justin,</P><P></P><P>The Near tool requires an ArcGIS Desktop Advanced license:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/analysis-toolbox/near.htm#L_" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/analysis-toolbox/near.htm#L_">Near—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>You may only have an ArcGIS Desktop Standard license.&nbsp; You can check by going to Help &gt; About ArcMap.&nbsp; You will see the License Type there.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:45:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167322#M12919 JakeSkinner 2018-02-07T15:45:00Z Re: ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed. Failed to execute (Near). https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167323#M12920 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yep. That's the issue. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:58:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167323#M12920 JustinBridwell 2018-02-07T15:58:14Z Re: ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed. Failed to execute (Near). https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167324#M12921 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You may want to have a look at a post by <A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/3116">Dan Patterson</A>‌:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/blogs/dan_patterson/2017/01/23/generate-near-table-for-points">/blogs/dan_patterson/2017/01/23/generate-near-table-for-points</A>&nbsp; using numpy.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:39:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/error-000824-the-tool-is-not-licensed-failed-to/m-p/167324#M12921 XanderBakker 2018-02-07T16:39:03Z