I have a text element that I can't seem to find. I'm using this support document: TextElement—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation I can find it if I use the the text Name (Text 37), but in my case I have a multitude of maps and Text 37 might have irrelevant text in another map. So, in short I need to find and replace the Text. Here's the script I'm using but it doesn't change the Text. I think maybe it's because "Lawrence M. Walsh Will County Executive" is in two lines. Can anyone see what the issue may be? import arcpy , os #workspace folder arcpy . env . workspace = ws = r "pathto\TestFolder" #print the number of aprx files in the workspace folder aprxlist = arcpy . ListFiles ( "*.aprx" ) print ( "Currently {0} maps to be updated." . format ( len ( aprxlist ) ) ) #list the aprxs of the workspace folder for aprxname in arcpy . ListFiles ( "*.aprx" ) : print ( "changing text: {}\t" . format ( aprxname ) ) aprx = arcpy . mp . ArcGISProject ( ws + "\\" + aprxname ) #replace title date that occurs in the document for lyt in aprx . listLayouts ( ) : for elm in lyt . listElements ( 'TEXT_ELEMENT' ) : if elm . text == 'Lawrence M. Walsh' : #text elm . text = 'Denise Winfrey' #new text print ( elm . text ) aprx . save ( ) #do not include this delete statement inside the above loop or it will #delete the mxd object inside the loop. Make sure to dedent. del aprx print ( "----done----" )

t = 'Lawrence M. Walsh\nblah blah' 'Lawrence M. Walsh' in t True

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JaredPilbeam2

I have a text element that I can't seem to find. I'm using this support document: TextElement—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation I can find it if I use the the text Name (Text 37), but in my case I have a multitude of maps and Text 37 might have irrelevant text in another map. So, in short I need to find and replace the Text.

Here's the script I'm using but it doesn't change the Text. I think maybe it's because "Lawrence M. Walsh Will County Executive" is in two lines. Can anyone see what the issue may be?

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> os

<SPAN class="comment token">#workspace folder</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> ws <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"pathto\TestFolder"</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#print the number of aprx files in the workspace folder</SPAN>
aprxlist <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListFiles<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"*.aprx"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Currently {0} maps to be updated."</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>len<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>aprxlist<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">#list the aprxs of the workspace folder</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> aprxname <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListFiles<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"*.aprx"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"changing text: {}\t"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>aprxname<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
    aprx <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mp<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ArcGISProject<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>ws <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> aprxname<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">#replace title date that occurs in the document</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> lyt <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> aprx<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>listLayouts<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
        <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> elm <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> lyt<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>listElements<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'TEXT_ELEMENT'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
            <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> elm<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>text <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'Lawrence M. Walsh'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="comment token">#text</SPAN>
                elm<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>text <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'Denise Winfrey'</SPAN> <SPAN class="comment token">#new text</SPAN>
                <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>elm<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>text<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
    aprx<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>save<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="comment token">#do not include this delete statement inside the above loop or it will</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="comment token">#delete the mxd object inside the loop. Make sure to dedent.</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">del</SPAN> aprx
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"----done----"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<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>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

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danretired

t <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'Lawrence M. Walsh\nblah blah'</SPAN>

<SPAN class="string token">'Lawrence M. Walsh'</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> t

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JaredPilbeam2

Hannah,

I think maybe your problem is here:

        <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> oldtext <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> elm<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>text<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
            elm<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>text <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> newtext<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

As the help doc points out, you have to find the text with the Equal To operator. It doesn't look like you tried that. Try this:

<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> lyt <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> aprx<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>listLayouts<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> elm <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> lyt<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>listElements<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"TEXT_ELEMENT"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
        <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> elm<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>text <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> oldtext<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
            elm<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>text <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> newtext
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HannahDean

I'm having the same issue - I used the in function, and the script will run (it takes forever - I'm running it in arcpro using a notebook - i don't know why it's suddenly taking 10-15 minutes to run the lines below) -

so, it completes running, but no text is actually changed in the layouts. I even tried printing the results - again no dice, even though printing the results claims replacement has occurred, when i go to the layout, no replacement has occurred.

oldtext = "Intermountain Region Geographic Resources Division*"
newtext = "Park_Name"

#allow search of all layouts in this Current Project, allowing the code to overwrite
#NOTE: Replace pathway in first line of this block as needed, or specify "CURRENT" if you are in the project
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"O:\Professional Services\GIS Information\GIS\Documentation\Pro_Templates_2020\Pro_Templates_2020.aprx")
for lyt in aprx.listLayouts():
    for elm in lyt.listElements("TEXT_ELEMENT"):
        if oldtext in elm.text:
            elm.text = newtext
   
aprx.save()
del aprx


#THEN I TRIED IT FOR ONE LAYOUT AMONG THE LIST OF LAYOUTS
#TESTING CELL FOR ONE LAYOUT
oldtext = "Intermountain Region"
newtext = "Park_Name"
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"O:\Professional Services\GIS Information\GIS\Documentation\Pro_Templates_2020\Pro_Templates_2020.aprx")
lyt_1 = aprx.listLayouts()[0]
for elm in lyt_1.listElements("TEXT_ELEMENT"):
    print (elm.name + ":" + elm.text)
    if oldtext in elm.text:
        elm.text = newtext
    print (elm.text)
aprx.save()
del aprx 
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JaredPilbeam2

Thanks Dan. That crossed my mind..

danretired

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