Create An Empty Customer Layer (Business Analyst)

Summary

Creates a new empty point feature class (customer layer). You can define fields to be created in the new layer.

Usage

Syntax

CreateEmptyCustomerLayer_ba (OutputFeatureClass, {FldsCollection}, {NameField}, {LinkField})
ParameterExplanationData Type
OutputFeatureClass

The feature class that will contain the customer features.

Feature Class
FldsCollection
(Optional)

Fields to add to the output feature class.

String
NameField
(Optional)

The field that will identify the customer name.

String
LinkField
(Optional)

Unique ID linking the customer file with the store file.

String

Code Sample

CreateEmptyCustomerLayer Example (Stand-alone Script)
# Name: CreateEmptyCustomerLayer.py
# Description: Creates a new empty customer layer.
# Author: ESRI

# Import system modules
import arcview
import arcpy

arcpy.ImportToolbox("C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Business Analyst Tools.tbx")
 
try:
# Acquire extension license 
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Business")
 
# Defines the parameters for the Create an Empty Customer Layer tool
OutPath = "C:/temp/New_Customers.shp"
StoreId = "ID"
Name= "Address"
FldCol = "Name:ID|Alias:ID|Type:esriFieldTypeSmallInteger|Precision:1;Name:Address|Alias:Address|Type:esriFieldTypeString|Precision:40"
 
# Creates a new feature class (Customer Layer) with empty attribute fields
arcpy.CreateEmptyCustomerLayer_ba(OutPath, FldCol, Name, StoreId)
 
# 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