Add layer inside group layer that is inside a group layer

AntonioCalatayud — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 11:03:58 GMT

Hello,

It might be a simple question/solution, but I can't find the way to make my arcpy code works....

I have a layer that I need to add inside a group, that is inside a group already:

-Group1

-SubGroup1

-NEW LAYER

-SubGroup1.2

-Group 2.

My code is more and less like this:

for layer in layers:

if layer.longName == Group1+ "\\" + SubGroup1:

print("------ layer goes here-------")

targetGroupLayer = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "Group1\SubGroup1", df)[0]

arcpy.mapping.AddLayerToGroup(df, targetGroupLayer, spatialLayer, "AUTO_ARRANGE")

else:

print ("not here")

Where I wrote "Group1\SubGroup1" I tried: "Group1\\SubGroup1"; "Group1/SubGroup1", but I'm always getting the same error:

targetGroupLayer = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "Group1\SubGroup1", df)[0]

IndexError: list index out of range

Any ideas how to get the subgroup inside the group??

Many thanks!!!

Re: Add layer inside group layer that is inside a group layer

AntonioCalatayud — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 11:12:45 GMT

Basically I just have to change "Group1\SubGroup1" to layer...

Final code would be:

if layer.longName == Group1+ "\\" + SubGroup1:

print("------ layer goes here-------")

targetGroupLayer = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, layer, df)[0]

arcpy.mapping.AddLayerToGroup(df, targetGroupLayer, spatialLayer, "AUTO_ARRANGE")

else:

print ("not here")