ArcGIS Pro 3.0 and Pictures

[Homer]

Hi,

I recently upgraded to version 3.0 and when I open a old project file that contains pictures they show up blank.

There should be a table instead of a blank box, I was wondering if I should reinstall version 2.9 to fix this?

Thank You.

[TomBole]

Here is a link to a similar thread - https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/table-from-excel-as-picture-not-working-in-arcgis...

[BrandonCarrick]

I am having major issues in 3.0 when exporting layouts to PDF. My Pro Layout will look fine with the right pictures but when I export to PDF the PDF will populate random default pictures. We absolutely do not want to see random pictures on our sheets. The pictures that are supposed to be blank are the ones that are populating these randomly. I had to go back to 2.9 which was a pain because we cannot use much from 3.0. I really would like to use 3.0 because going back has created more issues.

[TomBole]

Hi Brandon, 

Sorry you are running into this issue.

I was able to reproduce a PDF output with the wrong picture - the picture should have been blank - for a map series page where the picture element source was an attachment using ArcGIS Pro version 3.0.3. Unfortunately this is a bug in Pro 3.0. It should be addressed in the Pro 3.1 release.

In the meantime, you can work around the issue by exporting via the Python window instead of the export pane.  You can learn more about exporting a map series via Python here https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/mapseries-class.htm. 

Here is a sample script you can paste in the Python window to export all layouts in a project to PDF.

##Export Map Series to PDF
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
lyt = aprx.listLayouts()[0]
ms = lyt.mapSeries
ms.exportToPDF(f"C:\Temp\{lyt.name}.pdf", "ALL", resolution=300)
print("Done")

Hope this helps!

Tom