Index

A

• active map document
  • accessing, in ArcMap / How to do it..., How it works...
• add-in
  • about / Introduction
  • installing / Installing and testing an add-in, How to do it…, How it works…
  • testing / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• AddFieldDelimiters() function / How it works…
• AddLayer() function / Adding layers to a map document
• ArcEditor
  • about / Getting ready
• ArcGIS for Desktop
  • Python code, converting to ArcGIS Pro / Converting ArcGIS for Desktop Python code to ArcGIS Pro
• ArcGIS Pro
  • about / Introduction
  • Python window, using / Using the new Python window in ArcGIS Pro
  • Python prompt section / Using the new Python window in ArcGIS Pro
  • Transcript section / Using the new Python window in ArcGIS Pro
  • and ArcGIS for Desktop, coding differences / Coding differences between ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcGIS Pro
  • Python, installing / Installing Python for ArcGIS Pro
  • ArcGIS for Desktop Python code, converting / Converting ArcGIS for Desktop Python code to ArcGIS Pro
• ArcGIS Python window
  • using / Using the ArcGIS Python window
  • about / The ArcGIS Python window
  • displaying / Displaying the ArcGIS Python window
• ArcGIS REST API
  • about / Getting started with the ArcGIS REST API
  • URL requests, constructing / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • and Python, used for obtaining layer information / Getting layer information with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, How to do it…, How it works…
  • and Python, used for exporting map / Exporting a map with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • and Python, used for querying map service / Querying a map service with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, How to do it…, How it works…
• ArcGIS Server
  • about / Publishing a map document to an ArcGIS Server service
  • URL / Publishing a map document to an ArcGIS Server service
• ArcGIS Server service
  • map document, publishing / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• ArcInfo
  • about / Getting ready
• ArcMap
  • active map document, accessing in / How to do it..., How it works...
• arcpy.mapping module / Getting ready
  • about / Introduction
• arcpy data access module
  • about / Introduction
• ArcPy list functions
  • working with / Working with the ArcPy list functions, How to do it…
  • ListFeatureClasses() / Getting ready, How to do it…
  • ListTables() / There's more…
  • ListFields() / Getting ready, How it works…
• arcpy mapping
  • used, for building map book / Building a map book with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy mapping, How to do it…, How it works…
• ArcToolbox
  • about / Getting ready
• ArcView
  • about / Getting ready
• attribute query
  • about / Introduction
• attribute query syntax
  • constructing / Constructing a proper attribute query syntax, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• auto-arrange feature / How it works…

B

• batch files
  • Python scripts, adding to / Adding Python scripts to batch files, There's more...
  • scheduling, to run at prescribed times / Scheduling batch files to run at prescribed times, How to do it..., How it works...
• broken data sources
  • fixing, with MapDocument.findAndReplaceWorkspacePaths() method / Fixing broken data sources with MapDocument.findAndReplaceWorkspacePaths(), Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
  • fixing, with MapDocument.replaceWorkspaces() method / Fixing broken data sources with MapDocument.replaceWorkspaces(), How to do it…, How it works…
  • searching, in map documents / Finding broken data sources in all map documents in a folder, How to do it..., How it works...
• Buffer tool
  • about / Getting ready, How it works...
• built-in data types
  • about / Built-in data types
  • strings / Strings
  • numbers / Numbers
  • lists / Lists
  • tuples / Tuples
  • dictionaries / Dictionaries
• button add-in
  • creating / Creating a button add-in and using the Python add-ins module, Getting ready, How to do it...

C

• command-line input
  • sys.argv[ ], using from / Using sys.argv[ ] to capture command-line input, Getting ready, How to do it...
• command line
  • Python scripts, running from / Running Python scripts from the command line, How to do it…, How it works…
• current map document
  • referencing / Referencing the current map document, How to do it…
• cursors
  • about / Introduction
  • navigating / Introduction
  • performance improvement, with geometry tokens / Improving cursor performance with geometry tokens, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• custom geoprocessing tool
  • creating / Creating a custom geoprocessing tool, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more...

