There are three ways to access `arcpy`.

• In ArcGIS Pro via the Python interpreter or Notebooks

• In ArcGIS Online Notebooks using Advanced Python 3 kernel

• From the command line on Windows by activating the ArcGIS Pro Python environment

Two methods require you to have access to a Windows computer; these instructions are for one of them.

If you want access to `arcpy` from the command line to run alongside your own code and other third-party Python packages, follow these instructions.

• Open ArcGIS Pro and go to Settings (bottom left) and click on Python

• Click on Manage Environments

• Clone ArcGIS Pro python environment and name it (e.g., 'adv-gis')

  • This can take a while

  • Note: if you activate the cloned environment, you can update existing and install third-party packages from the Python interpreter in ArcGIS Pro or Notebooks environment

• Update your user "Path" environment variable to point to `...\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts\`

  • This folder contains the activate.bat, which you need to access the conda virtual Python environment

• Open a new Command Prompt window and type `activate adv-gis`

• Try loading arcpy from Python

```shell

python -c "import arcpy; print(arcpy.__name__)"

```

References

• Introducing ArcGIS Notebooks in ArcGIS Pro

• Getting started with notebooks

• How to set the path and environment variables in Windows

• https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/get-started/what-is-conda.htm

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