Customizing Multiple Element Layout Manager?

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I've been trying to customize Esri's free code sample Multiple Element Layout Manager to fit my own mapping. It rearranges page layout elements such as inset maps, north arrows and text on different map series pages all using a single map document. Below is the pageLayout Table with the data driven index page (Toronto 1, 2), and the data frame properties (elementPositionX, elementPositionY, elementWidth, elementHeight, XMin, YMin, XMax, YMax, rotation, scale). I always get the error message: "C:\Mytemplates\Resources\MultipleTemplates\MultipleElementLayoutManager_10.0_v1\ZoomToPage.py", line 46, in arrangeDFs(pageLayoutRow, df.name) File "C:\Mytemplates\Resources\MultipleTemplates\MultipleElementLayoutManager_10.0_v1\ZoomToPage.py", line 24, in arrangeDFs df.scale = rowInfo[9] IndexError: list index out of range. If line 24 is deleted, then it works, but I want the data frames to follow the scales in the table. The first code lays out all the map elements according to the table. The second code is used to populate the pageLayout table import arcpy, json, os, sys, time #Set up relative paths relPath = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]) #Get input page value from GP dialog pageName = str(arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)) #Function that arranges data frames based on the field info within the PageLayoutElements table def arrangeDFs(row, dfName): rowInfo = json.loads(row.getValue(dfName)) df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, dfName)[0] df.elementPositionX = rowInfo[0] df.elementPositionY = rowInfo[1] df.elementWidth = rowInfo[2] df.elementHeight = rowInfo[3] newExtent = df.extent newExtent.XMin = rowInfo[4] newExtent.YMin = rowInfo[5] newExtent.XMax = rowInfo[6] newExtent.YMax = rowInfo[7] df.extent = newExtent df.rotation = rowInfo[8] df.scale = rowInfo[9] ############################ MAIN SCRIPT STARTS HERE ############################## arcpy.AddMessage("Processing map: " + str(pageName)) #Reference MXD mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("current") #CURRENT #Use DDP object when not resetting the page back to the default template if pageName <> "Default Template": ddp = mxd.dataDrivenPages pageID = mxd.dataDrivenPages.getPageIDFromName(pageName) mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = pageID #Reference pageLayoutTable pageLayoutTable = arcpy.mapping.ListTableViews(mxd, "PageLayoutElements")[0] #Move all data frames off the layout and into their default positions pageLayoutCursor = arcpy.SearchCursor(pageLayoutTable.dataSource, "Name = 'Default Template'") pageLayoutRow = pageLayoutCursor.next() for df in arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd): arrangeDFs(pageLayoutRow, df.name) #Move appropriate data frames onto the layout pageLayoutCursor = arcpy.SearchCursor(pageLayoutTable.dataSource, "Name = '" + pageName + "'") pageLayoutRow = pageLayoutCursor.next() for df in arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd): if not pageLayoutRow.isNull(df.name): arrangeDFs(pageLayoutRow, df.name) #Arrange other layout elements nArrow1 = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "MAPSURROUND_ELEMENT", "NorthArrow1")[0] nArrow1.elementPositionX = json.loads(pageLayoutRow.getValue("Title_NorthArrow"))[0] nArrow1.elementPositionY = json.loads(pageLayoutRow.getValue("Title_NorthArrow"))[1] nArrow2 = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "MAPSURROUND_ELEMENT", "NorthArrow2")[0] nArrow2.elementPositionX = json.loads(pageLayoutRow.getValue("Title_NorthArrow"))[2] nArrow2.elementPositionY = json.loads(pageLayoutRow.getValue("Title_NorthArrow"))[3] arcpy.RefreshActiveView()‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ import arcpy, os, sys relPath = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]) def setDF(df): fieldValue = "[" + \ str(round(df.elementPositionX, 