D

• data
  • reading, from delimited text file / Reading data from a delimited text file, How to do it…, How it works…
• Data Driven Pages
  • used, for building map book / Building a map book with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy mapping, How to do it…, How it works…
  • about / Getting ready
• data frame
  • time-enabled layers, working with / Working with time-enabled layers in a data frame, How to do it..., How it works…
• DataFrame.zoomToSelectedFeatures property / Getting ready
• DataFrameTime object
  • about / Getting ready, How it works…
• data view
  • about / Getting ready
• dBase File Format (DBF) / Getting ready
• decision statements
  • if/elif/else statement / Decision support statements
  • about / Decision support statements
• default Python error message
  • exploring / Exploring the default Python error message, How it works…
• delimited text file
  • data, reading / Reading data from a delimited text file, How to do it…, How it works…
• Describe() function
  • descriptive information, returning for feature class / Using the Describe() function to return descriptive information about a feature class, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • descriptive information, returning for raster image / Using the Describe() function to return descriptive information about a raster image, How to do it…
• dictionaries
  • about / Dictionaries
• directories
  • navigating, with Walk() function / Using Walk() to navigate directories, How to do it…, How it works…
• document object model (DOM)
  • about / How it works…
• dynamic typing variable
  • about / Variables

E

• e-mails
  • sending / Sending e-mails, How to do it…
• edit session
  • rows, updating / Inserting and updating rows inside an edit session, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • rows, inserting / Inserting and updating rows inside an edit session, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• end of file (EOF) marker
  • about / File I/O
• Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) / Getting ready
• error message / Getting ready
• Esri World Geocoding Service
  • used, for geocoding / Geocoding with the Esri World Geocoding Service, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…

F

• feature class
  • features retrieving, SearchCursor used / Retrieving features from a feature class with SearchCursor, Getting ready, How it works…
  • geometry, reading / Reading geometry from a feature class, How to do it…
  • list of fields, obtaining in / How to do it…, How it works…
• feature layers
  • creating / Creating feature layers and table views, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more...
  • about / Getting ready
• features
  • selecting, with Select Layer by Attribute tool / Selecting features and rows with the Select Layer by Attribute tool, Getting ready, How to do it…
• Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
  • about / How to do it…
• FieldMap
  • using / Using FieldMap and FieldMappings, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• FieldMappings
  • using / Using FieldMap and FieldMappings, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• files
  • retrieving, from FTP server / Retrieving files from an FTP server, How to do it…, How it works…
• FTP server
  • files, retrieving / Retrieving files from an FTP server, How to do it…, How it works…

G

• Generate Random Points tool
  • about / Getting ready
• geocoding
  • with Esri World Geocoding Service / Geocoding with the Esri World Geocoding Service, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• geometry
  • reading, from feature class / Reading geometry from a feature class, How to do it…
• geometry tokens
  • about / Improving cursor performance with geometry tokens
  • used, for improving cursor performance / Improving cursor performance with geometry tokens, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• geoprocessing tools
  • finding / Finding geoprocessing tools, How to do it…, How it works…
  • executing, from script / Executing geoprocessing tools from a script, How it works…
  • organizing / There's more...
  • multivalue input, providing with ValueTable / Using a ValueTable to provide multivalue input to a tool, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / Introduction
• GetMessages()
  • tool messages, retrieving with / Retrieving tool messages with GetMessages(), Getting ready, How it works…
• globally unique identifier or GUID name / How it works…

H

• HTTP requests
  • creating / Making HTTP requests and parsing the response with Python
• HTTP response
  • parsing, with Python / Making HTTP requests and parsing the response with Python
  • parsing, with Python json module / Making HTTP requests and parsing the response with Python, How to do it…, How it works…

