Programmatically get the data source from a lyr file pointing to an Esri GRID format raster uing Python 2.7 and ArcMap 10.5

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11-16-2018 12:50 AM
MatthewHowe
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I'm trying to get the data source from a bunch of lyr files pointing to various raster formats. Using the lyr.dataSource method on a feature layer after creating a layer object I can get the data source for TIFs fine but Esri GRID format rasters are seen as being directories. My goal is to re-path the lyr files to the same raster that has been copied to another location using the lyr.replaceDatasource method.

  1. import arcpy lyr = r”\\gis\test.lyr”
    layer = arcpy.mapping.Layer(lyr)
    print layer.dataSource
    
    Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.5\arcpy\arcpy\arcobjects\_base.py", line 78, in _get(attr_name, self.__class__.__name__))
    NameError: The attribute 'dataSource' is not supported on this instance of Layer.
    
    
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Is there a clever way to get the full data source for the lyr file?

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DanPatterson_Retired
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keep digging

Layer properties—Help | ArcGIS Desktop 

layer
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The Describe object of the layer within a .lyr file.

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DanPatterson_Retired
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MatthewHowe
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Thanks Dan. I just tested and it gives the path of the lyr file itself and not the path of the data it's pointing to.

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DanPatterson_Retired
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keep digging

Layer properties—Help | ArcGIS Desktop 

layer
(Read Only)

The Describe object of the layer within a .lyr file.

MatthewHowe
New Contributor III

Thanks Dan. I think I've sorted.

lyr = r'\\gis\test.lyr'
flyr = arcpy.mapping.Layer(lyr)
for l in arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(flyr):
  if l.supports("DATASOURCE"):
    if l.isRasterLayer:
      print l.dataSource

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..returns the data source I need!

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DanPatterson_Retired
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good... things are more or less the same in ArcGIS Pro's arcpy

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JoshuaBixby
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Please mark a response as Correct if it answers your question.

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MatthewHowe
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Man alive, give me chance!

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