How to retrieve the workspace path from a layer using arcpy?

Question

Jason Camerano‌ gave me this python snippet:

head, sep, tail = arcpy.Describe(parcelFabricLayer).Path.partition(".gdb")
workspacePath = head + sep

explanation:

Describe().Path returns the full path that also contains the string ".gdb"

partition separates is using the provided ".gdb" string  to:

* head - before the ".gdb" string
* sep - the ".gdb" string
* tail - after the ".gdb" tring

Anyone has a better method?

MattHowe · Answer

For Julian's path example I'd normally use os.

a = r"D:\Data\GISData\dataeceived\Transport.gdb\Routing\AccessRoad"
os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(a))
'D:\Data\GISData\data\received\Transport.gdb'

MarkDonnelly · Answer

In Pro you can use the following:

layer.connectionProperties["connection_info"]["database"]

JulianInskip · Answer

Hi Amir. I do mine a little different. I don't use arcpy to get my workspace path. I find mine takes a lot quicker as it does not have to call arcpy every time, saving a few seconds. With this method you can also use any geodatabase type (.sde, .gdb or .mdb). accessRoadFc = r"D:\Data\GISData\data eceived\Transport.gdb\Routing\AccessRoad" wkspSplit = accessRoadFc.split(".") wkspExt = wkspSplit[1].split("\")[0] workspace = "{}.{}".format(wkspSplit[0], wkspExt)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