topic Dissolve not working in Python Script in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/dissolve-not-working-in-python-script/m-p/469421#M36638 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I run nightly updates on many datasets and have completed dissolves for a few years and they used to work just fine.&nbsp; Now, for some reason I cannot get any of the dissolve models to work when triggered from the python script.&nbsp; The models work when I run them manually through ArcCatalog, but I need them to work through the python script every night as opposed to having to run them manually every morning. </P><P>I have added a Repair Geometry tool into the model to take care of any issues there, but I still get the invalid topology error (but I only get this error when it runs through Python).&nbsp; I have exported the model into a python script and copied and pasted that into the nightly update python script, and that didn't help either.&nbsp; I have tried many options like creating new models, creating new geodatabases or shapefiles and it still will not work through the python script. </P><P>This seems to have started after I tried to run a dissolve on a rather large dataset which took over two week to process in ArcMap and it still hadn't completed when I cancelled the process.&nbsp; Ever since then, any models including a dissolve command have not work through python.&nbsp; I have rebooted my computer several times, and it is still a problem.</P><P>I am using ArcGIS 10.2.1 (I cannot upgrade easily because I do not have admin rights) on Windows 7.</P><P></P><P>If anyone has any ideas or suggestions of what I can do to get the dissolve to work again, I would greatly appreciate it.&nbsp; Because I do not have admin rights, I am limited as to what I can try without having to put in a request to our IT department (which can be a long, painful, and frustrating process).</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for any assistance.</P><P></P><P>Lisa </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:41:46 GMT LisaDygert 2015-04-01T12:41:46Z Dissolve not working in Python Script https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/dissolve-not-working-in-python-script/m-p/469421#M36638 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I run nightly updates on many datasets and have completed dissolves for a few years and they used to work just fine.&nbsp; Now, for some reason I cannot get any of the dissolve models to work when triggered from the python script.&nbsp; The models work when I run them manually through ArcCatalog, but I need them to work through the python script every night as opposed to having to run them manually every morning. </P><P>I have added a Repair Geometry tool into the model to take care of any issues there, but I still get the invalid topology error (but I only get this error when it runs through Python).&nbsp; I have exported the model into a python script and copied and pasted that into the nightly update python script, and that didn't help either.&nbsp; I have tried many options like creating new models, creating new geodatabases or shapefiles and it still will not work through the python script. </P><P>This seems to have started after I tried to run a dissolve on a rather large dataset which took over two week to process in ArcMap and it still hadn't completed when I cancelled the process.&nbsp; Ever since then, any models including a dissolve command have not work through python.&nbsp; I have rebooted my computer several times, and it is still a problem.</P><P>I am using ArcGIS 10.2.1 (I cannot upgrade easily because I do not have admin rights) on Windows 7.</P><P></P><P>If anyone has any ideas or suggestions of what I can do to get the dissolve to work again, I would greatly appreciate it.&nbsp; Because I do not have admin rights, I am limited as to what I can try without having to put in a request to our IT department (which can be a long, painful, and frustrating process).</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for any assistance.</P><P></P><P>Lisa </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:41:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/dissolve-not-working-in-python-script/m-p/469421#M36638 LisaDygert 2015-04-01T12:41:46Z Re: Dissolve not working in Python Script https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/dissolve-not-working-in-python-script/m-p/469422#M36639 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Please post the script. There are often minor errors in exported scripts.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:15:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/dissolve-not-working-in-python-script/m-p/469422#M36639 DarrenWiens2 2015-04-01T16:15:33Z Re: Dissolve not working in Python Script https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/dissolve-not-working-in-python-script/m-p/469423#M36640 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />I attached the full update script which triggers the ArcCatalog model.&nbsp; The one that keeps failing is model45.&nbsp; The other attachment is the exported script from model45.&nbsp; Neither work from the python script, but the ArcCatalog model (model45) does work correctly when I run it manually through ArcCatalog.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:38:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/dissolve-not-working-in-python-script/m-p/469423#M36640 LisaDygert 2015-04-01T17:38:53Z