Data Driven Pages - Grouping

[BibiOung1]

Hi,
Please add the ability to group records in a field and set map extent to grouped selection.  This option should be added to "Setup Data Driven Pages" menu. 

This would be helpful when using a feature class (FC)with disconnected polygons for a route/service area that have multiple records, and the field that needs to be used "Route" has about 10 records with the same value.  A workaround now, was to develope a batch process that dissolve the FC on the Route field, so the FC only has one unique record for a route.  The FC has to be maintained in a undissolve manager.

This would really help!!!
Thanks
B.

[adrianHughes1]

I would also find this really useful for batch mapping

[adrianHughes1]

a workaround is to set the data driven pages layer to an invisible dissolved layer and then display the undissolved layer for symbology

[Anonymous User]

See "Extend the Page Definition Query to other fields" idea. Is that the same thing you are looking for? That can be accomplished with a Python Script. I'm looking for a way to refine a script so that it would work with minimal adjustment with various projects. I hope that ESRI implements this concept as it would facilitate many of the projects that I work on.