Arcpy.sa.PointDensity raise ERROR 000354: The name contains invalid characters

arcpydensityerror-000354kernel densityshapefile

I am trying to run the PointDensity function on a feature class located in a shapefile:

[edit shp_file_path]

shp_file_path = os.path.join('path_to_shp_folder', 'shp_file_name')
if os.path.isfile(shp_file_path):
    out_raster = arcpy.sa.PointDensity(shp_file_path , 'FIELD_NAME', 0.000278832485028573, NbrCircle(2.32360404190478E-03, 'MAP'), 'SQUARE_METERS')

This is a code is pasted from the ArcGIS Pro Desktop application history after it run successfully from the toolbox.

In ArcPy, I get the following error:

arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.
ERROR 000354: The name contains invalid characters

  • I have verified that path_to_shp_file is a valid file path.
  • I have checked with various numbers options inside the cellSize, and the NbrCircle.
  • I have tried from several locations on disk.
  • I have used MakeFeature_managment to create an in-memory feature class and gave its name as an argument to the input feature class.
  • I have verified that the workspace path is defined.
  • I have verified that the field 'FIELD_NAME' exists in the feature class by opening it in the desktop software.
  • I have verified that the feature class contains records of shape 'Point'.
  • I have tried to clone a new ArcPy Python virtual environment and configure its interpreter.
  • I have verified that I imported NbrCircle correctly.

How can I resolve this error?

Best Answer

It turned out that the path to the wokspace in:

arcpy.env.workspace = 'path_to_workspace'

was wrong, and the error message was not that helpful. After I fixed it, the command run successfully.

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