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Control visibility of same features in different layouts and/or map frame

CandiceOoi1

I am creating several maps in different layouts and different map frames using the same features in ArcGIS Pro. However, I would like to only show some features in one frame and not the other. When I toggle off the features in one map frame, they will disappear in other map frames and my map as well. Is there a way to make the visibility independent of each map frame?

I appreciate your advise in the best workflow in handling situations as such. Here is a thread that I came across on Stack Exchange.

Thank you so much!

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AmySnelgrove1

I agree! The way it's set up, if you want symbology to be consistent across all maps and you change it in one, you now have to change it 10 times instead of once in a single map frame! I hope this is in the works. it's a pain!

Allen

From a cartography and production perspective, Pro is step backwards IMO.

ColinChupik_

To ESRI, it would be great if you could address this issue. In arcMap I was able to copy and paste map frames, preserving grids/extent/map layers. In ArcPro, I have to recreate the map frame, find the right bookmark, add all the layers, adjust the grid (because you cannot simply copy and paste that either), and recreate the raster function hillshade (because you cannot copy these as well). This would probably save me hours of work and should only take 5 seconds.

Allen

CAD programs have had this functionality for at 20 years that I personally know of. Ridiculous that Pro does not have such capability.

RichardOHearn

Sometimes I go down the rabbit hole of thought until I reach what I imagine to be an origin story of ArcGIS Pro: that being of software that was designed to perform spatial data analysis and not something meant to create and share spatial information with non-GIS people. I think the purpose of my going through this exercise is to try to give benefit of the doubt to the Esri platform and assume that there is a logical justification for such a simple feature like this to not be available in this day in age.

Has nobody at Esri had to create a layout in which the overview map frame not only didn't need as much detail as the main map frame, but that not being able to hide/turn off layers between the two would actually prohibit being able to communicate important information derived from spatial data?!?

I mean geeze, folks, at least let bookmarks retain layer status!

AndrewBliss

This simple question and the convoluted backflips required to answer/address/explain are the reason why I don't like ESRI.

brooks248

This is exactly what I am trying to do with the definition queries as well. Very frustrating as it seems it used to work in Arcmap but not ArcGis Pro. Kinda silly.

Heidi_Kristenson

Hi Tom,

I also would find this functionality useful, but the ideas link that you posted (https://community.esri.com/ideas/18312) is no longer active. Is there any work being done to make this possible? Or is there another idea I can promote? I was also looking at https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/turn-layers-on-or-off-independently-on-different/m-p/703899, which would also more or less get me where I want to go.

In my use case, I have a variety of layers that I want to exhibit side by side in a layout. It would be very handy if I could just create one map that includes all of the layers, then apply something like a definition query in the layout map frames to set which layer is actually displayed in each of the frames.

As it is, I have to generate duplicate maps, turn on the desired layer in each one, then link to the maps separately in each map frame included in the layout. Because I do this often, it's not only tedious and time-consuming, but my ArcGIS Pro projects get really bloated. It doesn't take me long to get upwards of 50 maps added into my project.

Thanks,

Heidi

CandiceOoi1

Thank you for your very helpful and detailed response Tom!

TomBole

Hi Candice,

First, let's get on the same page for terminology. When you say "I am creating several maps in different layouts and different map frames using the same features in ArcGIS Pro". I'm assuming that you have several map frames in different layouts that point to the same map. This is what the Stack Exchange thread refers to and is not supported by ArcGIS Pro. Though map frames do control some "map properties" such as extent - it does not control many map properties such as layer visibility, or any layer properties. These are are controlled by the map. Think of the map frame much like a map view - it is a view of the map. You can layer properties while working with a map view or a map frame, but all other views linked to this map will see these changes as well.

From the help topic - Add and modify map frames—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Note:
While the map extent of each map frame is independent of other map frames, the contents of a map frame's map are not. A map frame is just like having another map view open. For example, if you select some features on a map, those features are selected in all open views of that map—including in map frames. Likewise, if you turn off a layer in one view, it turns off in all views. Layer properties cannot be set per view.

Until we engineer a way to either version maps or "freeze" map frames with a given state of a map (similar to ArcView) you will need to manage your map states by either toggling the layer visibility as needed or by created a new map for each map state that you want in different layouts.

Here is a thread on Ideas site that has more info:

https://community.esri.com/ideas/18312

Hope this helps,

Tom

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