We have a script tool that exports mxd maps and mapbooks to pdf. Some of the mapbooks are large 144 pages. It is sometimes failing and sometimes working fine. I am not sure what the issue is... import os import arcpy import tempfile import shutil def remove_pdf ( pdf_path ) : if os . path . exists ( pdf_path ) : os . remove ( pdf_path ) parameter = arcpy . GetParameterAsText ( 0 ) dir_list = parameter . split ( ";" ) for in_path in dir_list : in_path = in_path . replace ( """'""" , "" ) input_files = os . listdir ( in_path ) #for dirpath, subdirs, files in os.walk(in_path): for f in input_files : temp_dir = tempfile . mkdtemp ( ) if f . endswith ( "mxd" ) : mxd_path = os . path . join ( in_path , f ) mxd = arcpy . mapping . MapDocument ( mxd_path ) if mxd . isDDPEnabled : map_book_path = mxd_path [ : - 3 ] + "pdf" remove_pdf ( map_book_path ) map_book_pdf = arcpy . mapping . PDFDocumentCreate ( map_book_path ) arcpy . AddMessage ( "\nExporting mapbook: " + os . path . join ( in_path , f ) ) for page in range ( 1 , mxd . dataDrivenPages . pageCount + 1 ) : arcpy . AddMessage ( "\tExporting mapbook page: " + str ( page ) ) pdf = os . path . join ( temp_dir , "map" + str ( page ) + ".pdf" ) mxd . dataDrivenPages . currentPageID = page arcpy . mapping . ExportToPDF ( mxd , pdf ) map_book_pdf . appendPages ( pdf ) map_book_pdf . saveAndClose ( ) arcpy . AddMessage ( "Export Complete" ) else : arcpy . AddMessage ( "\nExporting map: " + os . path . join ( in_path , f ) ) map_pdf_path = mxd_path [ : - 3 ] + "pdf" remove_pdf ( map_pdf_path ) arcpy . mapping . ExportToPDF ( mxd , map_pdf_path ) arcpy . AddMessage ( "Export Complete" ) shutil . rmtree ( temp_dir ) arcpy . AddMessage ( "\nAll Exports Complete" ) Error: Exporting mapbook: X:\xyz\mapbook.mxd Exporting mapbook page: 1 Exporting mapbook page: 2 Exporting mapbook page: 3 Exporting mapbook page: 4 Exporting mapbook page: 5 Failed script ExportToPDF... Traceback (most recent call last): File "X:\Tools\Export_PDF\Dev\pdfExport.py", line 31, in arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, pdf) File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.4\arcpy\arcpy\utils.py", line 182, in fn_ return fn(*args, **kw) File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.4\arcpy\arcpy\mapping.py", line 1156, in ExportToPDF layout.exportToPDF(*args) AttributeError: PageLayoutObject: Error in executing ExportToPDF Failed to execute (ExportToPDF). Failed at Thu Mar 09 19:20:29 2017 (Elapsed Time: 3 hours 12 minutes 54 seconds) Thanks for the help!

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export to pdf failing?

forestknutsen1

We have a script tool that exports mxd maps and mapbooks to pdf. Some of the mapbooks are large 144 pages. It is sometimes failing and sometimes working fine. I am not sure what the issue is...

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> tempfile
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> shutil

<SPAN class="keyword token">def</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">remove_pdf</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pdf_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>exists<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pdf_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>remove<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pdf_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

parameter <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
dir_list <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> parameter<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>split<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">";"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> in_path <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> dir_list<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in_path <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>&nbsp; in_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"""'"""</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">""</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; input_files <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>listdir<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>in_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token">#for dirpath, subdirs, files in os.walk(in_path):</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> f <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> input_files<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; temp_dir <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> tempfile<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mkdtemp<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> f<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>endswith<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"mxd"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mxd_path <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>in_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> f<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mxd <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MapDocument<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>isDDPEnabled<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map_book_path <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> mxd_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">3</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"pdf"</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; remove_pdf<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>map_book_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map_book_pdf <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>PDFDocumentCreate<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>map_book_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\nExporting mapbook: "</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>in_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> f<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> page <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> range<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>dataDrivenPages<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>pageCount <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\tExporting mapbook page: "</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> str<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>page<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pdf <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>temp_dir<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"map"</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> str<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>page<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">".pdf"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>dataDrivenPages<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>currentPageID <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> page
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ExportToPDF<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> pdf<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map_book_pdf<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>appendPages<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pdf<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map_book_pdf<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>saveAndClose<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Export Complete"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">else</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\nExporting map: "</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>in_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> f<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map_pdf_path <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> mxd_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">3</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"pdf"</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; remove_pdf<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>map_pdf_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ExportToPDF<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> map_pdf_path<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Export Complete"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shutil<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>rmtree<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>temp_dir<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\nAll Exports Complete"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
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Error:

Exporting mapbook: X:\xyz\mapbook.mxd
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exporting mapbook page: 1
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exporting mapbook page: 2
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exporting mapbook page: 3
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exporting mapbook page: 4
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exporting mapbook page: 5
Failed script ExportToPDF...
&nbsp;
Traceback (most recent call last):
&nbsp; File "X:\Tools\Export_PDF\Dev\pdfExport.py", line 31, in <module>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, pdf)
&nbsp; File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.4\arcpy\arcpy\utils.py", line 182, in fn_
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return fn(*args, **kw)
&nbsp; File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.4\arcpy\arcpy\mapping.py", line 1156, in ExportToPDF
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; layout.exportToPDF(*args)
AttributeError: PageLayoutObject: Error in executing ExportToPDF
&nbsp;
Failed to execute (ExportToPDF).
Failed at Thu Mar 09 19:20:29 2017 (Elapsed Time: 3 hours 12 minutes 54 seconds)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

Thanks for the help!

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forestknutsen1

It is now working well. I changed the parameter for the ExportToPDF method for layers_attributes from "LAYERS_ONLY" to "NONE". I think this was eating up system resources. I also added del mxd to the loop.

Thanks so much for the help everyone!

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forestknutsen1

Thanks so much for the help everyone!

DanPatterson_Retired

ergo the time question from 2 of us... perhaps you are simply running out of memory or the folders (temporary file locations) are simply filling up.Try the whole process in inputs to limit possible memory issues and/or garbage volumes. A good examination of that might be useful... and sometimes a good reboot/restart is necessary whether one wants to or not

forestknutsen1

It had exported hundreds of pages from other mapbooks and maps at that point.

mvolz47

Your error shows the script ran for 3 hours + before failing on pg. 5 I guess. Does it normally take this long to export pdfs from your mapbooks?

If it take 3+ hours to export 5 pages, how long does it take to print your 144 page mapbooks?

forestknutsen1

Yes, that is only the last lines of the tool text output. It had exported many mxd (maps and mapbooks) without problems before it failed. We did test the file and page at the fail point with a pdf export from arc. It worked fine.

DanPatterson_Retired

I am assuming that what you show is only a portion of the run since the elapsed time isn't jiving with the number of pages being printed.

Have you isolated that file and those pages for a test? to rule out content issues? or file issues?

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