topic Re: Sorting layers in Python Questions

Sorting layers

HusamOqer — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:02:56 GMT

Hello,

I am working on a script that plot many layers to an aprx file and do some other stuff and I would like to sort those layers based on the naming (Descending or Ascending order).

Any recommendation on how to do that using arcpy for GIS Pro?

Re: Sorting layers

HaydenWelch — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:37:50 GMT

Is this not an option? If you need to automate it, you can use the mapping module.

import arcpy project = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") for mp in project.listMaps(): # Sort Layers by Name sorted_layers = sorted(mp.listLayers(), key=lambda lyr: lyr.name) previous_layer = None # Iterate through sorted layers and move them to the top of the map for lyr in sorted_layers: # Use existing first layer as reference for sorted first layer if not previous_layer: mp.moveLayer(mp.listLayers()[0], lyr, "BEFORE") else: mp.moveLayer(previous_layer, lyr, "AFTER") previous_layer = lyr

If you have group layers and want to preserve internal group layer ordering, you will have to update the lyr.name sory key to lyr.longName so the group layer name is included in the sort.

Re: Sorting layers

HusamOqer — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:09:40 GMT

It wasn't an option as I wanted to automate this, the script worked thank you so much!