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Error

Running arcpy.management.SelectLayerByAttribute through multiple iterations, when the input is a feature class or table, results in each iteration being slower than the previous iteration.

Última publicación: February 22, 2023 ArcGIS Pro
Número de ID del error BUG-000153589
EnviadoNovember 9, 2022
Última modificaciónOctober 7, 2024
Relacionado conArcGIS Pro
Versión encontrada3.0.2
Sistema operativoWindows OS
Versión de sistema operativo10.0 64 Bit
EstadoAs Designed

Información adicional

Using the dataset instead of a layer as an input to the SelectBy tools is for convenience reasons. But it incurs some performance problems, as captured and explained in this issue. If performance is a concern, see the workaround. When a dataset is passed as an input to the SelectBy tools, the first step is to generate a unique layer name. The heuristic is to create a layer based on the input name and if the layer exists, add an incrementing numeric value. So if the input dataset is 'city.shp', the tool generates 'cityLayer' in the first loop. The second loop also generates 'cityLayer' but as this returns 'True' to the existence check, the name of the layer is renamed to 'cityLayer1'. The third loop hits two name collisions before settling on 'cityLayer2',  and so on. By the 100th iteration, we have 99 existence checks returning 'True', allowing to settle on 'cityLayer99'. The slowdown in the later parts of the iteration is due to this.

Solución alternativa

Use arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer to create a feature layer to be used as an input for arcpy.management.SelectLayerByAttribute. Refer to the following ArcMap documentation for more information: https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/select-layer-by-attribute.htm

Pasos para reproducir

ID del error: BUG-000153589

Software:

  • ArcGIS Pro

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