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Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:58:22 GMT

Hi there,
What I need to do is move all the files into an mxd to a newly created gdb, chechking prj, and update mxd reference.

I have ArcGIS 10 SP4, license ArcView

I studied a bit of Python and get familiar with basic, then I copied some written code and pasted all together, attached is the code.

My frustration is that i can???t even move my shp files to a created gdb, is that because of my ArcView license?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
import os
 
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/Users/a391665/Documents/AAAAPERSONALE/rugareto"

# Execute CreateFileGDB
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:/park", "test4")
 
# Set local variables
outWorkspace = "c:/park/test4.gdb"


# Use ListFeatureClasses to generate a list of shapefiles in the
#  workspace shown above.
fcList = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
 
# Execute CopyFeatures for each input shapefile
for shapefile in fcList:
    # Determine the new output feature class path and name
    outFeatureClass = os.path.join(outWorkspace, shapefile.strip(".shp"))
    arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(shapefile, outFeatureClass)

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

DarrenWiens2 — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:53:39 GMT

What does the error say (if any)? It shouldn't have anything to do with your licenses, both tools you use are available to ArcView.

edit: maybe try:

arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(shapefile, outWorkspace + os.sep + shapefile.rstrip(".shp"))

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:53:42 GMT

Thank you!
here is the error I get when I run it on Python, even after your edit suggestion:

"Runtime error <class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'>: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset Percorsi.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (CopyFeatures). "

What does the error say (if any)? It shouldn't have anything to do with your licenses, both tools you use are available to ArcView.

edit: maybe try:
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(shapefile, outWorkspace + os.sep + shapefile.rstrip(".shp"))

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

ScottBlankenbeckler — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:53:45 GMT

I would try changing the following section of code

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/Users/a391665/Documents/AAAAPERSONALE/rugareto"

# Execute CreateFileGDB
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:/park", "test4")

# Set local variables
outWorkspace = "c:/park/test4.gdb"

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:\\Users\\a391665\\Documents\\AAAAPERSONALE\\rugareto"

# Execute CreateFileGDB
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:\\park", "test4")

# Set local variables
outWorkspace = "c:\\park\\test4.gdb"

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:53:47 GMT

Thank you Scott I did it, here is the error on Python Window:

Runtime error <class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'>: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset Percorsi.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (CopyFeatures).

And here is what I get from PythonWin interactive window:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python26\ArcGIS10.0\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 312, in RunScript
    exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
File "C:\Users\a391665\Desktop\Script2.py", line 10, in <module>
    arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:\\park", "test4")
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\arcpy\arcpy\management.py", line 9453, in CreateFileGDB
    raise e
ExecuteError: ERROR 000258: Output C:\park\test4.gdb already exists
Failed to execute (CreateFileGDB).

I would try changing the following section of code

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/Users/a391665/Documents/AAAAPERSONALE/rugareto"

# Execute CreateFileGDB
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:/park", "test4")

# Set local variables
outWorkspace = "c:/park/test4.gdb"

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:\\Users\\a391665\\Documents\\AAAAPERSONALE\\rugareto"

# Execute CreateFileGDB
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:\\park", "test4")

# Set local variables
outWorkspace = "c:\\park\\test4.gdb"

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

ScottBlankenbeckler — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:42:04 GMT

ExecuteError: ERROR 000258: Output C:\park\test4.gdb already exists
Failed to execute (CreateFileGDB).

Go to your C:\park directory and delete the test4.gdb and rerun the script

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

DarrenWiens2 — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:53:50 GMT

Do you have a file called "Percorsi.shp"? In the folder "C:/Users/a391665/Documents/AAAAPERSONALE/rugareto"?

Also, after you import os, check if the gdb exists. If it does, delete it.

if os.path.exists("c:/park/test4.gdb"):
    arcpy.Delete_management("c:/park/test4.gdb")

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:53:53 GMT

Sorry guys, I noticed.

Your help is so precious.
I wasn't able to add the "overwrite..." but I deleted the gdb and got it working from the PythonWin.
Although I have this error in the Python Win:
Runtime error <class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'>: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset Percorsi.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (CopyFeatures).
>>>

Do you have a file called "Percorsi.shp"? In the folder "C:/Users/a391665/Documents/AAAAPERSONALE/rugareto"?

Also, after you import os, check if the gdb exists. If it does, delete it.
if os.path.exists("c:/park/test4.gdb"):
    arcpy.Delete_management("c:/park/test4.gdb")

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

MichaelVolz — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:51:44 GMT

Luca:

Can you add some print statements into your code to see that each step completes successfully?

eg: print("fcList completed successfully") after the line fcList = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()

In addition, maybe print out the name of each featureclass in your fcList as there might be other data types in that folder such as a file geodatabase.

Darren's comment to check for the existence of the gdb would be helpful as you would need to delete the gdb each time as it gets created early on in your python script.

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:53:46 GMT

I do have Percorsi.shp but it doesn't seem to work.

Sorry guys, I noticed.

