Create Profile by Import From Table (Business Analyst)

Summary

Creates a profile from a table of aggregated segmentation information. For example, this tool will create a profile from a table of records that summarizes the count of customers for each segment.

Learn more about how Create Profile By Import From Table works

Usage

Syntax

CreateProfileByImportFromTable_ba (Dataset, InputClusterCodeFieldName, InputCustomerCountFieldName, ProfileFolder, {InputVolumeInfoFieldName}, {InputProfileComments})
ParameterExplanationData Type
Dataset

Table containing segmentation codes and attributes.

Table View
InputClusterCodeFieldName

Field in the input table that contains the segmentation codes.

Field
InputCustomerCountFieldName

Field in the input table that contains the count of records for each segment. For example, this could be the number of customers in each segment.

Field
ProfileFolder

The output profile is created in this folder. The folder name corresponds to the name of the profile used in Business Analyst. For example, a profile created in the folder C:\My Output Data\Projects\Default Project\Segmentation\Profiles\NewProfile would be referred to as NewProfile in Business Analyst.

Folder
InputVolumeInfoFieldName
(Optional)

Optional field in the input table that contains aggregated volume information for each segment. For example, this could be the total sales for each segment.

Field
InputProfileComments
(Optional)

Optional comments for profile. These comments can include information such as author, source, date, and vintage.

String

Code Sample

CreateProfileByImportFromTable Example (Stand-alone Script)
# Name: CreateProfleByImportFromTable.py
# Description: Creates a segmentation profile from a table that contains segmentation distributions.
# Author: ESRI

# Import system modules

import arcview
import arcpy

arcpy.AddToolbox("C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Business Analyst Tools.tbx")
 
try:
# Acquire extension license 
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Business")
 
# Define input and output parameters for the Create Profile by Import From Table tool
InputTable= "C:/temp/Profile.dbf"
OutPath = "C:/temp/NewProfile.xml"
 
# Create Profile by Import from Table
arcpy.CreateProfileByImportFromTable_ba(InputTable, "CodeFld", "CountFLD", OutPath)
 
# Release extension license 
arcpy.CheckInExtension("Business")
     
except:
  print arcpy.GetMessages(2)

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments

Related Topics

Licensing Information

ArcView: Requires Business Analyst
ArcEditor: Requires Business Analyst
ArcInfo: Requires Business Analyst

11/8/2010