The ArcGIS Python 2.7 distribution for 10.1 includes (in addition to the python standard library) the user-contributed modules numpy and matplotlib. It would be really great to include some more modules. If you agree, vote this item up and add your favorites (and use cases) in the comments.
Vote here, and also feel free to vote the idea up:
ArcGIS 10.3.1 and ArcGIS Pro 1.0 include optional installers for Python that include a rich standard ArcGIS Python stack. SciPy and pandas are included.
Kind of against ESRI shipping any 3rd party items from a liability point of view. If it is not something they provide support for perhaps they should provide a link for you to go get it or provide some sort of vehical.
Mike: we're bundling xlrd and xlwt with newer versions of ArcGIS, would that be adequate for your needs?
I'm aware of the demand for Pandas (I want it too), I'm going to see what I can do with that.
Hey Jason, when I first started learning how to manipulate spreasheets with python, the first modules I tried were the python-excel modules. They are very easy to learn. The last time I used python-excel was a while ago, though, and I remember it being very basic and lacked the ability to do some more advanced formatting or formula building. Maybe there have been updates since I've lasted used it though.
I then went on to win32com because it uses com objects which I believe can be applied to any of the MS Office products (not that I've used it for anything outside of excel yet) but if that's the case, I would prefer win32com. I use it quite extensively with reports and the more I learn how to manipulate spreadsheets, the more I like it. It's nice to get used to how a module works and then be able to apply the same logic with other applications, instead of hacking amongst modules trying to finding tools that work together.
