Latest Contributions by WesMiller

I created this code in hopes of sharing. One of my friends has Windows 8 and Arc 10.2.2, I have Windows 7 and Arc 10.2.1, it works great for me but fails for him below is his error message and below that is the code. Attached is the ode and all the pieces needed to make it run. Any help would be appreciated. Error Message Failed script SimpleStreetIndex... Traceback (most recent call last):   File "C:\Temp\WesStreetIndexer\StreetIndexCreator.py", line 91, in <module>    field_map={'STNAME':fldName ,'PageName':gridField})   File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\utils.py", line 181, in fn_     return fn(*args, **kw)   File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\mapping.py", line 515, in ExportReport     return report_source._arc_object.ExportReport(*gp_fixargs((report_layout_file, output_file, dataset_option, report_title, starting_page_number, page_range, report_definition_query, extent, field_map), True)) RuntimeError: Error in generating report Failed to execute (SimpleStreetIndex). Failed at Thu May 21 12:12:18 2015 (Elapsed Time: 1 minutes 0 seconds) Code # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Auhor Wes Miller # Description: # Selects streets that intersect with grid, creates a street index and exports to pdf # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Import arcpy module import arcpy,os arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True # Local variables: InputStreets = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) InputGrid = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) fldName = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2) gridField = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(3) indexdoc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(4) indexname = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(5) indexLayout = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(6) #StreetsthatIntersectGrid = "RoadSegment_Layer" DissolvedStreets = "in_memory\\dissolveStreets" Streets = "Streets_lyr" Grid = "Grid_lyr" outfc =  "in_memory\\joinIndex" # Process: Make Feature Layer arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(InputStreets, Streets) arcpy.AddMessage("Streets layer made") # Process: Make Feature Layer (2) arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(InputGrid, Grid) arcpy.AddMessage("Grid layer made") # Process: Select Layer By Location arcpy.SelectLayerByLocation_management(Streets, "INTERSECT", Grid, "", "NEW_SELECTION") arcpy.AddMessage("Streets selection layer made") # Process: Dissolve arcpy.AddMessage("Process: Dissolve") arcpy.Dissolve_management(Streets, DissolvedStreets, fldName, "", "MULTI_PART", "DISSOLVE_LINES") if indexname.find('.')<0:     arcpy.AddMessage("when you don't select a file type pdf is default")     indexname = indexname+'.pdf' indexdoc = os.path.join(indexdoc,indexname) hmpath = os.path.realpath(__file__) h,t = os.path.split(hmpath) mxdDoc = os.path.join(h,"StreetIndexCreatorMapDoc.mxd") mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdDoc) df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "*")[0]     # 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 = 4000 if fieldmap.outputField.type.lower() != 'string':     fld_length.type = 'String' fieldmap.outputField = fld_length fieldmappings.replaceFieldMap(jField, fieldmap) arcpy.AddMessage("Process: Spatial Join") # Process: Spatial Join arcpy.SpatialJoin_analysis(DissolvedStreets, InputGrid, outfc, "#", "#", fieldmappings) addLayer = arcpy.mapping.Layer(outfc) arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df, addLayer, "BOTTOM") if indexLayout == "11 X 17 Landscape":     rpttemplate = os.path.join(h,"reporttemplate11X17.rlf") else:     rpttemplate = os.path.join(h,"reporttemplate.rlf") arcpy.AddMessage("Creating Report") lyr = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "joinIndex", df)[0] arcpy.mapping.ExportReport(lyr,                            rpttemplate,                            indexdoc,                            report_title="Street Index",                            field_map={'STNAME':fldName ,'PageName':gridField}) del mxd ... View more

#Learning code #Document everything #Import needed modules import random #Create a function def give_me_a_number(start,stop):     """Get a number give me where you want to start and     where you want to stop"""     return random.randint(start,stop)     #Preset some variables #I'm using 100 but in some cases you may need hundreds project = give_me_a_number(0,100) #Success is really a product of trying success = 0 #Trying will lead to success Keep_trying = 1 #Sometimes a little extra help is needed Ask_for_help = 1 #Trying is not without side effects trials_products = ("sweat","pull your hair out",                    "search the internet","buy a book","get help") tried = [] #Here's where the work happens :) while project > success:     if success%2 != 0:         success += Ask_for_help         x = give_me_a_number(0,20)         if x == 0 or x < len(trials_products):             if x not in tried:                 tried.append(x)                 print "You",trials_products         if success == project:             print "You've caught a break"             break     success += Keep_trying print "SUCCESS" ... View more