topic Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name in Python Questions

Script Tool Validation based on field name

ZacharyHart — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:38:26 GMT

Proof of concept task here. I have had success enabling additional parameters if a dependent parameter met a certain qualification like so:

def updateParameters(self): if self.params[5].value == "Supplemental": self.params[6].enabled = True else: self.params[6].enabled = False

Now I'd like to do something similar by evaluating the presence of an existing field in the first parameter (a feature layer). If the field is already present, then the following parameter is disabled:

def updateParameters(self): if self.params[0].value: StandsFields = arcpy.Describe(self.params[0].value).fields for field in StandsFields: if field.name == "OS_TYPE": self.params[1].enabled = False else: self.params[1].enabled = True

However, the 2nd parameter is present no matter what.

Adapting this to a simple Python Window session works however:

StandsFields = arcpy.Describe(FC).fields for field in StandsFields: if field.name == "OS_TYPE": print("True") True

I've been searching around quite a bit here but no luck. Just barely getting into script tool validation. Any help is very much appreciated!

Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name

Anonymous User — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:42:12 GMT

try changing

self.params[0].value

to be ValueAsText.

if self.params[0].valueAsText: StandsFields = arcpy.Describe(self.params[0].valueAsText).fields for field in StandsFields: self.params[1].enabled = False if field.name == "OS_TYPE" else True

Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name

ZacharyHart — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:51:29 GMT

Same behavior...

Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name

Anonymous User — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:02:05 GMT

I think you are iterating over all fields and the last one's value is dictating if its false or true. What you need to do is check if the name is in the list of field names:

if self.params[0].valueAsText: StandsFields = arcpy.Describe(self.params[0].valueAsText).fields if "OS_TYPE" in [f.name for f in StandsFields]: self.params[1].enabled = False else: self.params[1].enabled = True

or as

if self.params[0].valueAsText: StandsFields = arcpy.Describe(self.params[0].valueAsText).fields self.params[1].enabled = False if "OS_TYPE" in [f.name for f in StandsFields] else True

Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name

ZacharyHart — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:02:01 GMT

Thanks Jeff, that's fixed it! any reason why it was working in the python command window?

Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name

Anonymous User — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:08:23 GMT

Nice! It worked in the window because you isolated it in the conditional, skipping all other fields whose name was not "OS_TYPE". If you had tested the field loop with the same if/else, you'd see each field's result printed and the last one in the iteration would be the value that the enabled variable would be left at.

Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name

ZacharyHart — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:17:19 GMT

I had to go back and stare at that until I understood. FWIW, I avoided using list fields in the tool validation as I was getting an IO error, found a few posts out there and opted for describe instead.

Re: Script Tool Validation based on field name

Anonymous User — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:43:57 GMT

I don't think we can avoid having lists here, even describe().fields is list of field objects. But for fun we can condense it some more to result only one 'list' that will have the field or be empty, all in one line.

self.params[1].enabled = False if not [f.name for f in arcpy.Describe(self.params[0].valueAsText).fields if f.name == "OS_TYPE"] else True