Category properties

Summary

The properties below are returned by the categories object when using Describe on a utility network.

Properties

Property	Explanation	Data Type
creationTime (Read Only)	The creation time of the category.	String
name (Read Only)	The name of the category.	String

Code sample

Utility network categories properties example (stand-alone script)

This stand-alone Python script prints a report of some utility network properties.

'''****************************************************************************
Name:        DescribeUtilityNetworkProperties.py
Description: This script reports the properties of a utility network
Created by:  Esri
****************************************************************************'''

# Import required modules
import arcpy

# Describe function on a Utility Network
UN = "C:\\MyProject\\databaseConn.sde\\mygdb.USER1.Naperville\\mygdb.USER1.ElectricNetwork"
d = arcpy.Describe(UN)

# Categories properties
categories = d.categories
for cat in categories:
    print("*** - Categories properties - ***")
    print(f"Category creation time: {cat.creationTime}")
    print(f"Category Name: {cat.name} \n")