I

• IDLE
  • about / Using IDLE for Python script development
• IDLE, for Python script development
  • about / Using IDLE for Python script development
  • Python shell window / The Python shell window
  • Python script window / The Python script window
  • existing Python scripts, editing / Editing existing Python scripts
  • scripts, executing from IDLE / Executing scripts from IDLE
• image file
  • map, exporting / Exporting a map to an image file, How to do it…
• indexing / String manipulation
• individual layer
  • fixing, with replaceDataSource() method / Fixing individual layer and table objects with replaceDataSource(), How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• informational messages / Getting ready
• InsertCursor
  • about / Introduction
  • used, for inserting rows / Inserting rows with InsertCursor, How to do it…, How it works…
• InsertLayer() function / Inserting layers into a map document
• instance / How it works…

L

• layer files
  • broken data sources, searching / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• layer information
  • obtaining, with ArcGIS REST API and Python / Getting layer information with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, How to do it…, How it works…
• layer properties
  • updating / Updating layer properties, How to do it…
• layers
  • adding, to map document / Adding layers to a map document, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • inserting, into map document / Inserting layers into a map document, How to do it…, How it works…
• layer symbology
  • updating / Updating layer symbology, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• layout elements
  • listing / Creating a list of layout elements, Getting ready, How it works…
  • unique name, assigning / Assigning a unique name to layout elements, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • restricting, ListLayoutElements() function used / Restricting the layout elements returned by ListLayoutElements(), How it works...
  • properties, updating / Updating the properties of layout elements, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works...
• layout view
  • about / Getting ready
• ListBrokenDataSources() function / Introduction, There's more…
• ListDataFrames() function / How it works…
• ListFields() function / How it works…
• ListLayers() function / How it works…
• ListLayoutElements() function
  • used, for restricting layout elements returned / Restricting the layout elements returned by ListLayoutElements(), How it works...
• list of fields
  • returning, in feature class / How to do it…, How it works…
• list of layers
  • obtaining, in map document / Getting a list of layers in a map document, How to do it…, There's more…
  • restricting / Restricting the list of layers, How to do it…
• lists
  • about / Lists
• ListTables() function / There's more…
• looping statements
  • about / Looping statements
  • for loops / Looping statements

M

• map
  • printing, with PrintMap() function / Printing maps with PrintMap(), Getting ready, How it works...
  • exporting, to PDF file / Exporting a map to a PDF file, How to do it…, How it works…
  • exporting, to image file / Exporting a map to an image file, How to do it…
  • exporting, with ArcGIS REST API and Python / Exporting a map with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• map book
  • building, with Data Driven Pages / Building a map book with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy mapping, How to do it…, How it works…
  • building, with arcpy mapping / Building a map book with Data Driven Pages and ArcPy mapping, How to do it…, How it works…
• map document
  • broken data sources, searching / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • publishing, to ArcGIS Server service / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• MapDocument.findAndReplaceWorkspacePaths() method
  • used, for fixing broken data sources / Fixing broken data sources with MapDocument.findAndReplaceWorkspacePaths(), How to do it…, There's more…
• MapDocument.replaceWorkspaces() method
  • used, for fixing broken data sources / Fixing broken data sources with MapDocument.replaceWorkspaces(), How to do it…, How it works…
• MapDocument class / How it works…
• map documents
  • referencing / Referencing map documents on a disk, How it works…
  • list of layers, obtaining / Getting a list of layers in a map document, How to do it…
  • layers, adding / Adding layers to a map document, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • layers, inserting / Inserting layers into a map document, How to do it…, How it works…
• map documents, folder
  • broken data sources, searching / Finding broken data sources in all map documents in a folder, How to do it..., How it works...
• map extent
  • changing / Changing the map extent, How to do it..., How it works...
• map service
  • querying, with ArcGIS REST API and Python / Querying a map service with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, How to do it…, How it works…
• multivalue input
  • providing, with ValueTable / Using a ValueTable to provide multivalue input to a tool, How to do it…, How it works…

