Latest Contributions by WesMiller

If your example works you can turn scripts into tools and use it in tool box or model builder or you can use tools as scripts just look at the documentation for the tool ... View more

Joseph, like Darren Wiens​ says this may be a good time to think python you could then construct a list of the feature classes to merge at the end. ... View more

I think i see it now does your merge correspond to the results of your final iteration? If this is the case you may have to set a precondition for your merges to the final iteration(i'm not sure how to do that part) or you could create a separate model that does the merge after the original model finishes ... View more

Add  this code to your script in your tool set a variable as derived and as text import arcpy dvariable = "Dummy" arcpy.SetParameterAsText(0,dvariable) ... View more

You may have to export your model to python and put your update cursor script in, where you need it to go or change your script to have a dummy output that you could use for preconditions. ... View more

Does your script have any input output variables you could then set the precondition of the process following the script to wait for the script. ... View more

Try setting your preconditions. A quick tour of using preconditions—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop ... View more

Here is how I'm using field mappings for my street index creator hope this helps http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/analyze/arcpy-classes/fieldmappings.htm # Create a new fieldmappings and add the two input feature classes. fieldmappings = arcpy.FieldMappings() fieldmappings.addTable(DissolvedStreets) fieldmappings.addTable(InputGrid) jField = fieldmappings.findFieldMapIndex(gridField) fieldmap = fieldmappings.getFieldMap(jField) fieldmap.mergeRule = "join" fieldmap.joinDelimiter = "," fld_length = fieldmap.outputField fld_length.length = 255 fieldmap.outputField = fld_length arcpy.AddMessage(str(fieldmap.outputField.length)) fieldmappings.replaceFieldMap(jField, fieldmap) # Process: Spatial Join arcpy.SpatialJoin_analysis(DissolvedStreets, InputGrid, outfc, "#", "#", fieldmappings) ... View more

Yes you are correct. It is a string representation, in my case i'm passing 'url?'+'Street=' + address + '&outFields=&maxLocations=&outSR='+str(src)+'&searchExtent=&f=Json' to a published geocoder and getting the x,y to determine if the user is in or out of ball districts(soccer, baseball) ... View more

I did one using the following code(async) import urllib import json URL  = 'your/url' result = urllib.urlopen(URL).read() addrData = json.loads(result) ... View more

Did you clear anything selected? It sounds like to me that you have something selected or not all you want is selected. ... View more

Is this something you'll need to do more than once? A topology may be the better route. ... View more

Try searching for arcpy.da.UpdateCursor that will get you where you want to go ... View more

import arcpy fc = "Your Feature Class" desc = arcpy.Describe(fc) oidfld = desc.OIDFieldName fld = arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(fc,oidfld) print oidfld,fld with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, ("OID@")) as cursor:     for row in cursor:         tmplyr = "tmplyr"+str(row[0])         #You could create a list of features here to input below         query = fld + " in (" + str(row[0]) + ")"         arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(fc,tmplyr,query) ... View more