https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcpy-pro-notebook-old-arcpy-setproduct-quot/m-p/1143944#M63753 <P>Hello,</P><P>we have a concurrent license model on a seperate server. We are only allowed to check out the advanced license for the needed time ... . In arcpy ArcMap you could set the product temporarily very easy, in Pro 2.8 notebook this doesn't seem to work with check product in our case.</P><P>There's always the message "ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced license not available" even if more than one&nbsp; license is available with the following code?</P><LI-CODE lang="c">import sys import arcpy arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/data/world.gdb" if arcpy.CheckProduct("ArcInfo") == "Available": arcpy.PolygonToLine_management("Lakes", "LakeLines") else: msg = 'ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced license not available' print(msg) sys.exit(msg)</LI-CODE><P>Does this work only with licenses saved online?</P><P>Are there any workarounds?</P><P>It would be very uncomfortable to check out the license manually in Pro every time the advanced license is needed ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 15 Feb 2022 06:41:23 GMT JohannesBierer 2022-02-15T06:41:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcpy-pro-notebook-old-arcpy-setproduct-quot/m-p/1143944#M63753 <P>Hello,</P><P>we have a concurrent license model on a seperate server. We are only allowed to check out the advanced license for the needed time ... . In arcpy ArcMap you could set the product temporarily very easy, in Pro 2.8 notebook this doesn't seem to work with check product in our case.</P><P>There's always the message "ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced license not available" even if more than one&nbsp; license is available with the following code?</P><LI-CODE lang="c">import sys import arcpy arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/data/world.gdb" if arcpy.CheckProduct("ArcInfo") == "Available": arcpy.PolygonToLine_management("Lakes", "LakeLines") else: msg = 'ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced license not available' print(msg) sys.exit(msg)</LI-CODE><P>Does this work only with licenses saved online?</P><P>Are there any workarounds?</P><P>It would be very uncomfortable to check out the license manually in Pro every time the advanced license is needed ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 15 Feb 2022 06:41:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcpy-pro-notebook-old-arcpy-setproduct-quot/m-p/1143944#M63753 JohannesBierer 2022-02-15T06:41:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcpy-pro-notebook-old-arcpy-setproduct-quot/m-p/1144004#M63758 <P>And the Note in the followup link</P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/accessing-licenses-and-extensions-in-python.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Accessing licenses and extensions in Python—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A></P><P>sends you off to CheckInExtension etc. because CheckProduct has no effect in some situations.</P><P>(why everyone is licensed for everything is beyond me... it would make things so much easier... <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span>&nbsp; )</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:40:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcpy-pro-notebook-old-arcpy-setproduct-quot/m-p/1144004#M63758 DanPatterson 2022-02-15T12:40:01Z