N

• National Interagency Fire Center Incident FTP site
  • about / Getting ready
  • URL / Getting ready
• nodes
  • about / Getting ready
• numbers
  • about / Numbers

O

• object / How it works…
• open() function
  • about / File I/O

P

• PDF file
  • map, exporting / Exporting a map to a PDF file, How to do it…, How it works…
• pip
  • URL, for installing / How to do it…, How to do it…
• printers
  • listing / Getting a list of available printers, How to do it…
• PrintMap() function
  • used, for printing map / Printing maps with PrintMap(), Getting ready, How it works...
• property groups
  • about / Getting ready
• Python
  • and ArcGIS REST API, used for obtaining layer information / Getting layer information with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, How to do it…, How it works…
  • and ArcGIS REST API, used for exporting map / Exporting a map with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • and ArcGIS REST API, used for querying map service / Querying a map service with the ArcGIS REST API and Python, How to do it…, How it works…
  • installing, for ArcGIS Pro / Installing Python for ArcGIS Pro
• Python add-ins module
  • using / How to do it..., How it works...
• Python Add-In Wizard
  • installing / Downloading and installing the Python Add-in Wizard, How to do it…
  • about / Getting ready
  • downloading / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• Python exception handling structures
  • adding / Adding Python exception handling structures (try/except/else), Getting ready, How it works…
  • try/except statement / Getting ready
  • try/except/else statement / Getting ready
  • try block / Getting ready
  • try/except/else/finally / Getting ready
• Python json module
  • used, for parsing HTTP response / Making HTTP requests and parsing the response with Python, How to do it…, How it works…
• Python language fundamentals
  • about / Python language fundamentals
  • code, commenting / Commenting code
  • modules, importing / Importing modules
  • variables / Variables
  • built-in data types / Built-in data types
  • classes / Classes and objects
  • objects / Classes and objects
  • statements / Statements
  • file I/O / File I/O
• Python prompt section
  • about / Using the new Python window in ArcGIS Pro
• Python requests module
  • URL, for installing / How to do it…
  • about / Introduction
• Python scripts
  • running, from command line / Running Python scripts from the command line, How to do it…, How it works…
  • adding, to batch files / Adding Python scripts to batch files, There's more...
• Python setup file
  • URL, for downloading / Installing Python for ArcGIS Pro
• Python toolbox
  • creating / Creating a Python toolbox, How to do it…, How it works…
• Python window
  • using, in ArcGIS Pro / Using the new Python window in ArcGIS Pro

R

• records
  • filtering, with where clause / Filtering records with a where clause, Getting ready, How it works…
• replaceDataSource() method
  • used, for fixing individual layer / Fixing individual layer and table objects with replaceDataSource(), How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • used, for fixing table objects / Fixing individual layer and table objects with replaceDataSource(), How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• report
  • about / Exporting a report
  • exporting / Exporting a report, How to do it…, How it works…
• Report Document File (RDF)
  • about / Getting ready
• Report Layout File (RLF)
  • about / Getting ready
• rows
  • selecting, with Select Layer by Attribute tool / Getting ready, How to do it…
  • selecting, with Select by Location tool / Selecting features with the Select by Location tool, How to do it…
  • inserting, with InsertCursor / Inserting rows with InsertCursor, How to do it…, How it works…
  • updating, with UpdateCursor / Updating rows with UpdateCursor, How to do it…, How it works…
  • deleting, with UpdateCursor / Deleting rows with UpdateCursor, How to do it…, How it works…
  • inserting, inside edit session / Inserting and updating rows inside an edit session, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • updating, inside edit session / Inserting and updating rows inside an edit session, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…

