Latest Contributions by Shauna-RaeBrown

This PyCharm Setup for ArcGIS Desktop is outdated.  This procedure doesn't seem to have the same info for setting PyCharm up for use in ArcGIS Pro 3.0.  Can someone point me to a more applicable source?  Thanks a Bunch ... View more

@SteveCole , I seem recall from a python class that you need to "del" your "theCursor" to close the table/layer.  So on line 77 in your script put "del theCursor" at the far left.  You may already know that, but the documentation doesn't really mention anything about deleting cursors, when you're done with that table.  I hope that helps a little. ... View more

That partially works. STN.replace("MC", "Mc") returns McDAVID.  What I want is McDavid.  Thanks for your help.  I'll keep trying.  ... View more

@Bud , you sort of can.  I create a polygon from four lat./long. coordinates.  I collect four sets of coordinates from emails for marking utilities.  I think that the array is actually a list, but in this instance it works like an array.  After this portion of code, I use an UpdateCursor to add attributes to the new polygon in a feature-class.  FYI, I'm still on Pro 2.9, so I'm using arcpy version 2. fc = r"C:\myPython.gdb\AZ811_BlueStake" iCursor = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(fc, ["SHAPE@"]) array = arcpy.Array([arcpy.Point(lonX_NW, latY_NW), arcpy.Point(lonX_NE, latY_NE), arcpy.Point(lonX_SE, latY_SE), arcpy.Point(lonX_SW, latY_SW)]) # Spatial reference set to GCS_WGS_1984 spatial_reference = arcpy.SpatialReference(4326) polygon = arcpy.Polygon(array, spatial_reference) iCursor.insertRow([polygon]) del iCursor   ... View more

#JasmineSpring, one thing you need to do after using any cursor, is you need to del the cursor.  Your code should look something like this... import arcpy # Get the selected layer layer = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) # Create a list of field names starting with "poa" poa_fields = [field.name for field in arcpy.ListFields(layer) if field.name.startswith("poa")] for field in poa_fields: with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(layer, poa_fields) as cursor: for row in cursor: if row[0] is None: row[0]="1" cursor.updateRow(row) del cursor # Use the Field Calculator to calculate the product expression = "1" if not poa_fields else " * ".join([f"!{field}!" for field in poa_fields]) arcpy.CalculateField_management(layer, "Product_poa", expression, "PYTHON")  (see line 15).  ... View more

Here's an earlier post "Programmatically select layer definition query" found here https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-parcel-fabric-questions/programmatically-select-layer-definition-query/td-p/1114999  See also - "Delete vs deactivate layer definition query"-  https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/delete-vs-deactivate-layer-definition-query/m-p/1313695  ... View more

#xavro, here's a link that will get you started. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/get-started/specifying-a-query.htm  ... View more

I've had the same problem.  I am forced to set the map's layout scale after my feature is drawn from the x/y coordinates.  Here's a snippet of what I do after running a script that collects data from a "utility marking request" that draws the feature from Lat/Long coordinates. lyt = aprx.listLayouts()[0] mf = lyt.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT", "MainMapFrame")[0] mf.camera.setExtent(mf.getLayerExtent(lyr, False, True)) mf.camera.scale = 24000.0 After the script runs, I have to zoom to the feature using Pro (version 2.9).   I think Esri needs to make the getLayerExtent() to allow for a percentage, like when you "zoom to selected feature" or for a map book layout where you can set a percentage for the feature extent in Pro.  Maybe you could submit it as a Python Idea.  Just a thought. ... View more

@adamwade1 , the only solution that I found to work was to use the function provided by @RogerDunnGIS‎ on 02-02-2023 08:37 AM (see above in this thread). ... View more

I tried to set the definitionQuery property to "" and None.  All that happened was the layer's definition query was made inactive and the new definition query was created and made active.   Thanks for your advice.  I will just have to accept that I will have to delete the old definition query from within the aprx. ... View more

I finally figured out how to REMOVE/DELETE the definition query from a specific layer in a specific map.  Ultimately, I used the Cartographic Information Model (cim) to access the definitionExpression.  I read through the Python CIM access web page. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/2.9/arcpy/mapping/python-cim-access.htm In my aprx file, I right-clicked the map's name and selected "Save As Map File" the map(s), and them opened the *.mapx file as a *.json file.  Next, I searched through the file for the "definitionExpression" field.  After trying a bunch of things, I finally found that I want to change the layers "featureTable.definitionExpression" to equal "". Here's my code. import arcpy # Reference a project, map, and layer using arcpy.mp aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') m = aprx.listMaps("Inset")[0] lyr = m.listLayers("AZ811 BlueStake")[0] # Return the layer's CIM definition cim_lyr = lyr.getDefinition('V2') # Modify the featureTable.definitionExpression cim_lyr.featureTable.definitionExpression = "" # Push the changes back to the layer object lyr.setDefinition(cim_lyr)   ... View more

@RogerDunnGIS, Thanks for providing this function.  I'm really new to python, so please correct me if I'm wrong. If I understand your function correctly, I need to provide two variables to the function: "layer", and "sqlFilter" that the function uses?  How do I call/use your function?  Thanks so much for your help. ... View more