Disable Referent Fields (Location Referencing)—ArcGIS Pro

Summary

Disables referent fields for an existing linear referencing system (LRS) event feature class or feature layer. It does not delete the referent columns; it removes the referent column information from the Lrs_Metadata table.

Usage

The referent fields must be enabled for the event prior to running this tool.

Syntax

arcpy.locref.DisableReferentFields(in_feature_class)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_feature_class	The input feature class or feature layer for the LRS event.	Feature Layer

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
out_feature_class	The updated feature layer for the event.	Feature Layer

Code sample

DisableReferentFields example 1 (Python window)

The following script demonstrates how to use the DisableReferentFields tool in a Python window.

# Name: Disable_Referent_Fields_ex1.py
# Description: Disable referent fields in an existing LRS event feature class. 
# Requires: ArcGIS Location Referencing

# Check out license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("LocationReferencing")

# Set current workspace
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\db_connections\test_connection.sde"

# Local variables
in_feature_class = r"test_gdb.user.LRS.Event_FeatureClass"

# Execute the tool
arcpy.DisableReferentFields_locref(in_feature_class)

# Check in license
arcpy.CheckInExtension('LocationReferencing')

DisableReferentFields example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following script demonstrates how to use the DisableReferentFields tool in a stand-alone Python script.

# Name: Disable_Referent_Fields_ex2.py
# Description: Disables referent fields in an existing LRS event feature class. 
# Requires: ArcGIS Location Referencing

# import arcpy module
import arcpy
 
# Check out license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("LocationReferencing")

# Local variables:
in_feature_class = r"C:\db_connections\test_connection.sde\LRS\test_gdb.user.Event_FeatureClass"

# Execute the tool
arcpy.DisableReferentFields_locref(in_feature_class)

# Check in license
arcpy.CheckInExtension('LocationReferencing')

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

Basic: Requires ArcGIS Location Referencing
Standard: Requires ArcGIS Location Referencing
Advanced: Requires ArcGIS Location Referencing