Shape field for layer returns as VISIBLE in arcpy even if hidden. Confirmed bug for a long time, but not fixed

KevinCheriyan — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:04:03 GMT

This is a duplicate of this issue posted in 2017: https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/fieldinfo-getvisible-method-returns-quot-visible/td-p/192738

Bug report here: https://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/TklNMTAxNDA4

I need to publish a webmap to Online from Pro with hundreds of layers. In Pro, I need to turn the "Shape" field visible, since I can't publish as a Webmap unless the Shape fields are visible.

So, I tried to use arcpy to turn the "Shape" fields visibility to "VISIBLE"

for m in aprx.listMaps(): for lyr in m.listLayers(): if not lyr.isGroupLayer: desc = arcpy.Describe(lyr) for i in range(0,desc.fieldInfo.count): if desc.fieldInfo.getFieldName(i) == "Shape": print(desc.fieldInfo.getVisible(i))

This returns VISIBLE for all "Shape" fields in all layers, even if they're not in Fields view.

Any way to avoid going through each layer and updating visibility by hand?

The bug report indicates that it was updated last week, but it doesn't seem like there's any plan to fix this.

Re: Shape field for layer returns as VISIBLE in arcpy even if hidden. Confirmed bug for a long time, but not fixed

DanPatterson — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:10:05 GMT

NIM101408: The fieldinfo.getvisible method always returns Visib.. (esri.com)

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I would contact tech support and see if they can provide an answer as to why this is not possible

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Shape field for layer returns as VISIBLE in arcpy even if hidden. Confirmed bug for a long time, but not fixed

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