Latest Contributions by JeffBarrette

Based on the responses in the thread and knowing that we are not able to close a specific active view for reasons described above, we are going to close this idea until we get a well defined use case. Jeff - arcpy.mp team ... View more

@wtfineberg I believe there is a misunderstanding between changing a Map's default Extent property vs changing the extent of an active MapView. Map.defaultCamera - Modifying the defaultCamera will not affect an existing view. This property is only applied when a new MapView is opened or a new MapFrame is inserted into a layout. You can change the extent of an active MapView using the Camera object, not the defaultCamera property.  I've modified the code above slightly to change the active MapView's extent.   aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') map_view = aprx.activeView layer = map_view.map.listLayers('GreatLakes')[0] arcpy.management.SelectLayerByAttribute(layer, "NEW_SELECTION", f"NAME = 'Lake Superior'") map_view.camera.setExtent(map_view.getLayerExtent(layer, True))   Notice, I'm using activeView, NOT activeMap.  ActiveView returns a MapView object whereas activeMap returns a Map object.  It is from the active view that I get the associated map and then reference a layer. If I were to then type: m = aprx.listMaps('Map')[0] m.defaultCamera = map_view.camera   The next time I go to open a new map view for the 'Map', it will be zoomed to Lake Superior. Jeff ... View more

I marked this as Already Offered in that there is an arcpy.mp sample that accomplishes this and this is unlikely to go into the core product due to how specialized and custom the requirement is. Below is a link to a sample.  It extends map series and includes layout element into the same table that drives the map series.  The placement of layout elements are simply placed in fields in a table. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=82b99b5593e54e57b740e3898fb14c5f Please review and I hope it helps. Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout SDK teams ... View more

@JasonBennett I'm glad it worked.  Comparing the before and after is super useful especially if you minimize the changes to the absolute necessary steps between saves.  Sometime you might see new objects are introduced and that is when you would might need to use CreateCIMObjectFromClassName.  It is covered in this topic: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/python-cim-access.htm Jeff ... View more

@StephanieStedman have you tried the following ArcGISProject members added at Pro 3.3. - listToolboxes - updateToolboxes() https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/arcgisproject-class.htm Adding folder connections and databases work the same.  Code Sample 4 in the link above. A very simplified for adding a single toolbox is: p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') tbxs = p.toolboxes tbxs.append({'toolboxPath': r"C:\Temp\MyToolbox.atbx, 'isDefaultToolbox': False}) p.updateToolboxes(tbxs) You could even start with an empty toolbox dictionary but be sure to make one (and only one) of them the default toolbox.  Jeff - arcpy.mp team ... View more

Please refer to the solution provided under the following idea: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/vary-symbology-by-rotation-accessible-by-arcpy/idi-p/939228 Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout (SDK) teams ... View more

