topic Re: Can Python geoprocessing be used to symbolise / reclassify data? in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/can-python-geoprocessing-be-used-to-symbolise/m-p/33822#M1188 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Only, I believe, by first setting up and saving layer files whith the desired symbolization scheme.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Then you can use the 'updateLayer' method on the target layer to update the symbolization.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:07:30 GMT markdenil 2011-11-07T16:07:30Z Can Python geoprocessing be used to symbolise / reclassify data? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/can-python-geoprocessing-be-used-to-symbolise/m-p/33821#M1187 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>A colleague wants to know if Python can be used to resymbolise polygon datasets via the symbology -&gt; quantities route. Eg change a classification from quantiles to jenks, or from 3 classes to 4. Can this type of batch job be done with Python?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/can-python-geoprocessing-be-used-to-symbolise/m-p/33821#M1187 JT2 2011-11-07T14:00:10Z Re: Can Python geoprocessing be used to symbolise / reclassify data? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/can-python-geoprocessing-be-used-to-symbolise/m-p/33822#M1188 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Only, I believe, by first setting up and saving layer files whith the desired symbolization scheme.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Then you can use the 'updateLayer' method on the target layer to update the symbolization.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:07:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/can-python-geoprocessing-be-used-to-symbolise/m-p/33822#M1188 markdenil 2011-11-07T16:07:30Z Re: Can Python geoprocessing be used to symbolise / reclassify data? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/can-python-geoprocessing-be-used-to-symbolise/m-p/33823#M1189 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>So it sounds like a job for ArcObjects? this is a shame as ArcObjects is not my forte, and will take 100x longer than Python...Thanks for your reply.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can lyr files be manipulated in any way? IF they had an xml schema it would be easy to edit them programmatically I guess.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:10:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/can-python-geoprocessing-be-used-to-symbolise/m-p/33823#M1189 JT2 2011-11-09T07:10:21Z