How to switch the active map in ArcGIS Pro project

Question

I have 2 Maps (tabs) in an active (loaded) project in the AcrGIS Pro SW.

Map1 is the active map. I am running a script via the python console  that intersect 2 layers (lyr1 and lyr2) that are in Map2 and output a new layer (lyr3);

The output of that intersect operation is added to the active Map (Map1) but I want it to be added to where the 2 layers that are being intersect are (i.e. Map2);

- I know that I can manually switch the active map by selecting it with the mouse prior to running my script. Don't want to do it this way....

- Is there a python method to force that switch? I tried using openView() but this is not the solution I am looking for as this opens another view of Map2 that already exists.

* this same question was asked in this forum last May but was not answered.

Thanks in advance.

DanielMiranda2 · Accepted Answer

When I ran into this issue, I set the environmental variable addOutputsToMap to false. This of course only works if you are running your code in Pro, which it sounds like you are.

arc.env.addOutputstoMap = False

That stops layers from being automatically added to maps. Then, if you store the result of your intersect in a variable, you can use addDataFromPath on the specific map you want to add the layer to.

Relevant links:

env—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation (search addOutputstoMap

Map—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation (search addDataFromPath)

BarakGarty · Accepted Answer

Excellent!

I used your solution and found it to work for my needs in this case.

Thank you.