We know this is a long time coming.  We want to add helper functions to our API but the priority is lower than many other capabilities so we hope this serves as a solution.  It uses Python CIM Access. Sample 1: Vary Symbology using Rotation The following script will rotate each feature in a point feature class using VarySymbology By Attribute based on an attribute that controls ROTATION.  If the visual variable already exists, it toggles the rotation type each time the script is run. # Create / Modify point layer symbol to Vary Symbology by Attribute using Rotation # The script will effectively change the symbology each time it runs: # First, if visual variables don't exist, it create a one using rotation. # Second, if it does exist, it reverses the rotation type each time. p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') m = p.listMaps('VarySymByAttr - Rotation')[0] l = m.listLayers('Cities - No Rotation')[0] l_cim = l.getDefinition('V3') if len(l_cim.renderer.visualVariables) == 0: print('Visual Variable DOES NOT exist ... creating with default values') XYvvInfo = arcpy.cim.CreateCIMObjectFromClassName('CIMVisualVariableInfo', 'V3') XYvvInfo.randomMax = 360 XYvvInfo.visualVariableInfoType = None ZexpInfo = arcpy.cim.CreateCIMObjectFromClassName('CIMExpressionInfo', 'V3') ZexpInfo.title = "Custom" ZexpInfo.expression = "$feature.HAWN_PI" ZexpInfo.returnType = "Default" ZvvInfo = arcpy.cim.CreateCIMObjectFromClassName('CIMVisualVariableInfo', 'V3') ZvvInfo.randomMax = 360 ZvvInfo.visualVariableInfoType = "Expression" ZvvInfo.valueExpressionInfo = ZexpInfo rvv = arcpy.cim.CreateCIMObjectFromClassName('CIMRotationVisualVariable', 'V3') rvv.visualVariableInfoX = XYvvInfo rvv.visualVariableInfoY = XYvvInfo rvv.visualVariableInfoZ = ZvvInfo rvv.rotationTypeZ = "Arithmetic" l_cim.renderer.visualVariables = [rvv] l.setDefinition(l_cim) else: print('Visual Variable already DOES exist ... modifying rotation type') for vv in l_cim.renderer.visualVariables: if isinstance(vv, arcpy.cim.CIMSymbolizers.CIMRotationVisualVariable): if vv.rotationTypeZ == "Arithmetic": vv.rotationTypeZ = 'Geographic' else: vv.rotationTypeZ = 'Arithmetic' l.setDefinition(l_cim)   Sample 2: Vary Symbology using Transparency The following script will modify the transparency for each feature in a polygon feature class using VarySymbology By Attribute based on an attribute that controls TRANSPARENCY.  If the visual variable already exists, it changes the transparency values. #Create / Modify polygon layer symbol to Vary Symbology by Attribute using Transparency # The script will effectively change the symbology 3 times: # First, if visualvariables don't exist, # Second, if the transparency values are default, change # Third, if they are not default change to something else. p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') m = p.listMaps('VarySymByAttr - Transparency')[0] l = m.listLayers('States*')[0] l_cim = l.getDefinition('V3') #Get min/max values of renderer minValue = l.symbology.renderer.lowerBound maxValue = l.symbology.renderer.classBreaks[-1].upperBound if len(l_cim.renderer.visualVariables) == 0: print('Visual Variable DOES NOT exist ... creating with default values') ai = arcpy.cim.CreateCIMObjectFromClassName('CIMVisualVariableAuthoringInfo', 'V3') ai.minSliderValue = minValue ai.maxSliderValue = maxValue ai.heading = 'POP2000' tvv = arcpy.cim.CreateCIMObjectFromClassName('CIMTransparencyVisualVariable', 'V3') tvv.authoringInfo = ai tvv.field = 'POP2000' tvv.transparencyValues = [70, 30] tvv.dataValues = [minValue, maxValue] tvv.normalizationType = "Nothing" tvv.valueExpressionInfo = None l_cim.renderer.visualVariables = [tvv] l.setDefinition(l_cim) else: print('Visual Variable already DOES exist ... modifying transparencyValues') if l_cim.renderer.visualVariables[0].transparencyValues == [70, 30]: l_cim.renderer.visualVariables[0].transparencyValues = [80, 0] else: l_cim.renderer.visualVariables[0].transparencyValues = [50, 0] l.setDefinition(l_cim) Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout (SDK) teams   ... View more

