I have a model which will pull 30 features from a database and a second model which will perform a feature class rename on these 30 different features. This is done on a daily basis. Sometimes one of the names will change or a feature won't be pulled in for some reason.
The problem is that when the rename model is running if it can't find a feature it will error the entire model instead of ignoring the error and skipping to the next feature to rename. None of the processes have preconditions.
Is their a way I can tell the model to ignore errors and move on if it can't find a feature? A green error instead of a red one?
The only way I can think to do this is to use the Calculate Value tool to do the rename and have it return a message. Calculate Value will print out the function results to geoprocessing messages as the model runs.Of course this involves writing a small Python script:I'm assuming you have two model elements "From FC" and "To FC" with the names.Calculate Value toolExpression: FCRename(r"%From FC%",r"%To FC%")
def FCRename(from,to):
import arcpy
try:
arcpy.Rename_management(from,to)
return "rename %s to %s success!" % (from,to)
except:
return "rename %s to %s failed" % (from,to)
(note, you can pass as many arguments to the function as you want, or put the dictionary and for loop inside the Calculate Value if you want.)
