The ArcPy property for Layers, connectionProperties, does not return the feature dataset that a feature class belongs to.
Last Published: February 12, 2019ArcGIS Pro
Bug ID Number
BUG-000091909
Submitted
November 4, 2015
Last Modified
June 5, 2024
Applies to
ArcGIS Pro
Version found
1.1
Status
Will Not Be Addressed
The development team has considered the issue or request and concluded it will not be addressed. The issue's Additional Information section may contain further explanation.
Additional Information
I am closing this issue "As designed". We are consistent with how it works in ArcMap and I can replace a feature class with with a different name, even if in a feature dataset - see code example below.Here is a snippet from the help: "Geodatabase feature datasets are part of a workspace and their names should not be included in the workspace path. If a feature class is moved into or out of a geodatabase feature dataset within the same workspace, nothing should be done in terms of updating map documents or layer file data sources. If a dataset is moved into a different workspace, but of the same workspace type, provide a path to the new workspace, without the geodatabase feature dataset name."The code belowfind_dict = {'connection_info': {'database': 'C:\Temp\FeatureDatasets\GreatLakes_1.gdb'},'dataset': 'GreatLakes','workspace_factory': 'File Geodatabase'}replace_dict = {'connection_info': {'database': 'C:\Temp\FeatureDatasets\GreatLakes_2.gdb'},'dataset': 'GreatLakesNEW','workspace_factory': 'File Geodatabase'}l.updateConnectionProperties(find_dict, replace_dict)
Workaround
Use the dataSource layer properties to set the full source path including feature dataset.