Latest Contributions by Zeke

It would be even easier if you could split the data into different fields. There are standard fields for addresses, such as prefix, direction, name, suffix, etc. Not necessarily those field names, but that's the idea. Similar to what geolocators use. Of course, that may not be an option for you. ... View more

Also, please enclose your code in code tags. I'd try int([acreage]) < 153 , without the quotes around 153. ... View more

Are you sure you have time enabled, not just time fields in your data (see image below). If time slider is working, I'd think you do, but worth a check. Still pretty sure the arcpy.gp.IDW_sa call is incorrect, even if it's from help. There are typos there too. Check out the IDW samples in help, they follow Matthew's format  Well, they import the whole sa module, but same idea. I'd link, but getting a proxy error at the site right now. User entered parameters are generally entered when you add a script to a toolbox. Not hard, but I don't think that's the issue here. If it won't run with stuff hard coded, it won't run with parameters either. ... View more

Well, if your data is in a personal geodatabase, that's Access right off the bat, maybe make it easier. ... View more

I don't know the specifics of what you're trying to do, don't work much with rasters, but a couple possible things to look at: 1. Do you have a Spatial Analyst license? Does it actually get checked out? Some error checking would help here. Generically: try:    <some code here> except e as Exception:    arcpy.AddMessage('some error message ' + e.message 2. 'arcpy.gp.Idw_sa(tempFeatureLyr, "Temperature", outRaster)' doesn't look correct. gp is usually seen in versions of Arc prior to 10, when arcgisscripting was used instead of arcpy. This could be correct, but I've never seen it. 3. It would be helpful if you enclosed your script in code tags. Python is strict about indentation. If there's an error with indentation, we can't see it when the code is just pasted into the post. See the 1st post in this forum on how to paste code. ... View more

Are these available for viewing afterwards? ... View more

James, Duh! 😮 You are right. Fixing that gave me a 33 second run time. Much better, thank you, and everyone else as well. Very much appreciated. Nice to learn something new. ... View more

Chris: A typical project where the user would run this tool is a rezoning request on one or more parcels. For their purposes (display and further analysis), they want one case feature covering all the parcels they've selected. Dissolve takes the temporary layer that consists of n number of parcels and makes them into one feature. Similar to the Merge tool in the Editor drop-down. The gp Merge tool would create a new feature class, which I don't want. The Select By Location is just an additional feature so that they don't have to manually select it once created. It's not really necessary. I can accomplish similar results manually myself much more quickly, but the end users don't really know Arc, so I'm trying to make it untrained monkey easier for them. But if there's a better method, please let me know. I'm not an ArcPy expert! Thanks. Wayne: Thanks for the info, that will come in handy, I'm sure. Matt: The data is stored on a network, but I've never noticed this amount of processing time before. It does work, so maybe they'll just have to accept it. I doubt they have a handle on how much time it should take anyway (maybe I don't either, eh?). Thanks for the tip on in-memory. I used that, not much time difference, though. ... View more

I've attached a png of the processing times in the results window. Dissolve takes the most time, averaging 50 seconds. I've also modified the script below, to use in memory workspace, although I'm not sure if this is correct; never used it before and don't find much in Help files about using it. I'm only displaying three layers on my test runs, Parcels (~28k features), Case (0 features to start) and city boundary. Not all parcels are displayed, 28K is the total number of parcels; the map is typically zoomed in to areas of less than 100 parcels. Thanks, really appreciate the help. import arcpy, sys, time #, os from arcpy import env env.overwriteOutput = True env.workspace = "IN-MEMORY" #temp_lyr_location = r"\Cases_Geodatabase.gdb\temp_parcel_lyr" parcel = r"Parcel" try:     #lyr = os.getcwd() + temp_lyr_location     lyr = r"temp_parcel_lyr"     mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") except Exception as e:     arcpy.AddError('ERROR initializing: /n' + e.message) #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- def MakeCaseFeature():     '''  Dissolve selected parcel features into one temporary lyr file.          Append it to the Cases feature class.          Delete the temporary lyr file. '''     clear = "CLEAR_SELECTION"     target = "Cases"     schemaType = "NO_TEST"     fld = "CENTRACT"    # no data is stored in this field     selectType = "HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN"     try:         # make temporary parcel lyr file from selected parcels, dissolving them         # into one feature         t0 = time.clock()         arcpy.Dissolve_management(parcel, lyr, fld)         arcpy.AddMessage("Elapsed time dissolving: {0} seconds".format(int(time.clock() - t0)))         # add case feature in temporary layer to Cases         t0 = time.clock()         arcpy.Append_management(lyr, target, schemaType, "", "")         arcpy.AddMessage("Elapsed time appending: {0} seconds".format(int(time.clock() - t0)))         # select new case feature         t0 = time.clock()         arcpy.SelectLayerByLocation_management(target, selectType, lyr)         arcpy.AddMessage("Elapsed timeselecting case layer: {0} seconds".format(int(time.clock() - t0)))         # delete temporary layer         #arcpy.Delete_management(lyr)         # clear selection on parcels         t0 = time.clock()         arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(parcel, clear)         arcpy.AddMessage("Elapsed time clearing parcel selection: {0} seconds".format(int(time.clock() - t0)))     except Exception as e:         arcpy.AddError("ERROR in MakeCaseFeature: \n" + e.message) #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- def main():     ''' Check how many parcels are selected. Count returns all parcels if none are         selected, or only selected ones if there are any.     '''     try:         t0 = time.clock()         count = int(arcpy.GetCount_management(parcel).getOutput(0))         arcpy.AddMessage(str(count) + " parcels selected")         arcpy.AddMessage("Elapsed time counting parcels: {0} seconds".format(int(time.clock() - t0)))         # make sure parcels are selected before running rest of script, otherwise exit         if count >= 0 and count <= 10:             MakeCaseFeature()       # create the case feature             t0 = time.clock()             arcpy.RefreshActiveView()             arcpy.RefreshTOC()             arcpy.AddMessage("Elapsed time refreshing view: {0} seconds".format(int(time.clock() - t0)))         else:             arcpy.AddError("No features selected! \n Please select at least one parcel feature. \n")             arcpy.AddError("Quitting the Create Case tool \n")     except Exception as e:         arcpy.AddError('ERROR in main: /n' + e.message) ... View more

Looks nice, but not all the other pages seem to be working. For example, clicking the Home tab on some of the inside pages doesn't seem to do anything. ... View more

why not just use the hosted CDN copy of our API? Well, this is just testing on my machine, but also not familiar with the hosted CDN. More familiar with the programming side of things than network/server setup. Apparently the city has ArcServer that services are published to, web access through IIS. I may have that wrong, it's been years since I set up anything myself. I think I need a 'services publishing web for dummies' tutorial. :confused: ... View more

Ok, thanks, then I can ignore that? Anything I should replace/do instead? I'm just using IIS to test things out. We'll be migrating from 10.0, using ADF on the actual server, to 10.1, where we need to upgrade to JS, Silverlight, etc., and we'd prefer JS. ... View more

Let me know if that doesn't answer your question. That is one of the best answers I've ever seen. Exactly to the point. Thank you very much. Have a great weekend. ... View more