Error when Creating Layer Package in Arcpy

Question

I'm trying to create a layer package from a feature layer (whose data source is a feature class) using arcpy. However, I keep getting the following error:

Object: Error in executing tool

Here's the code I'm using:

import arcpy
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
arcpy.env.workspace = "D:/Data/"
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
print "environments set"
lpk = "layerPackage.lpk"
summary = "A summary"
tags = "tag1", "tag2"
print "layer package variables defined"
dataFrame = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "*")[0]
layers = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "", dataFrame)
print layers
for lyr in layers:
 try:
 if lyr.name == "Layer_I_Want":
 print "converting Layer_I_Want to lpk"
 arcpy.PackageLayer_management(lyr, lpk, "CONVERT", "PRESERVE_ARCSDE", 
 "#", "ALL", "ALL", "CURRENT", "#", summary, tags)
 print "lpk created"
 except Exception as e: print(e)
mxd.save()

How do I fix it?

I've tried different combinations of "CONVERT"/"PRESERVE" but still get the same error.

• maverickGIS: I'm not sure, but one thing I see is that you're allowing overwrite outputs before setting your workspace, is this keeping your outputs from being written due to duplicate files?
• Ben S Nadler: Per the doc, the first CONVERT is not relevant when using SDE data. Use "CONVERT_ARCSDE". Also, try making lpk a full path using os.path.join (workspace,lpkName.lpk) desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/…
• Cat: So i made the changes you guys suggested but still received the same error. However, I did manage to get it to work simply by combining tag1 and tag2 as a single string. Below is my final code for reference.

Answer 1

Working code:

import arcpy
import os
arcpy.env.workspace = "D:/Data/"
workspace = arcpy.env.workspace
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
print "environments set"
lpkName = "layerPackage"
lpk = os.path.join(workspace+lpkName+".lpk")
summary = "A summary"
tags = "tag1, tag2"
print "layer package variables defined"
dataFrame = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "*")[0]
layers = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "", dataFrame)
for lyr in layers:
 try:
 if lyr.name == "Layer_I_Want":
 print "converting Layer_I_Want to lpk"
 arcpy.PackageLayer_management(lyr, lpk, "PRESERVE", "CONVERT_ARCSDE", 
 "#", "ALL", "ALL", "CURRENT", "#", summary, tags)
 print "lpk created"
except Exception as e: print(e)
mxd.save()