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How to make a selection in a map (mxd) from a stand-alone python script?

Ulises — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:14:14 GMT

I have a map document created in ArcGIS 10 that is access daily by our users. Is there any way to run a selection (by location or attribute) from a stand alone script and save the mxd so users see the updated selection when they open the map document? We want to run the script every night.

Thanks

Re: How to make a selection in a map (mxd) from a stand-alone python script?

JeffBarrette — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:33:44 GMT

Yes. Have you tried something like:

import arcpy
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("path to mxd")
lyr = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "layer name")[0]
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(lyr, "NEW_SELECTION", "some query")
mxd.save()

#If you don't want to save the selection to the existing MXD, try saving it to another file:
mxd.saveACopy("path to new MXD")

Jeff