Import Arcpy error

DanielHall_Ballester — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:08:36 GMT

Hi everyone,
I've searched the forums and the internet for an answer to this, but unfortunately I've had no luck.
I'm running Arc 10.1 sp1

Regardless of whether I use Idle, pythonwin, pyscripter or the built in python editor window in Arc, I get the following error when I try to import arcpy

>>> import arcpy
Runtime error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
from arcpy.toolbox import *
File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\toolbox.py", line 342, in <module>
from management import Graph, GraphTemplate
File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\management.py", line 22, in <module>
import _management
File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\_management.py", line 14, in <module>
import _graph
File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\_graph.py", line 27, in <module>
import numpy
File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\lib\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py", line 137, in <module>
import add_newdocs
File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\lib\site-packages\numpy\add_newdocs.py", line 9, in <module>
from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\lib\site-packages\numpy\lib\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from type_check import *
File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\lib\site-packages\numpy\lib\type_check.py", line 8, in <module>
import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
import numerictypes as nt
File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\numerictypes.py", line 92, in <module>
from numpy.core.multiarray import typeinfo, ndarray, array, \
ImportError: cannot import name datetime_data

The python installation is not a standalone one, it is the one installed when installing Arc,
so in the python27 folder within the C drive, there is only 1 folder, this is ArcGIS10.1.

Therefore I am unable to carry out the fix provided by Kimo in post #2 here
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/2158-Importing-arcpy-error?p=10859&viewfull=1#post10859

I've also looked at the contents of the Desktop10.1.pth file and the file paths seem correct ( as specified in the Tip at the bottom of this page http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//002z00000008000000 )

I have 3 lines in this file, as below:
C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.1\bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.1\arcpy
C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Scripts

Any ideas what I can do next to try and get arcpy to be recognised?

Many thanks

Dan

Re: Import Arcpy error

markdenil — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:23:53 GMT

It seems to be finding and working with parts of the arcpy site package.
It is just encountering a hitch in the git-along.
(ImportError: cannot import name datetime_data)

If removeing and reinstalling the python provided with arc does not fix it,
it sounds like a Support Call is in order....

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