ArcGIS Pro 2.5 - Export Layout takes 20 Minutes

[Anonymous User]

Hello. Almost every time I export a layout in ArcGIS Pro 2.5, it takes 20 minutes. I tried turning on and off different layers, locking elements, exporting to my local drive, changing DPI, changing the file type, etc. I am not loading a lot of data. The "preparing to export" portion takes about 18 minutes and then the "export in progress" takes about 2 minutes. Is there a certain setting that I am missing? This did not happen with earlier versions of Pro. #arcgispro2.5 #export #slow #performance

[StephenKing3]

In v3.3 it's under the Analysis tab, then over at the left there's a Python button/drop down. Click on that and select 'Python Window' and it should open and initialise.

[TomBole]

Hi Jessie, 

Can you contact Esri Support with this issue? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support.

Thanks, 

Tom

[Anonymous User]

Hi Jessie. Is it possible to get your project in-house to evaluate and to try and see what might be going on? I sent you a direct message. If so, we can get some ftp credentials for you to upload.

Thanks

[AlisonMynsberge]

Was this resolved?  I also have trouble exporting map layouts.  None of the feature classes are local.  It doesn't take 20 minutes, but it takes 10 - and sometimes not all of the layers draw.

[ZachStanford]

This happens to me too, happening right now in fact. It does seem to happen more frequently with cloud-based layers. It's also not entirely predictable. Sometimes, works just fine. Other times, reports are 30 minutes late because ArcGIS Pro spends it "Preparing to Export". I like this Python idea. Just tried that while Export was in process, but stuck on Initializing Python Interpreter... 

UPDATE: I switched Wi-Fi networks, to a more "open" network, and it all went through within 15 seconds (after 30+ minutes waiting on the "Secure" network). Can't prove a connection to the internet, but seems related.

[JeremyDavies]

Having experienced incredibly slow exports of layouts with all versions of Pro (now on 2.8.3), even with all data being local, I decided to see how a python export script performed. In this particular case, it was just taking a few  minutes to export via the GUI and not twenty (although I've had it take even longer with complex layouts!), but still painfully slow. I did a bunch of tests, and here are the average export times for this particular layout:

Export time via the Pro GUI: 2 minutes 55 seconds

Export time via the Python window: 22 seconds

So Python was 8x faster! And when I experimented with some exports of maps with raster data (heat maps), the difference was even more pronounced-- almost 3 minutes vs 12 seconds.

I guess I'll be digging in to python export options for a bit, at least until the Pro GUI can handle exporting my layouts in a more timely fashion.

Here is the code I used:

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
for lyt in aprx.listLayouts("TestLayout"):
lyt.exportToJPEG("C:\...\Maps\PythonExport_HeatMap", 200)

[KeithAddison1]

I can report that this happens to me seemingly at random.  One day its quick the next day glacial, same settings and everything.

[RoisinMc]

Using ArcGIS Pro 2.9 with latest patch and I have the same issue: fast from the python window (30seconds-1minute), and very slow (about 8-10 mins) from export layout...

[DavidRoberts8]

Yes, exactly the same issue. Fast with python, very slow with export. Pretty basic functionality like this should work! Same issue on different maps, different wifi connections, different export sizes etc.

[StephenKing3]

Hello, did anyone find a solution to this? I have installed 3.1 and started getting the same issue. It takes a long time to export the layout and in some cases, the legend doesn't export correctly. If I use Python it seems to work fine. Thanks.