idea Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file

FourCornersMapping — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:24:19 GMT

Allow user to rename Layout and Maps when importing a layout file (.pagx). Often I have multiple maps within a single layout, and both the Layout and Maps within are appended with a number after the name of the layout file (i.e. Layout Wildlife1, Main Map Wildlife1, Inset Map Wildlife1, etc.). I have to rename these every time I import a layout file, which is time-consuming. I would like the option to rename these items when importing the layout file.

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Re: Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file

JeffBarrette — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:50:46 GMT

Hello @FourCornersMapping,

I can't speak to doing this in the User Interface but this might be automated using Python.

For example,

p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') newLyt = p.importDocument(r"C:\temp\Layout.pagx", True, True) newLyt.name = "New Layout"

This technique only allows you to rename one object at a time. In the above example, I'm using reuse existing maps = True so if the map already exists, it doesn't get recreated as a project item.

The importDocument function can also be used to import mapx and many other file types.

Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout teams

Re: Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file

Yarkaah — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:14:09 GMT

Great one @JeffBarrette .

I think we could update this code a little bit to accommodate flexibility and error handling. In that way the revised code will be :

def import_layout(project, filepath, new_name):
    try:
        p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(project)
        newLyt = p.importDocument(filepath, True, True)
        newLyt.name = new_name
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

import_layout('current', r"C:\temp\Layout.pagx", "New Layout")

Re: Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file

Yarkaah — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:15:36 GMT

Hope that help.

Yaw Arkaah

Re: Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file

FourCornersMapping — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:16:12 GMT

@Yarkaah @JeffBarrette Please point me to the help resources for the importDocument and import_layout methods (I found this but curious what else there is). I do NOT want to reuse existing maps, so I would also need to make "reuse existing maps" = FALSE and add to the script the ability to rename maps that will be created when the new layout is created. At the end of the day though, I don't want to use python to do this--my request is for the functionality to be included in the user interface. Thanks.

Re: Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file

JeffBarrette — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:48:17 GMT

@FourCornersMapping the importDocument method can be found under the ArcGISProject help topic: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/arcgisproject-class.htm

This is not a replacement for your idea, it is a possible workaround for now. Python is great at automation. If you are not familiar with using Python for automation, I understand.

The logic will need to be extended further if you want to set {reuse_existing_maps=False} because the object returned is a layout (for import PAGX) so you would need to know how to find the additiona, newly added maps that are also imported and then rename them accordingly. If there is a way to predict the names of the imported maps, then you could reference them and rename them using arcpy.mp.

Here is an introductory help topic: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/introduction-to-arcpy-mp.htm

Jeff

m = p.listMaps('imported map name')[0] m.name = "New Name"

Re: Allow renaming of layouts and maps when importing layout file

FourCornersMapping — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:28:04 GMT

New maps in an imported .pagx file (Layout file) take the name of the maps in the Layout used to make the .pagx and append them with a number. So if there are two maps, i.e. Main Map and Inset Map, those are named Main Map1 and Inset Map1 in the new layout. This is what I got to work.

p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') newLyt = p.importDocument(r"C:\temp\Layout.pagx", True, False) newLyt.name = "New Layout" m = p.listMaps('Main Map1')[0] m.name = "Main Map New Name" m = p.listMaps('Inset Map1')[0] m.name = "Inset Map New Name"

If I fiddled long enough I'm sure I could figure out how to do this by wildcard, listing by order in the list, then renaming based on a variable (newname = "New Name").