Get the ArcGIS Pro Version and the License in-use using ArcPy
Glen Bambrick
- September 12, 2024
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Table of Contents
Introduction
A nice little code snippet that will allow you to access the version of ArcGIS Pro running the code and the license level in use. These are often required when you know some of your code will not run with certain versions or without a certain level of license.
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Import the ArcPy module
ArcPy is a Python site package that enables automation, analysis, and management of geographic data within the ArcGIS software environment.
import arcpy
Get the GetInstallInfo() dictionary
The GetInstallInfo() ArcPy function returns a dictionary containing the “Version” of ArcGIS Pro installed, and the current “LicenseLevel” – Basic, Standard, Advanced. The dictionary also contains information for the “Installer” – who installed the software, “InstallDate” and “InstallTime” amongst others.
arcpro_version = arcpy.GetInstallInfo()
Get the version of ArcGIS Pro in use
To get the version of ArcGIS Pro in use we access the “Version” key from the GetInstallInfo() dictionary which will return a string defining the version – ‘3.2’, ‘3.3’ for examples.
pro_version = install_info["Version"]
Get the license level in use
To get the current license level in use we access the “LicenseLevel” key from the GetInstallInfo() dictionary which will return a string containing ‘Basic’, ‘Standard’, or ‘Advanced’ based on the user who run the script. We can also access the license level via the ProductInfo() ArcPy function.
pro_license = install_info["LicenseLevel"]
## alternate option for getting the license level
license_dict = {
"ArcView" : "Basic",
"ArcEditor" : "Standard",
"ArcInfo" : "Advanced"
}
pro_license = license_dict[arcpy.ProductInfo()]
Test for license level and version
Some tools require a certain level of license to run and others will fail if they are using a geoprocessing tool available from a certain version onwards. These can be good to catch in your scripts. For example, at version 3.2, the SearchCursor added a spatial_filter parameter. Any version prior to 3.2 would not be able to execute to completion if the tool utilises the spatial_filter option.
if pro_license != "Advanced":
arcpy.AddWarning("Advanced license required to run this tool")
elif not float(pro_version) >= 3.0:
arcpy.AddWarning("ArcGIS Pro 3.0 or greater required to run this tool")
else:
# do something cool with arcpy
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