Automating Processes with ArcPy to do work so I don’t have to Joe Guzi GIS Systems Analyst Stark County GIS Department 2015 Ohio GIS Conference September , 2015 | Hyatt Regency Columbus| Columbus, Ohio

Why Automate processes? Not only to do work so I don’t have to But mainly to Free me up to do more work

Why do more work? Because work leads to Taking Over the world!

Automaton Strategies Walk through Process Test Be prepared Task Scheduler and BAT Files Maintenance Excel Sheet To Maintain Schedule Code Examples

Automaton Strategies: Walk through process

Automaton Strategies: Test

Automaton Strategies: Test Again

Automaton Strategies: Task Scheduler and BAT Files

Bat Files ▫Just Text Files saved with a bat extension ▫Written using DOS Commands ▫Syntax

Automaton Strategies: Task Scheduler and BAT Files

Task Scheduler Parameters: ▫Trigger – Declare when the task will run and how frequently ▫Actions – Declare what the Task will do ▫Conditions – Declare computer setting for power or idle ▫Settings – Determine how the task can be treated  Allow the task to run on demand  Stop the task if it takes forever

Excel Sheet to Maintain Schedule

Code Examples

Code Examples: Layer Update Automation

Code Examples: Feature Update Notification

Code Examples: Automation of Tax Map Updates

Code Examples: Cache Error Detection

Python Tips and Tricks Section your code Comment Comment Comment Use Print Command Error Block Notification Create Logs Time Use Resources

Python Tips and Tricks: Section your code Description Import Section Variables Processes Output Error Reporting

Python Tips and Tricks: Comment Comment Comment Comment everything If you change your code comment the change You never know when you will have to come back to your code and commenting will be the best way to remember why you did something Also commenting is good back up in case something happened to the author (God forbid)

Python Tips and Tricks: Comment Comment Comment

Python Tips and Tricks: Use the print Command

Python Tips and Tricks: Error blocks

Python Tips and Tricks: Notification

Python Tips and Tricks: Create logs

Python Tips and Tricks: Time Time Libraries: ▫Time ▫Datetime Time.gmtime datetime.datetime.utcnow() datetime.timedelta(minutes = 15) str(DayAgo)[0:19] "( LAST_EDITED_DATE >= '" + DayAgoFormat + "' )"

Python Tips and Tricks: Use Resources Python Window in ArcGIS desktop ArcGIS Resources Python Section Geoprocessing Tool References GitHub Friends Python Documentation Site

Questions? Joe Guzi