topic Re: Renaming subtypes in Table of Contents with arcpy in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/renaming-subtypes-in-table-of-contents-with-arcpy/m-p/355630#M27953 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I don't think it is possible with arcpy.&nbsp; When you make changes to the TOC without changing the data, the change is saved only in the mxd file.&nbsp; I'm not sure you could or would want to edit the mxd directly.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Jul 2018 03:28:27 GMT RandyBurton 2018-07-15T03:28:27Z Renaming subtypes in Table of Contents with arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/renaming-subtypes-in-table-of-contents-with-arcpy/m-p/355629#M27952 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I know there is the tried and true &lt;for L in layers:if L.name=="oldname":L.name="newname", but is there a way to rename subtypes?&nbsp; I am working on a project where I am appending translations&nbsp;onto the subtype names, but I only want to change it in the TOC and not in the data itself.&nbsp; I know this can be done manually by selecting the subtype in the TOC and typing, but can it be done systematically with arcpy?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:56:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/renaming-subtypes-in-table-of-contents-with-arcpy/m-p/355629#M27952 JohnCunningham2 2018-07-13T15:56:47Z Re: Renaming subtypes in Table of Contents with arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/renaming-subtypes-in-table-of-contents-with-arcpy/m-p/355630#M27953 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I don't think it is possible with arcpy.&nbsp; When you make changes to the TOC without changing the data, the change is saved only in the mxd file.&nbsp; I'm not sure you could or would want to edit the mxd directly.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Jul 2018 03:28:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/renaming-subtypes-in-table-of-contents-with-arcpy/m-p/355630#M27953 RandyBurton 2018-07-15T03:28:27Z