Layer to KML 'Name' missing when using python

[MarkHansen1]

Hi,

I'm exporting a point features to kml via a python script but the generated kml has no 'Name'  information.  i.e. when you expand the list, every point says "[no name]".  All other data is correct.

There is a 'Name' field in the attribute table.  It is the first field after the Object ID and geometry field.

simplified code:

arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer(InFc, OutLyr, None, None, None)
OutKmzPath = ProjectPath + "out.kmz"
arcpy.conversion.LayerToKML(OutLyr, OutKmzPath, 0, "NO_COMPOSITE", "DEFAULT", 1024, 96, "ABSOLUTE")

but, if i do the same from within ArcGIS Pro (v2.2) the generated kml has the name field correctly populated. 

Is there another step to get the kml Name field to populate when running in a script?

[MarkHansen1]

Thanks Dan,

The 'save to layer file' alone didn't work but it got me thinking - so I created a single point and labeled/styled it and saved a lyrx file, then used  arcpy.management.ApplySymbologyFromLayer using my saved lyrx file and it worked.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

So... some mystery lurks between the within-Pro and without-Pro functionality.