Is there a relate function in Arcpy?

[BaileyLipscomb1]

I have used the AddJoin_management to create a join. Is there a relate function in Arcpy?

[JakeSkinner]

Hi Bailey,

Does your data exist within the same geodatabase?  If so, you can use the CreateRelationshipClass_management function to create a relationship class between the two data types.  This creates a permanent association between fields or features in the origin feature class/table and the destination  feature class/table.

[BaileyLipscomb1]

Is it possible to perform on a file that is not stored in a Geodatabase?

[JakeSkinner]

Unfortunately not.  Both datasets will need to be in a geodatabase.  Are you working with shapefiles?  Is there something preventing your from converting your data into a File Geodatabase?

[BaileyLipscomb1]

Yeah there is a shapefile and csv table.

[JakeSkinner]

Can this date be imported into a File Geodatabase, or is the CSV consistently updated?