S

• script
  • geoprocessing tools, executing from / Executing geoprocessing tools from a script, How it works…
• SearchCursor
  • about / Introduction
  • used, for retrieving features from feature class / Retrieving features from a feature class with SearchCursor, Getting ready, How it works…
• Select by Location tool
  • used, for selecting features / Selecting features with the Select by Location tool, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • used, for combining spatial and attribute query / Combining a spatial and attribute query with the Select by Location tool, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• selected features
  • zooming / Zooming in to selected features, How to do it…
• selection methods
  • NEW_SELECTION / Getting ready
  • ADD_TO_SELECTION / Getting ready
  • REMOVE_FROM_SELECTION / Getting ready
  • SUBSET_SELECTION / Getting ready
  • SWITCH_SELECTION / Getting ready
  • CLEAR_SELECTION / Getting ready
• Select Layer by Attribute tool
  • used, for selecting features / Selecting features and rows with the Select Layer by Attribute tool, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • used, for selecting rows / Selecting features and rows with the Select Layer by Attribute tool, Getting ready, How to do it…
• Service Definition Draft
  • about / Publishing a map document to an ArcGIS Server service
• slicing / String manipulation, Lists
• spatial query
  • about / Introduction
  • combining with attribute query, Select by Location tool used / Combining a spatial and attribute query with the Select by Location tool, How to do it..., How it works...
• specific error messages
  • testing for / Testing for and responding to specific error messages, How to do it…, How it works…
  • responding to / Testing for and responding to specific error messages, How to do it…
• StageService Tool(.sd)
  • about / Getting ready
• statements
  • about / Statements
  • decision statements / Decision support statements
  • looping statements / Looping statements
  • try statements / Try statements
  • with statements / With statements
  • statement indentation / Statement indentation
• strings
  • about / Strings
  • string manipulation / String manipulation, Numbers
• sys.argv[ ]
  • used, for capturing command-line input / Using sys.argv[ ] to capture command-line input, Getting ready, How to do it...

T

• table objects
  • fixing, with replaceDataSource() method / Fixing individual layer and table objects with replaceDataSource(), How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• table views
  • creating / Creating feature layers and table views, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more...
  • about / Getting ready
• time-enabled layers
  • working with, in data frame / Working with time-enabled layers in a data frame, How to do it..., How it works…
• tool add-in
  • about / Creating a tool add-in, How it works...
  • creating / Getting ready, How to do it...
• toolbox alias
  • retrieving / Retrieving a toolbox alias, How to do it…, How it works…
• tool chaining
  • about / Using the output of a tool as an input to another tool
• tool messages
  • retrieving, with GetMessages() / Retrieving tool messages with GetMessages(), Getting ready, How it works…
  • filtering, by level of severity / Filtering tool messages by the level of severity, How to do it…, How it works…
• Transcript section
  • about / Using the new Python window in ArcGIS Pro
• try statement
  • about / Try statements
  • try/except/else / Try statements
  • try/finally / Try statements
• tuple, Python
  • about / Getting ready
• tuples
  • about / Tuples

U

• unique name
  • assigning, to layout elements / Assigning a unique name to layout elements, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• UpdateCursor
  • about / Introduction
  • rows, updating / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • rows, deleting / Deleting rows with UpdateCursor, How to do it…, How it works…
• UpdateLayer() function / Updating layer symbology, There's more...
• UploadServiceDefinition Tool
  • about / Getting ready

V

• ValueTable
  • used, for providing multivalue input / Using a ValueTable to provide multivalue input to a tool, How to do it…, How it works…
• variables
  • about / Variables
  • naming rules / Variables
  • legal variable names / Variables
  • illegal variable names / Variables
  • dynamic typing / Variables
  • data types, assigning / Variables
• views
  • data view / Getting ready
  • layout view / Getting ready

W

• Walk() function
  • used, for navigating directories / Using Walk() to navigate directories, How to do it…, How it works…
• warning messages / Getting ready
• where clause
  • used, for filtering records / Filtering records with a where clause, Getting ready, How it works…
• with statements
  • about / With statements
• workspace / Getting ready

X

• XML files
  • reading / Reading XML files, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…

Z

• ZIP files
  • creating / Creating ZIP files, Getting ready, How to do it…