2)) + "," + str(round(df.elementPositionY, 2)) + "," + \ str(round(df.elementWidth, 2)) + "," + str(round(df.elementHeight, 2)) + "," + \ str(long(df.extent.XMin)) + "," + str(long(df.extent.YMin)) + "," + \ str(long(df.extent.XMax)) + "," + str(long(df.extent.YMax)) + "," + \ str(long(df.rotation)) + "," + str(long(df.scale)) + "]" return fieldValue ############################ MAIN SCRIPT STARTS HERE ############################## #REFERENCE MXD, DDP OBJECT, AND LAYOUT ELEMENTS mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") ddp = mxd.dataDrivenPages pageName = ddp.pageRow.getValue(ddp.pageNameField.name) northArrow1 = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "MAPSURROUND_ELEMENT", "NorthArrow1")[0] northArrow2 = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "MAPSURROUND_ELEMENT", "NorthArrow2")[0] #REFERENCE PAGELAYOUT TABLE pageLayoutTable = arcpy.mapping.ListTableViews(mxd, "PageLayoutElements")[0] #UPDATE INFORMATION FROM PAGELAYOUT TABLE pageLayoutCursor = arcpy.SearchCursor(pageLayoutTable.dataSource, "\"Name\" = '" + pageName + "'") pageLayoutRow = pageLayoutCursor.next() if pageLayoutRow == None: #INSERT A NEW ROW - INSERT CURSOR arcpy.AddMessage("Adding New Row") pageInsertCursor = arcpy.InsertCursor(pageLayoutTable.dataSource) pageInsertRow = pageInsertCursor.newRow() pageInsertRow.Name = pageName #Set Data Frame information for df in arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd): if df.elementPositionX > 0 and df.elementPositionX < 11: #don't set values if DF is off the page pageInsertRow.setValue(df.name, setDF(df)) #Set Locator and North Arrow pageInsertRow.Title_NorthArrow = "[" + str(round(northArrow1.elementPositionX,2)) + "," + str(round(northArrow1.elementPositionY,2)) + "," + \ str(round(northArrow2.elementPositionX,2)) + "," + str(round(northArrow2.elementPositionY,2)) + "]" pageInsertCursor.insertRow(pageInsertRow) del pageInsertCursor, pageInsertRow else: #UPDATE EXISTING ROW - UPDATE CURSOR arcpy.AddMessage("Updating Existing Row") pageUpdateCursor = arcpy.UpdateCursor(pageLayoutTable.dataSource, "\"Name\" = '" + pageName + "'") pageUpdateRow = pageUpdateCursor.next() #Set Data Frame information for df in arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd): if df.elementPositionX > 0 and df.elementPositionX < 11: #don't set values if DF is off the page pageUpdateRow.setValue(df.name, setDF(df)) #Set Locator and North Arrow pageUpdateRow.Title_NorthArrow = "[" + str(round(northArrow1.elementPositionX,2)) + "," + str(round(northArrow1.elementPositionY,2)) + "," + \ str(round(northArrow2.elementPositionX,2)) + "," + str(round(northArrow2.elementPositionY,2)) + "]" pageUpdateCursor.updateRow(pageUpdateRow) del pageUpdateCursor, pageUpdateRow del pageLayoutCursor, pageLayoutRow‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ I'm totally new to python, but customizing it was pretty easy, until I wanted to change both rotation and scale. Hopefully I'm just missing something simple

christinebrooks · Answer

Hi there! I am looking to do something similar to what you have done here (rearranging page inset maps on different map series pages all using a single map document), I am just wondering how others have gone about exporting the output though? are you exporting each page separately? or is there a script that can recognise each page set up and export it all at once? and thoughts would be really appreciated!

AnnaJose1 · Answer

Yes 5000 and 4014 are the scales. I'm not sure why the error message appears that "line 24, in arrangeDFs df.scale = rowInfo[9] IndexError: list index out of range."

If I delete line 24, it works just fine, but the scales won't be what I want. Or if I interchange, so that rotation is 10th and scale is 9th field, then rotation doesn't work.

jbarrette · Answer

I don't see the issue.  In your screenshot, the scales are 5000 and 4014, correct?  They appear to be the 10th [9] field in the list.

Jeff