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Create Profile From Segmentation Coded Table

Available with Business Analyst license.

Summary

Creates a profile from a table of records that have segmentation codes already appended.

Learn more about how Create Profile From Segmentation Coded Table (Business Analyst) works

Usage

  • The Input Table must be in a format that can be opened in ArcGIS.

  • If the input table contains summarized counts for each segmentation code, use the Create Profile By Import From Table tool.

  • Optional Volume attributes are aggregated for each unique segmentation code.

Syntax

CreateSegProfileFromClusterCodedTable_ba (Dataset, ClusterCodeFieldName, ProfileFolder, {InputVolumeInfoFieldName}, {InputProfileComments})
ParameterExplanationData Type
Dataset

The table containing the segmentation codes.

Table View
ClusterCodeFieldName

The field in the input table that contains the segmentation codes.

Field
ProfileFolder

The folder where the output profile will be created. 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)

The field from the Input Table containing volume information with which the profile can optionally be created. For example, you can create a profile using sales for each customer.

Field
InputProfileComments
(Optional)

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

String

Code sample

CreateSegProfileFromSegmentationCodedTable example (stand-alone script)

# Name: CreateSegProfileFromSegmentationCodedTable.py
# Description: Imports an existing Segmentation profile.
# Author: Esri

# Import system modules
import arcview
import arcpy

arcpy.ImportToolbox(r"C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.7\Business Analyst\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Business Analyst Tools.tbx")
 
try:
# Acquire extension license 
  arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Business") 

# Define input and output parameters for the Create Profile From Segmentation Coded Table tool
  Dataset = "C:/temp/segTable.dbf"
  ClusterCodeFieldName = "SegField"
  ProfileFolder = "C:/My Output Data/Projects/Default Project/Segmentation/Profiles/NewProfile.xml"
  
# Imports an existing Segmentation profile.    
  arcpy.CreateSegProfileFromSegmentationCodedTable_ba(Dataset, ClusterCodeFieldName, ProfileFolder)
 
# Release extension license 

  arcpy.CheckInExtension("Business") 
 
except:
  print arcpy.GetMessages(2)

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

  • ArcGIS Desktop Basic: Requires Business Analyst
  • ArcGIS Desktop Standard: Requires Business Analyst
  • ArcGIS Desktop Advanced: Requires Business Analyst

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