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Map Series (seemingly) randomly exporting PDF as multiple pages since update to 3.4.2

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02-18-2025 09:31 AM
HollyTorpey_LSA
Frequent Contributor

Hi all,

I haven't figured out the pattern yet, but a couple of us at my workplace have recently noticed that a map series will suddenly start exporting to PDF as individual files for each page after exporting as a single file previously. We all use the same export preset for exporting layouts, if that matters. When this happens and we go to the Map Series tab of the Export Layout pane, it is set to Multiple Pages rather than Single File even though Single File is the default and was the setting the last time the layout was exported. 

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The workflow that produced the issue this morning was this:

1. Yesterday I exported a map series layout as a single file. After that I summarized the attribute table of a layer that was in the layout and exported that to CSV. Then I saved and closed the project.

2. Today I opened the project and opened the layout. I made edits to the attributes of two features in the same layer that I had summarized the night before. Then I selected my export preset from the Export Layout item in the Share ribbon, changed the output path (which had reverted to my default folder) and then checked the Map Series tab of the Export Layout pane. It was set to one of the Multiple Pages options.

After I changed it back to Single File and exported, I saved my project and reopened it to see if I could reproduce the issue, but it was still on Single File. So I'm at a loss as to what is triggering it to change to Multiple Pages, but it happened to me twice yesterday in two different projects where I re-exported a map series that had previously been exported as a single file, and it has happened to one of my co-workers last week as well. We export map series very regularly and we have never noticed this issue prior to last week.

Anyone else noticing this?

- Holly
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TomBole
Esri Regular Contributor

@HollyTorpey_LSA  - Very good to hear!  Sorry for all the inconvenience.