topic Spatial Join ERROR 000725: Output Feature Class: GISLAYER already exists in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/spatial-join-error-000725-output-feature-class/m-p/462733#M36206 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I created a simple model, it has spatial join, it takes two feature classes (parameters are hardcoded) and then does a spatial join and the outputs the joined features. The output feature class is also hardcoded. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I want to do a spatial join and the output should be overwritten to that hardcoded feature class... </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>It works fine in model builder, But when i export that model to python script and i run that python script i get this error - </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Spatial Join ERROR 000725: Output Feature Class: GISLAYER already exists</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:18:24 GMT AshakaThakore 2011-06-29T20:18:24Z Spatial Join ERROR 000725: Output Feature Class: GISLAYER already exists https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/spatial-join-error-000725-output-feature-class/m-p/462733#M36206 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I created a simple model, it has spatial join, it takes two feature classes (parameters are hardcoded) and then does a spatial join and the outputs the joined features. The output feature class is also hardcoded. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I want to do a spatial join and the output should be overwritten to that hardcoded feature class... </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>It works fine in model builder, But when i export that model to python script and i run that python script i get this error - </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Spatial Join ERROR 000725: Output Feature Class: GISLAYER already exists</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:18:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/spatial-join-error-000725-output-feature-class/m-p/462733#M36206 AshakaThakore 2011-06-29T20:18:24Z Re: Spatial Join ERROR 000725: Output Feature Class: GISLAYER already exists https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/spatial-join-error-000725-output-feature-class/m-p/462734#M36207 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>See: </SPAN><A href="http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/geoprocessing/archive/2011/06/24/ExportModelToPy.aspx">http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/geoprocessing/archive/2011/06/24/ExportModelToPy.aspx</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Specifically add arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True before your spatial join operation.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:22:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/spatial-join-error-000725-output-feature-class/m-p/462734#M36207 LoganPugh 2011-06-29T20:22:21Z Re: Spatial Join ERROR 000725: Output Feature Class: GISLAYER already exists https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/spatial-join-error-000725-output-feature-class/m-p/462735#M36208 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>thanks ... </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>i am using 9.3 so this worked for me </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>gp.overwriteoutput = True</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks again</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:01:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/spatial-join-error-000725-output-feature-class/m-p/462735#M36208 AshakaThakore 2011-07-01T13:01:06Z