topic Re: Difference between in_memory feature class and a FeatureSet? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/difference-between-in-memory-feature-class-and-a/m-p/478186#M37425 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Blake,</P><P></P><P>If you work with Geoprocessing services, an input featureclass will be send as FeatureSet to the service (in json). The IN_MEMORY workspace is, as the name suggests, a workspace that is available in memory to write (intermediate) results to. Since a FeatureSet is a lightweight abstract of a featureclass, it does not support all the methods a (in_memory) featureclass does. Both are used in different ways for different purposes.</P><P></P><P>Maybe you can explain in what type of process you would like to use them to be able to give some suggestions on what type to use...</P><P></P><P>Kind regards, Xander</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:51:40 GMT XanderBakker 2014-10-09T01:51:40Z Difference between in_memory feature class and a FeatureSet? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/difference-between-in-memory-feature-class-and-a/m-p/478185#M37424 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks like <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//018z0000005r000000">FeatureSet</A> is a more specific type of an <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//002w0000005s000000">in_memory</A> feature class that is used to communicate with a server geoprocessor. Can someone clear this up?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2014 23:51:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/difference-between-in-memory-feature-class-and-a/m-p/478185#M37424 BlakeTerhune 2014-10-08T23:51:35Z Re: Difference between in_memory feature class and a FeatureSet? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/difference-between-in-memory-feature-class-and-a/m-p/478186#M37425 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Blake,</P><P></P><P>If you work with Geoprocessing services, an input featureclass will be send as FeatureSet to the service (in json). The IN_MEMORY workspace is, as the name suggests, a workspace that is available in memory to write (intermediate) results to. Since a FeatureSet is a lightweight abstract of a featureclass, it does not support all the methods a (in_memory) featureclass does. Both are used in different ways for different purposes.</P><P></P><P>Maybe you can explain in what type of process you would like to use them to be able to give some suggestions on what type to use...</P><P></P><P>Kind regards, Xander</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:51:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/difference-between-in-memory-feature-class-and-a/m-p/478186#M37425 XanderBakker 2014-10-09T01:51:40Z Re: Difference between in_memory feature class and a FeatureSet? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/difference-between-in-memory-feature-class-and-a/m-p/478187#M37426 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I think that clears it up pretty well. thanks Xander.</P><P></P><P>While reading documentation about using in_memory for working space for local geoprocessing tasks, I also stumbled across the Feature Set and thought they seemed similar. Especially since they are both used in the example they have on the Feature Set page. I think I will be using in_memory for everything unless I'm dealing with a geprocessing service.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:33:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/difference-between-in-memory-feature-class-and-a/m-p/478187#M37426 BlakeTerhune 2014-10-10T17:33:00Z