Use arcpy to Set Current License Level in Pro

[MatthewGeorge]

I'd like to be able to set the users license level using arcpy (ArcGIS Pro). This was possible by using import arcedit/arcinfo/arcview in the python 2 implementation of arcpy. It's extremely useful, particularly when managing limited concurrent licences.

[DanPatterson]

Pro's licensing is handled differently than ArcMap's which is why you probably found the arcpy CheckProduct method but no SetProduct (it is in the geoprocessor module ... gp.setProduct )

Licenses and extensions access in Python—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

I doubt that esri will roll back the changes.

on a side note, the import arcinfo, arceditor etc are located in this folder

C:\...Your Install Folder ...\Resources\ArcPy

which also contains the arcpy folder which is imported when you .... import arcpy

You might want to have a look and see which verison of arcgisscripting is instantiated if you imported one of those

[mody_buchbinder]

Unlike ArcMap the Pro license is by user and not by machine.

If you set user A to basic and user B to standard and you run your stand alone python under user B it should work.

If you run your script inside Pro (as GP tool or in python window) it will use Pro license but this is just like ArcMap.

Have fun

[MatthewGeorge]

Thanks for the info.

I understand that licensing is by user. So what you're saying is that using import <license level> for a script tool run within Pro will work then?

[mody_buchbinder]

 import <license level> does not work at all for arcpy 3.x

The only way to control license level for stand alone script is to run it under a user that have the needed license setting

[MatthewGeorge]

Which is exactly what I want to avoid. We have users that technically have access to a higher license level but we want to control the way they check it out - only check out a standard or advanced license for certain script tools and then back to basic on completion without relying on the user to do it for us.

[MatthewGeorge]

Moving to Python Ideas forum.