Renaming in ArcGIS Pro

Question

When renaming layouts and maps I always either get an error saying "Object Reference not set to an instance of an object" or the error in the image below. This has going on for a while and I'd be surprised if the devs were not aware of it.

Any Ideas what the problem is?

KoryKramer · Answer

Are you renaming maps and layouts from an imported mxd?

We have a known issue for this.

[BUG-000116427: An error occurs when renaming a layout from the Catalog pane in ArcGIS Pro.]

Listed workarounds:

* From the Catalog pane, right-click the layout and click Open.
* From the Contents pane, double-click the layout to rename.

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

BUG-000115834: The error message, "Object reference not set to an i..

It appears this thing about having multiple instances of objects of the same name is not well tolerated in other situations.

You might want to flag this with tech support since it may be related

Kory Kramer‌ multiple layouts same name, multiple folders same name... only common link.

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

sounds like it is having a hard time catching up (that … has not been initialized... line)