topic Updating data driven pages that has recent changes in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/updating-data-driven-pages-that-has-recent-changes/m-p/654103#M50932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I created a script that updates different mapbooks using the code example from:</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy-mapping/datadrivenpages-class.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy-mapping/datadrivenpages-class.htm">DataDrivenPages—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>However, the problem is that the script takes about 3 hours to run.</P><P></P><P>I am looking to cut that time down.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Is it possible to check which feature classes has changed within the surrounding data driven page polygon based on a MODIFIED/CREATED Date field? and only updating the DDP's that had some changes?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:03:53 GMT CameronVan_Hemmen 2019-12-05T22:03:53Z Updating data driven pages that has recent changes https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/updating-data-driven-pages-that-has-recent-changes/m-p/654103#M50932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I created a script that updates different mapbooks using the code example from:</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy-mapping/datadrivenpages-class.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy-mapping/datadrivenpages-class.htm">DataDrivenPages—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>However, the problem is that the script takes about 3 hours to run.</P><P></P><P>I am looking to cut that time down.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Is it possible to check which feature classes has changed within the surrounding data driven page polygon based on a MODIFIED/CREATED Date field? and only updating the DDP's that had some changes?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:03:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/updating-data-driven-pages-that-has-recent-changes/m-p/654103#M50932 CameronVan_Hemmen 2019-12-05T22:03:53Z