idea Map series - multiple templates / sections in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Map series - multiple templates / sections

KeithAddison1 — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:36:58 GMT

The map series in Pro is missing one very useful thing that 3rd party mapbook plugins for ArcMap used to provide: The ability to create a mapbook that uses multiple templates. The one I used for ArcMap achieved this by dividing the mapbook into separate sections, each of which had its own template. Right now Page Queries provide a bit of ability to switch around what features are shown on different pages, but they're rather limited by being confined to having only one page query, and they lack full SQL.

If I have a multiple layers which I need to control sheet to sheet visibility of, and am needing to use multiple fields per layer to do so, my only option is to create multiple layout views/tabs AND map views/tabs each having its own separate index layer and map series enabled, separately export these series, and collate them back into whatever order they need to be in for the finished mapbook. Quite cumbersome. Example: I have two layers A & B, A needs to have its visibility controlled only by field 'LEVEL', and B needs to have its visibility controlled by fields 'LEVEL' and 'ZONE' Due to the way this data is structured and continually updated, combining these two fields is not feasible.

Map Series (Data Driven Pages) for multiple layouts

MiguelMartinezYordan — Wed, 29 May 2024 18:43:57 GMT

It will be great to be able to sync to layouts to the same map when doing Map Series so that when you export the layouts as Data Driven Pages its exporting, for example, PDF files with two pages each that comes from two different layouts sync into the same Map Series.

Re: Map Series (Data Driven Pages) for multiple layouts

MarcelSt-Germain — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:27:27 GMT

Hi,

Already ask for this, years ago. The problem is that ESRI doesn't think cartography. In their mind, mapseries is for multiples maps in one layout (for me still layout series). Not multiple layout link to maps.

Re: Map series - multiple templates / sections

AlfredDrenth59 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:57:48 GMT

How about a Map Series managing multiple layouts? E.g. based on an attribute value either one of the layouts will be used during a Map Series run.

So, an attribute could be: Portrait/Landscape.

Depending on the attribute value the portrait or landscape layout is picked.

Re: Map Series (Data Driven Pages) for multiple layouts

JohnnyGumball — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:10:50 GMT

still crickets on this one???

Re: Map Series (Data Driven Pages) for multiple layouts

MarcelSt-Germain — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:20:30 GMT

@JohnnyGumball

Ask for that since the introduction of data driven pages. I think I will be retired before ESRI implement it. It's unfortunate that Pro introduce many feature not needed for map making but still doesn't care about some basic tools we ask for. Still waiting to have some features of Arcmap.

Re: Map series - multiple templates / sections

KeithAddison1 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:26:18 GMT

There is money to be made if anyone can make a add on that does what maplogic.com did for ArcMap, ESRI will likely never plug this hole.