I'm trying to automate several of our processes using Python in ArcGIS for Desktop 10.3. At least one of these tasks involves running a query against block group data provided by Business Analyst (BA). My problem is that I can't figure out how to bring the BA data in to do the query. My assumption is that I need to create a layer from the .bds file. Currently, my code looks like:
bg_file = r'C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds' bg_layer = 'bg_layer' arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(bg_file, bg_layer) When I run this in a script (i.e., outside of ArcMap), I get:
arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (MakeFeatureLayer). Meanwhile, inside the python window of ArcMap, if I run:
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(r'C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds', 'bg_layer') I get:
Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.3\ArcPy\arcpy\management.py", line 6520, in MakeFeatureLayer raise e ExecuteError: ERROR 000229: Cannot open C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds Failed to execute (MakeFeatureLayer). which is a similar error, but seems slightly different.
Clearly, there's something I don't understand here. I'm able to use the MakeFeatureLayer_management function to create layers from other (non-bds) files. Is there something special about .bds files that prevents me from doing this? If so, what's the preferred method of creating layers from .bds files in arcpy?
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bg_file = r'C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds' bg_layer = 'bg_layer' arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(bg_file, bg_layer) When I run this in a script (i.e., outside of ArcMap), I get:
arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (MakeFeatureLayer). Meanwhile, inside the python window of ArcMap, if I run:
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(r'C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds', 'bg_layer') I get:
Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.3\ArcPy\arcpy\management.py", line 6520, in MakeFeatureLayer raise e ExecuteError: ERROR 000229: Cannot open C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014\Data\Demographic Data\esri_bg.bds Failed to execute (MakeFeatureLayer). which is a similar error, but seems slightly different.
Clearly, there's something I don't understand here. I'm able to use the MakeFeatureLayer_management function to create layers from other (non-bds) files. Is there something special about .bds files that prevents me from doing this? If so, what's the preferred method of creating layers from .bds files in arcpy?
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