ArcGIS Pro | ArcPy - How To Refresh the Map

[TD]

Hi ArcGIS Community,

I have a Python script that simply add points to a feature class in file GDB every second. The corresponding layer is in an ArcGIS Pro map, and I would like to visualise the point as their are being added, without manually interacting with the map.

When running the script as a standalone script, panning or zooming will force the map to refresh and display points newly added.

How can I programatically refresh the map to see the update displayed dynamically, without the need for user interaction ?

Thanks

• Windows 8.1
• ArcGIS Pro 1.4.1

import arcpy, time, random, datetime

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('D:\workspaces\sandbox\sandbox\sandbox.aprx')


fields = ['SHAPE@XY', 'DATETIME']
iteration = 10
second = 1
# bouding box: east, west, south, north (define your own extent)
boundingBox = [x1,x2,y1,y2]

fc = r"D:\workspace\mygdb.gdb\Points"


for i in range(iteration):
     
     x = random.uniform(boundingBox[0],boundingBox[1])
     y = random.uniform(boundingBox[2],boundingBox[3])
     
     xy = (x,y)
     
     cursor = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(fc, fields)
     cursor.insertRow((xy, datetime.datetime.now()))
     del cursor
     
     print('Done! ... i=' + str(i))
     time.sleep(second)


print('QUIT')‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[DarrylKlassen1]

I am also having this problem.  I have have a script that allows the user to select an Address from our Property layer, and it zooms to this property, but.... It only works if I close and open the map up again.  I would like it to automatically zoom to the property, which it doesn't.  Code below.  I would like the have Refresh object at the end.

import arcpy,sys,string,os

dbconn = r"S:\GIS\Scripts\Python\Darryl_Working\Zoom_Address_Pro\Data.gdb"

inputlayer = dbconn + "\\GIS_Property"

inputaddress = arcpy.GetParameter(0)
mapname = arcpy.GetParameter(1)

cur,row = None, None
cur = arcpy.SearchCursor(inputlayer)
for row in cur:
    if str(row.ADDRESS).upper() == inputaddress.upper():
        ex = row.SHAPE

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
map = aprx.listMaps(mapname)[0]

map.defaultCamera.setExtent(ex.extent)

[DanPatterson_Retired]

add a tool to a toolbox, associate the parameters with it, it might do the query and when it is done, maybe it will zoom to it.  

A standalone script isn't going to do any zooming I am afraid, but a script in a toolbox just might behave as we want it to

[DarrylKlassen1]

Sorry, I should have mentioned this.  This stand-alone script is attached to a toolbox with a combo box that has a list of all the addresses in it.  When I execute the tool, it works fine, but doesn't refresh the extent unless I close and open the map again.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

hmmm camera uses a derived property

Extent is not a direct property of the Camera object because it is not an explicit property but rather a derived property. Camera positions do not store extent properties, but from an X, Y location and a scale, extent is derived. The getExtent method will return a derived extent.

Camera—ArcPy | ArcGIS Desktop 

have you tried messing with the extent object?

Extent (Environment setting)—Geoprocessing | ArcGIS Desktop 

I don't know if setting the extent to the selection will be enough for the camera to read it.

I would be much simpler if they put a refresh option on the tool dialog if desired

And doesn't the refresh button on the map work? or do you still have to close it?

[DarrylKlassen1]

Clicking the refresh button doesn't work, you have to actually close the map and open it again.  The arcpy.env.extent returns a NoneType value, and when I set it to an extent, nothing happens.  Will keep trying this route.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

set it before the work is processed, then set it after the selection and before the camera.  camera is probably reading the None thing since it isn't set

[DarrylKlassen1]

I can't even manually (using the Python window) change the extent of the map.

[curtvprice]

Unlike ArcMap you can't set the extent directly (as Dan quoted above):

Extent is not a direct property of the Camera object

[FredericPoliart_EsriAU]

is your map.defaultCamera.setExtent(ex.extent) actually working? 
I am trying to do something similar in pure-pyton arcPy ( no ArcGIS Pro.exe running )  
I want to open a "blank.aprx" , add a layer to it (ok) , then set zoom scale or change the extents ,
and finally render export to a PNG file. 

The .setExtent either causes runtime error or does nothing 

[NoelPeterson]

Not sure why this is marked as "assumed answered". I don't see a solution anywhere in here.