topic From modelbuilder featureset to python in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/from-modelbuilder-featureset-to-python/m-p/205275#M15800 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm looking for some advice - I'm collecting polygon data via a featureset in model builder. This works. Next, I'd like to use the collected polygon geometry in <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/reading-geometries.htm">python to query SQL</A>. In order to work with the featureset I've found I typically have to run a featureclass to featureclass with the result being in_memory\input_poly.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P><STRONG>How can I&nbsp;take an in_memory feature class from model builder and use it in python without writing it to a file?</STRONG>&nbsp;Is it even possible? I'm trying to eliminate file writes where I can to keep the speed of the process up as it will eventually be attached to a feature service (which requires a model builder wrapper) that users will be waiting on.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>As an alternative, if I could make SQL requests to an SDE database from within a modelbuilder tool I'd try that too - but from experience, I'm far better off feeding a carefully constructed query out of python.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:32:22 GMT SimonWebster 2019-07-02T11:32:22Z From modelbuilder featureset to python https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/from-modelbuilder-featureset-to-python/m-p/205275#M15800 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm looking for some advice - I'm collecting polygon data via a featureset in model builder. This works. Next, I'd like to use the collected polygon geometry in <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/reading-geometries.htm">python to query SQL</A>. In order to work with the featureset I've found I typically have to run a featureclass to featureclass with the result being in_memory\input_poly.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P><STRONG>How can I&nbsp;take an in_memory feature class from model builder and use it in python without writing it to a file?</STRONG>&nbsp;Is it even possible? I'm trying to eliminate file writes where I can to keep the speed of the process up as it will eventually be attached to a feature service (which requires a model builder wrapper) that users will be waiting on.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>As an alternative, if I could make SQL requests to an SDE database from within a modelbuilder tool I'd try that too - but from experience, I'm far better off feeding a carefully constructed query out of python.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:32:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/from-modelbuilder-featureset-to-python/m-p/205275#M15800 SimonWebster 2019-07-02T11:32:22Z