Python: No module named arcpy 2020

ValerieVuyovich_Connolly — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:09:45 GMT

I am taking the Python for Everyone course, at Step 4, Run a script in Python and am getting the following error:

ImportError: No module named arcpy

I did see that students had this issue back in 2015. Not sure if the move to ArcGIS Pro is the issue here as I don't even have that open and am working in PyCharm (downloaded this morning).

Script and error message:

#import modules
import sys
import os
print (sys.executable)
print(sys.prefix)
print("PYTHONPATH: " + os.environ["PYTHONPATH"])
print("sys.path:")
print("\n".join(sys.path))
import arcpy

#set workspace
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\EsriTraining\Python\PythEveryone\RunningScripts\Polk_County\OregonPolk.gdb"

#set up a describe object for each fc in geodatabase
fcList = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
for fc in fcList:
    desc = arcpy.Describe(fc)
    print (desc.spatialReference.name)

print ("Script completed")

ERROR MESSAGE:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/EsriTraining/Python/PythEveryone/RunningScripts/Polk_County/SpatialRef.py", line 9, in <module>
import arcpy
ImportError: No module named arcpy

Re: Python: No module named arcpy 2020

DavidPike — Sat, 09 May 2020 16:45:12 GMT

Your IDE is probably tied to a different library. It can become a bit of a nightmare.

I'd suggest either running the code in an ArcGIS Pro or arcmap python window, or right-clicking on your .py file and selecting 'Open with IDLE ArcGIS Pro' or similar.

Re: Python: No module named arcpy 2020

TaraWallace — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:07:06 GMT

Are we right-clicking on SpatialRef.py? In PyCharm or within a file explorer window? Either way, I don't have the option to Open with IDLE ArcGIS Pro.

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