topic Re: Basic Question for arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject() in Python Questions

Basic Question for arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject()

kelvpau — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 04:07:55 GMT

Hi, I just have a basic question with the arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject() function while trying to follow along a simple tutorial that is a bit old. Here's the relevant code section below

# Import modules
import arcpy

# Create the map document object
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\Users\User\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\MyProject2.aprx")

And this is the OS Error in question:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\Exercise ArcGis Python\Ex_Files_ArcGIS_Python_Scripting\Exercise Files\WorkWithListsFinal.py", line 15, in <module>
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\Users\User\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\MyProject2.aprx")
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\_mp.py", line 344, in __init__
self._arc_object = arcgisscripting._mapping.ArcGISProject(*gp_fixargs((aprx_path,), True))
OSError: C:\Users\User\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\MyProject2.aprx

Not really sure what's happening here to not allow me reference the .aprx file which is what I thought the ArcGISProject() command did.

Re: Basic Question for arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject()

JayantaPoddar — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 06:31:26 GMT

From Windows Explorer, could you ensure that the filepath of the aprx file is correct?

Just my assumption, maybe you missed the folder containing the aprx file (e.g. "C:\Users\User\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\MyProject2\MyProject2.aprx")

or any other pathname

Re: Basic Question for arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject()

DanPatterson — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:39:33 GMT

unless you altered the path

C:\Users\User\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\MyProject2.aprx

probably should be

C:\Users\.. your user name ...\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\MyProject2.aprx

where "your user name" is your identifier