Cannot run MakeFeatureLayer for geodatabase featureclass

Kevin_Andras

Hi, I can't figure out why this won't run. Any of the methods below return ERROR 000732. I just created the geodatabase, and it's the latest version. ListFeatureClasses() will show the layer, but then arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer() fails.

There are some other geodatabases on my computer that will work, but I don't know why this one won't. I can export the feature class to a shapefile and then arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer will work on that.

#this is a geodatabase feature class. I can view it in ArcGIS, and within Arc I can run MakeFeatureLayer.
input_hydro = "F:\\scratch4\\test.gdb\\hydroTest"

arcpy.env.workspace = os.path.dirname(input_hydro)
ds = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
for d in ds:
print(d) #prints HydroTest

input_hydro_FL = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer(in_features=input_hydro, out_layer="hydroOriginal")
input_hydro_FL = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer(in_features=d, out_layer="hydroOriginal")
input_hydro_FL = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer(in_features=os.path.basename(input_hydro, out_layer="hydroOriginal")
input_hydro_FL = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer(in_features=input_hydro, out_layer="hydroOriginal")

arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.
ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset hydroTest does not exist or is not supported
Failed to execute (MakeFeatureLayer).

DanPatterson

don't you want the workspace set to the gdb? not the folder that it is in?

 arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/data/base.gdb"

not the c:/data folder as an example

... sort of retired...

Kevin_Andras

os.path.dirname(input_hydro) returns the path to the GDB. When I set that as the workspace, it fails. When I give the full path to the in_features, it also fails. It works fine with some other geodatabases, and also works fine with shapefiles.