How to combine loops or reuse variables

Question

I have a project with multiple layouts and corresponding maps (1-to-1). The maps/layouts are very similar (to get around Pro's inability to set layer visibility per view) and I want to automate setting up the common layers in each map/layout. It's two basic steps: 1) adjust the def query on one of two layer and 2) center the map frame on the queried feature. I've created a loop that successfully changes the def query on all maps: maps = proj.listMaps() for m in maps: zhLyr = m.listLayers("Zoning History")[0] suLyr = m.listLayers("Special Use Permit")[0] if caseType == "C" or caseType == "Z": zhLyr.definitionQuery = "CaseNumber = '" + case + "'" zhLyr.visible = True suLyr.visible = False elif caseType == "S": suLyr.definitionQuery = "CaseNumber = '" + case + "'" suLyr.visible = True zhLyr.visible = False‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ I conceptually know how to loop through the layouts and center them on the feature: layouts = proj.listLayouts() for l in layouts: mf = l.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT") if caseType == "C" or caseType == "Z": zhExt = mf.getLayerExtent(zhLyr) mf.camera.setExtent(zhExt) mf.camera.scale = 1500 elif caseType == "S": suExt = mf.getLayerExtent(suLyr) mf.camera.setExtent(suExt) mf.camera.scale = 1500‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The problem is the layer variable. It's defined in the first loop and I don't know if there's a way to recall it in the second loop. Maybe the loops have to be nested, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to do that properly. Thank you for any help!

JeffThomasILM · Accepted Answer

I figured out how to combine the loops, using the map property from the MapFrame object instead of the listMaps function of the ArcGISProject object. import arcpy proj = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") path = proj.filePath case = path.split("\")[-1][:-5] # project file name is the case number caseType = path.split("\")[-1][0:1] # first character of case number indicates type layouts = proj.listLayouts() for l in layouts: mf = l.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT","Map Frame")[0] zhLyr = mf.map.listLayers("Zoning History")[0] suLyr = mf.map.listLayers("Special Use Permit")[0] if caseType == "C" or caseType == "Z": zhLyr.definitionQuery = "CaseNumber = '" + case + "'" zhLyr.visible = True suLyr.visible = False zhExt = mf.getLayerExtent(zhLyr) mf.camera.setExtent(zhExt) mf.camera.scale = 1500 elif caseType == "S": suLyr.definitionQuery = "CaseNumber = '" + case + "'" suLyr.visible = True zhLyr.visible = False suExt = mf.getLayerExtent(suLyr) mf.camera.setExtent(suExt) mf.camera.scale = 1500‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Still a few details to work out, such as I don't actually want every map scale to be 1:1500. But it works!