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Python - Save output files with unique names

MikeO_Shell1 — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:57:46 GMT

I'm a GIS Analyst who is VERY new to Python. I have successfully run the script below. However, when I want to run it again with a different input file it gives me the 000725 error...output file already exists. How do I automatically create a unique output filename every time I run this script?

>>> #ADD NETCDF FILE POINTS TO THE MAP ... arcpy.MakeNetCDFFeatureLayer_md(in_netCDF_file="Z:/ENGINEERING/Stormwater/Stormwater Files/Rainfall/NWS NetCDF Files/nws_precip_1day_20180625_netcdf/nws_precip_1day_20180625_conus.nc", variable="observation", x_variable="x", y_variable="y", out_feature_layer="observation_Layer", row_dimension="x;y", z_variable="", m_variable="", dimension_values="", value_selection_method="BY_VALUE") ... Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last😞 File "<string>", line 2, in <module> File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.4\arcpy\arcpy\md.py", line 125, in MakeNetCDFFeatureLayer raise e ExecuteError: ERROR 000725: Output Feature Layer: Dataset observation_Layer already exists. >>>

Re: Python - Save output files with unique names

RandyBurton — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 12:06:03 GMT

One way would be to append date/time.

import arcpy
from datetime import datetime 

saveLayer = "{}_{}".format('observation_Layer',datetime.now().strftime('%y%m%d%H%M%S'))

# observation_Layer_180629093021

arcpy.MakeNetCDFFeatureLayer_md(
    ....
    out_feature_layer = saveLayer,
    .... )‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Python - Save output files with unique names

JoshuaBixby — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:56:58 GMT

If you don't need to keep the results from previous runs, there is overwriteOutput from env—Help | ArcGIS Desktop . If overwriting is not an option, there is CreateScratchName—Help | ArcGIS Desktop and CreateUniqueName—Help | ArcGIS Desktop