topic Re: Counting GIS layers in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387029#M30536 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Or there is another way around that you can do&nbsp; is to go to the folder where the files you want to look for such as shapefiles, excel or so on...</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.7tutorials.com/explaining-windows-explorer-views" title="http://www.7tutorials.com/explaining-windows-explorer-views">Explaining the Views Available in Windows Explorer and File Explorer</A> </P><P></P><P>Look at number 3 and see the list under the View..change it to "Details" because it will give you all the deteails about the files and show you the columns. When you see "Type"&nbsp; there is a down arrow that will give you the list to choose from to display...</P><P></P><P>That is what I always do is to select one and delete anything you don't need&nbsp; not only for gis but in general...</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="Types.png" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/79905_Types.png" style="width: 620px; height: 293px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:07:40 GMT DEAF_PROBERT_68 2015-03-29T15:07:40Z Counting GIS layers https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387026#M30533 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello All,</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Has anyone ever counted their GIS layers? If so, how? </P><P>One option is to use Windows Explorer and search for *.shp (and other GIS extensions) and looking at the count in the bottom of the results window. </P><P>Are there any other methods/tools?</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>thanks</P><P>Mark</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 20:26:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387026#M30533 MarkBooks2 2014-08-29T20:26:22Z Re: Counting GIS layers https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387027#M30534 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Using Python, you can use a combination of <A href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html">os.walk</A> (to traverse directory tree) and <CODE><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/ListFeatureClasses/018v00000018000000/"><SPAN class="n">arcpy</SPAN><SPAN class="o">.</SPAN></A><SPAN class="n"><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/ListFeatureClasses/018v00000018000000/">ListFeatureClasses</A> (to list feature classes). Windows Explorer search won't include file geodatabase feature classes.</SPAN></CODE></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 20:44:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387027#M30534 DarrenWiens2 2014-08-29T20:44:19Z Re: Counting GIS layers https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387028#M30535 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you Darren. This was very helpful. Please excuse the delay in replying.&nbsp; Best Regards. Mark</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:37:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387028#M30535 MarkBooks2 2014-10-15T17:37:43Z Re: Counting GIS layers https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387029#M30536 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Or there is another way around that you can do&nbsp; is to go to the folder where the files you want to look for such as shapefiles, excel or so on...</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.7tutorials.com/explaining-windows-explorer-views" title="http://www.7tutorials.com/explaining-windows-explorer-views">Explaining the Views Available in Windows Explorer and File Explorer</A> </P><P></P><P>Look at number 3 and see the list under the View..change it to "Details" because it will give you all the deteails about the files and show you the columns. When you see "Type"&nbsp; there is a down arrow that will give you the list to choose from to display...</P><P></P><P>That is what I always do is to select one and delete anything you don't need&nbsp; not only for gis but in general...</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="Types.png" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/79905_Types.png" style="width: 620px; height: 293px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:07:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387029#M30536 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2015-03-29T15:07:40Z Re: Counting GIS layers https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387030#M30537 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:44:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/counting-gis-layers/m-p/387030#M30537 NahedTaha_Hassan_Zeini 2015-03-29T15:44:50Z