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ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

TheodoreF — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:25:27 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 2.0.1 trial

Yesterday I spent a while setting up data driven pages/map series for a project, to quickly export a number of maps at specific scales and formats. The Map Series tool was showing my project as having a Spatial series. I saved my project at the end of the day and closed Pro.

This morning I open the same project and the Map Series is disabled and all settings lost.

I have to set it up again. All the default options are different to the settings I chose yesterday. It's a completely blank slate.

What's going wrong? Is this a bug? Should I just never close down Pro?!

Thanks

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

JeffBarrette — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:00:52 GMT

Hello Theodore,

I'm on the map series team. This should certainly not happen. Please try again. If you can reproduce, please send a project package (ppkx) to me at jbarrette@esri.com.

Thanks,

Jeff

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

TheodoreF — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:52:01 GMT

Ok will do. Although my project contains sensitive data, so I'll strip that out, test it, then send as a package...

Theo

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

TheodoreF — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:28:35 GMT

OK project finally packaged into .ppkx

1.59 GB in size!

I can try recreate the issue in a new project with minimal data in it...

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

JeffBarrette — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:33:55 GMT

Theodore,

Before you go through all that work, are you absolutely sure the settings are not being saved? I can NOT reproduce and I have many projects that have a map series.

Try:

- new blank project

- insert map, add simple poly layer

- insert layout, add map frame

- create a spatial series map pointing to added layer and use default.

- save project. close. reopen.

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

TheodoreF — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:52:31 GMT

Hi Jeff,

Blank project created, inserted map, added simple polygon shapefile, inserted layout and added map frame:

Create a spatial map series (changed name, sort, and extent settings only):

Result:

Saved As a new project 'ESRI_case', closed.

Reopened and Map Series had saved with all settings intact!

Hmmm, let me add a Page Query to the polygon layer (as I have in my original project):

Saved, close, reopened> the settings were retained and Map Series was still active. How strange...

I then tried adding another layout to the 'ESRI case' project as my original had 2 layouts in it. Map Series setting still there after reopening.

Something else is going on then...

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

JeffBarrette — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:14:07 GMT

Thanks for confirming with a different project. The issue must be specific to your project.

So you are saying that with your problem project, you are saying that EVERY time you create, save, close, reopen a map series, it's settings go away.

As a test and an attempt to strip the problem, could you try saving your layout to a PAGX file via the share tab. Then load that pagx into a new project. Try your map series persistence again.

Thanks,

Jeff

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

TheodoreF — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:21:49 GMT

Yes I've already saved the final layout as a Layout file. If I try to load it into another project, it crashes ArcGIS Pro.

Leads to:

(Can't send error report as it's too large). I've saved the .dmp file though.

I've also noticed on the Layout tab of the 'problem' project, hardly any map elements are moveable or editable. I've inserted a few light images, text boxes, a legend, drawn some circles. But all I'm seeing in the layout contents pane is the Map Frame and one single rectangle... What's causing this loss of editability?

In Map Frame are the map layers. No layout elements...

Theo

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

JeffBarrette — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:08:48 GMT

The only way I can help is if I can get the project. I know you said you have sensitive data. If you want to pursue this, please contact me at jbarrette@esri.com.

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

TheodoreF — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:15:37 GMT

OK I'll try strip out larger data sets to reduce the Packaged project file size. I'll make sure the problem still exists, then I'll email it over. Thanks!

Theo

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

MelissaNorthey — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:27:37 GMT

Was there a resolution to this? Here it is 3 years later, I'm on 2.5.2 and I'm experiencing this same thing - hence coming upon this thread in my searches. I just tried with a new project, one poly, accepted all defaults of the map series, saved, reopened and nothing.

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

JeffBarrette — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:47:04 GMT

I can not reproduce this issue. You will need to open an incident with Support so they can collect all the necessary information (i.e., hardware, os, etc) to reproduce the issue.

Thanks,

Jeff

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

MDT — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:06:30 GMT

I have to ask the question again 6 years later, version 3.1.1. Map Extent settings 'Use Scale From Field' set and hit 'OK', window closes and when I reopen the settings immediately after it has reverted back to 'Best Fit Extent'. Why won't it keep the settings?

Re: ArcGIS Pro not saving Map Series settings

kuok — Wed, 24 May 2023 11:21:56 GMT

In my case (v. 3.1.1), this behavior occurs if I place (in contents pane) an index layer below any service layer (Esri basemap, feature or map image layers from Lining Atlas). When I move the index layer up, the settings window shows the values I entered again and the map series tool works as expected.