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Changing MXD to store relative pathnames to data sources via ArcPy

RobertoFigueroa — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:10:23 GMT

Just wondering if there is way via ArcPy to change an MXD to store relative pathnames to data sources. I would like to run a Python script that loops through multiple MXDs in a given folder and changes them to relatives pathnames.
Thanks
Roberto

Re: Changing MXD to store relative pathnames to data sources via ArcPy

JasonScheirer — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:38:45 GMT

Not in 10.0. The MapDocument class has a relativePaths attribute, but it is read-only.

Re: Changing MXD to store relative pathnames to data sources via ArcPy

ZackBartlett — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:06:22 GMT

Might we be able to write to this property in future releases of ArcGIS? I've heard the ArcPy Site Package may be expanded in 10.1+.

Re: Changing MXD to store relative pathnames to data sources via ArcPy

PeterMacKenzie1 — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 12:10:10 GMT

if this helps.
10.1 SP1

import arcpy, os

#workspace to search for MXDs
Workspace = r"C:\Geo"
arcpy.env.workspace = Workspace

#list map documents in folder
mxdList = arcpy.ListFiles("*.mxd")

#set relative path setting for each MXD in list.
for file in mxdList:
    #set map document to change
    filePath = os.path.join(Workspace, file)
    mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(filePath)
    #set relative paths property
    mxd.relativePaths = True
    #save map doucment change
    mxd.save()