Your help is so precious.
I wasn't able to add the "overwrite..." but I deleted the gdb and got it working from the PythonWin.
Although I have this error in the Python Win:
Runtime error <class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'>: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset Percorsi.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (CopyFeatures).
>>>

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:59:06 GMT

it work in PythonWin, but in the Python Window I get this:

env.workspace completed successfully
CreateFileGDB completed successfully
outWorkspace completed successfully
fcList completed successfully
Runtime error <class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'>: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset Percorsi.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (CopyFeatures).

I do have Percorsi.shp but it doesn't seem to work.

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

ScottBlankenbeckler — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:00:22 GMT

What kind of data is stored in Percorsi.shp? Point? Line? Poly? other? Have you checked to see if the shapefile is corrupt? Also make sure the file is not in use elsewhere.

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

MichaelVolz — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:41:47 GMT

Luca:

Can you add a print statement for each feature class that you loop through in the specified directory? This might be a clue of a problem with the shapefile name.

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:19:36 GMT

Percorsi.shp is a polyline shape, I can get it into gdb running the script from PythonWin but from the Python window I get this:

env.workspace completed successfully
CreateFileGDB completed successfully
outWorkspace completed successfully
fcList completed successfully
Runtime error <class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'>: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset Percorsi.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (CopyFeatures).

Luca:

Can you add a print statement for each feature class that you loop through in the specified directory? This might be a clue of a problem with the shapefile name.

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

DaphneEdison — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:02:00 GMT

What does the error say (if any)?

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:04:46 GMT

What does the error say (if any)?

env.workspace completed successfully
CreateFileGDB completed successfully
outWorkspace completed successfully
fcList completed successfully
Runtime error <class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'>: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset Percorsi.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (CopyFeatures).

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:53:55 GMT

here is what I was able to accomplish (thank to your help obviously):

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
import os

    
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:\\Users\\a391665\\Documents\\AAAAPERSONALE\\rugareto\\GIS"
print("env.workspace completed successfully")

#check GDB exist
if os.path.exists("c:\\park\\test4.gdb"):
    arcpy.Delete_management("c:\\park\\test4.gdb")

# Execute CreateFileGDB
arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management("C:\\park", "test4")
print("CreateFileGDB completed successfully")

# Set local variables
outWorkspace = "c:\\park\\test4.gdb"
print("outWorkspace completed successfully")

# Iterate
def fcs_in_workspace(workspace):
    arcpy.env.workspace = workspace
    for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses():
        print os.path.join(workspace, fc)
        arcpy.FeatureClassToGeodatabase_conversion(fc, outWorkspace)     
        #arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(fc, "c:\\park\\test4.gdb")
        print os.path.join(workspace, fc, "TO GDB")
    for ws in arcpy.ListWorkspaces():
        fcs_in_workspace(os.path.join(workspace, ws))

fcs_in_workspace("C:\\Users\\a391665\\Documents\\AAAAPERSONALE\\rugareto\\GIS")

I dunno why, but in the first try I was able to use "arcpy.CopyFeatures_management" but in this script looping through the subfolders I only can get it working with "arcpy.FeatureClassToGeodatabase_conversion"

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

MichaelVolz — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:52:18 GMT

Luca:

Can you add the print statement for the feature classes in fcList earlier on in the loop before python hits the error?

Here is where I would put additional print statements for debugging purposes:
# Execute CopyFeatures for each input shapefile
for shapefile in fcList:
# Determine the new output feature class path and name
print("The feature class " + shapefile + " now has the focus")
outFeatureClass = os.path.join(outWorkspace, shapefile.strip(".shp"))
print("The path to the feature class that has the focus is " + outFeatureClass)
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(shapefile, outFeatureClass)

You might need to change shapefile and outFeatureClass variables to strings if python says they are not in the correct format to be printed out. I think this might provide some additional clues to the problem of python seeing the shapefile that you want copied into the file geodatabase.

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

LucaMoiana — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:29:28 GMT

I don't get it, if I add your code I have an error in line 1.
Take a look at the last code posted, that works except "arcpy.CopyFeatures_management"

Luca:

Can you add the print statement for the feature classes in fcList earlier on in the loop before python hits the error?

Here is where I would put additional print statements for debugging purposes:
# Execute CopyFeatures for each input shapefile
for shapefile in fcList:
# Determine the new output feature class path and name
print("The feature class " + shapefile + " now has the focus")
outFeatureClass = os.path.join(outWorkspace, shapefile.strip(".shp"))
print("The path to the feature class that has the focus is " + outFeatureClass)
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(shapefile, outFeatureClass)

You might need to change shapefile and outFeatureClass variables to strings if python says they are not in the correct format to be printed out. I think this might provide some additional clues to the problem of python seeing the shapefile that you want copied into the file geodatabase.

Re: Move SHP to gdb and ArcView license (newbie frustration)!!!

MichaelVolz — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:53:57 GMT

Can you provide a screenshot of the error message you get, as well as the latest version of the code that you are running?