topic Re: Dynamic Labels in Python Questions

Dynamic Labels

DanCrawford — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:19:13 GMT

Hello, is there a method to grab a dynamic label from a layout for use in python?
This is the layout dynamic label:
<dyn type="project" property="name"/>

I'm building a little script to export my map to PDF and would like it to use the map name as the filename.

Thanks.

Re: Dynamic Labels

DanCrawford — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:36:49 GMT

I found a way using the properties of the filepath rather than the dynamic label:

import arcpy
import os
# Get the current project
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
# Access the full file path of the project
project_path = aprx.filePath
# Extract the project name from the file path
project_name = os.path.basename(project_path)
print("Project Name:", project_name)

Re: Dynamic Labels

BlakeTerhune — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:54:53 GMT

There's a TextElement object you can access from the Layout object in the Arcpy.mp Python submodule. Is that what you're looking for?

Re: Dynamic Labels

DanCrawford — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 23:51:30 GMT

I'll have a look, thanks. Also thanks for moving this post. I couldn't find this forum thread originally.