topic Re: Error On ArcPy Merge in Python Questions

Error On ArcPy Merge

BruceGreen — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:44:34 GMT

Using ArcGIS 10.2 Desktop I am trying to run a Merge function by Arcpy as

# Set environment settings

env.workspace = "E:\\GIS\\ROR"

path = "E:\\GIS\\Data\\"

featureClass = "band-tailed_pigeon.shp"

InputFeature = path + featureClass

FinaloutLocation = "E:\\GIS\\Data\\Final"

dissolve_1 = "dissolved_1.shp"

dissolve_2 = "dissolved_2.shp"

dissolve_3 = "dissolved_3.shp"

dissolve_4 = "dissolved_4.shp"

dissolve_5 = "dissolved_5.shp"

# Process: Merge

inFeaturesToMerge = [dissolve_1,dissolve_2,dissolve_3,dissolve_4,dissolve_5]

arcpy.Merge_management(inFeaturesToMerge, FinaloutLocation)

but I am getting this error:

ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.

ERROR 000725: Output Dataset: Dataset E:\GIS\Data\Final already exists.

Can you please let me know why this is happening?

Thanks

NeilAyres — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:19:27 GMT

Well, FinaloutLocation = "E:\\GIS\\Data\\Final", is just that, a file location, not the name of a feature class in a gdb or a shapefile name.

Why are you defining input feature names then do nothing with them.

And please search for a read how to post code here.

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:01:52 GMT