@MollyMoore is it possible that the field properties were never modified?  In other words, if you add a new data source as a layer and try to use Python CIM Access to modified the field properties, it won't work.  The reason is that because NO properties were previously altered.  The layer JSON only persists changes.  If no changes are made, then you won't see the properties.  All you have to do is modify one property for one layer, save, and then you will see everything. Here is a basic example that checks to see if the field descriptions properties exist in the CIM.  If not, it uses a temporary makeFeatureLayer work around to force those properties into the CIM.   def updateCIMFields(l, cimLyr): fList = ["SQKM", "POP2001", "Shape_Length", "Shape_Area"] for fd in cimLyr.featureTable.fieldDescriptions: if fd.fieldName in fList: fd.numberFormat.roundingOption = "esriRoundNumberOfDecimals" fd.numberFormat.roundingValue = 0 fd.numberFormat.zeroPad = True l.setDefinition(cimLyr) return cimLyr p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') m = p.listMaps()[0] lyr = m.listLayers('Provinces')[0] lyr_cim = lyr.getDefinition('V3') if len(lyr_cim.featureTable.fieldDescriptions) == 0: #NO CIM field info present print('No CIM Field Info') mkLyr = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer(lyr)[0] mkLyr_cim = mkLyr.getDefinition('V3') mkLyr_cim = updateCIMFields(mkLyr, mkLyr_cim) #Paste CIM information and remove temporary layer lyr.pasteProperties(mkLyr, 'FIELD_PROPERTIES') m.removeLayer(mkLyr) else: #CIM field info present print('CIM Field Info Pre-Exists') lyr_cim = updateCIMFields(lyr, lyr_cim) lyr.setDefinition(lyr_cim)   Jeff - arcpy.mp team ... View more

An Esri Idea was just added for this.  Please review and consider the code samples as a possible solution. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcpy-mp-support-for-thematic-map-series/idi-p/1609908   Jeff - arcpy.mp team ... View more

Thank you for your feedback.  Thematic map series has been possible with arpcy.mp well before it was available in the UI.  Its simply a matter of turning layers on and off.  We made a sample available: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=eba53351ceb84b58b505dec5272e526c - Note the sample needs to be updated because the web layers were taken offline but the toolboxes, code and readme are still good. The UI uses a very similar technique where layers are organized into groups and groups are simply toggled to control layer visibility. We do hope to support a thematic map series but it is not in the immediate future.  Your kudos will help us prioritize. Jeff - arcpy.mp team ... View more

@-_-  Pro 3.5 is soon to be released but we will also patch Pro 3.4.  The next patch will be Pro 3.4.4. Jeff - arcpy.mp team ... View more

We understand that this idea was submitted many years ago against ArcMap, but we would like to update the community with how ArcGIS Pro's arcpy.mp module addresses the requests. Here are solutions to the original 3 bullets provided.  All of these items were addressed as far back as ArcGIS Pro 2x. 1.  Changing fill (solid, patterned) stroke (solid, dashed etc), colour (rgb and cmyk input values), size, font properties of single symbol - The Symbol class addresses nearly all of this: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/symbol-class.htm - The TextElement class has members to deal with font and size:  https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/textelement-class.htm - Modifying symbol additional properties on label classes would require CIM access.  https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/python-cim-access.htm 2.  Changing unique values, many fields symbology by selecting the field inputs, and symbology properties for each. Also include colour ramp symbology. - The UniqueValueRenderer class does all this: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/uniquevaluerenderer-class.htm - It even supports multiple fields AND colorramps (along with other renderers/colorizers) - The “symbology properties for each” part can be done via the symbol class, or the CIM, or possibly #3 below. 3.  MOST IMPORTANT!! Match symbols to a style!!!! Enable Value Field to be defined as well as .sty file location. - This was provided as part of core arcpy:  https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/match-layer-symbology-to-a-style.htm We hope that sharing these details helps users implement layer symbology modifications with arcpy.mp. If you find that there is functionality that could be added that would facilitate your current workflows in ArcGIS Pro, please submit a new idea. Jeff - arcpy.mp team ... View more

Thanks @matt_g_g . If you write your script to work out of process along with a reference to a "blank.aprx", for example, it all would happen in memory and the application would not even be opened.  To work with a mapx or a pagx file, you need the application (internal logic) to read the files in order for them to be modified.  Even if you wanted to use Python CIM access to modify the JSON structure, you still need the application.  Those X files are text files but I would never recommend modifying those in a text editor.  If you have specific issues with import/export x-files, I'd like to know the limitations. Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout SDK teams ... View more