Are you doing anything else to the index layer dynamically while the script is running? I once tried building the index layer on the fly (based on the area of interest) while it was being referenced within the same MXD the script/DDP was working against. The solution was to work build the index using one MXD and the map pages using another MXD (but all with a single script).
Please provide more detail.
Jeff
I am doing exactly as you say. I update the index layer dynamically while the script is running and then try to refresh data driven pages at which point I get the error I posted above (This works at 10, not 10.1). After the code fails I can open my mxd, see that it is now pointing at the updated index layer and run the refresh manually on toolbar and it works with no errors. It is not happy when you try to do this with python though.My code is below. relPath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
arcpy.env.overWriteOutput = True
arcpy.env.workspace = relPath
arcpy.env.scratchWorkspace = relPath
arcpy.AddMessage("The relpath variable is " + relPath + "...")
arcpy.AddMessage("The scratch folder is " + arcpy.env.scratchFolder + "...")
arcpy.AddMessage("The scratch gdb is " + arcpy.env.scratchGDB + "...")
##We have two map documents, the first is the report page, the second is the map page
mxdPath1 = "C:\data\ArcGISServer\Reporting\scratch\Template_Page1_GeoLib.mxd"
mxdPath2 = "C:\data\ArcGISServer\Reporting\scratch\Template_Page2_GeoLib10.1.mxd"
arcpy.AddMessage("Map document 1 is located at " + mxdPath1 + "...")
arcpy.AddMessage("Map document 2 is located at " + mxdPath2 + "...")
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdPath1)
mxd2 = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdPath2)
##Get the layers and the table
lyr = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "WS_OCCURPOINT_SV")[0]
tab = arcpy.mapping.ListTableViews(mxd, "WS_RAPTORSUM")[0]
buf = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd2, "OccurPoint_SV_Buffer")[0]
arcpy.AddMessage("Obtained the map layers from the map templates...")
##Loop through all of the layout elements in the first page and assign them to variables
for elm in arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd):
##These are for the tabular component at the top of page 1
if elm.name == "tabYear": tabYear = elm
if elm.name == "tabNestNum": tabNestNum = elm
if elm.name == "tabESO": tabESO = elm
if elm.name == "tabLSO": tabLSO = elm
if elm.name == "tabSummary": tabSummary = elm
if elm.name == "tabObserver": tabObserver = elm
##These are for headings or for large group elements on page 1
if elm.name == "txtLocationInfo": txtLocationInfo = elm
if elm.name == "txtTerritory": txtTerritory = elm
if elm.name == "txtSiteName": txtSiteName = elm
if elm.name == "txtWarning": txtWarning = elm
if elm.name == "txtWarning2": txtWarning2 = elm
if elm.name == "MiddleGroup": middleGroup = elm
if elm.name == "UseSpace": useSpace = elm
##Loop through all of the layout elements in the second page and assign them to variables
for elm in arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd2):
##These are for the tabular component at the bottom of page 2
if elm.name == "tabNestNumPage2": tabNestNumPage2 = elm
if elm.name == "tabZappedPage2": tabZappedPage2 = elm
if elm.name == "tabOccurNotesPage2": tabOccurNotesPage2 = elm
if elm.name == "tabLastEffortDatePage2": tabLastEffortDatePage2 = elm
if elm.name == "tabLatLongPage2": tabLatLongPage2 = elm
##These are for headings of page 2
if elm.name == "txtTerritoryPage2": txtTerritoryPage2 = elm
if elm.name == "txtSiteNamePage2": txtSiteNamePage2 = elm
if elm.name == "txtQuadNamePage2": txtQuadNamePage2 = elm
if elm.name == "txtQuadCodePage2": txtQuadCodePage2 = elm
#if elm.name == "txtLegalDescPage2": txtLegalDescPage2 = elm
if elm.name == "txtLocationInfoPage2": txtLocationInfoPage2 = elm
if elm.name == "txtWarningPage2": txtWarningPage2 = elm
arcpy.AddMessage("Obtained the text elements from the map templates...")
##Get the input parameters
territoryList = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
territoryListNums = territoryList.split(';')
speciesCode = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
occurType = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)
mapScale = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(3)
##Set up the buffer output
OccurPoint_SV_Buffer = arcpy.env.scratchGDB + "\\buffer"
territoryListString = "(" + str(territoryList).replace(";",",") + ")"
##For file geodatabase "SPPCODE" = 'HALE' AND "HrtgOccurno" in (41, 88, 160, 655, 1126)
if occurType == "ALL":
whereClause = "\"SPPCODE\" = '" + speciesCode + "' AND \"HrtgOccurno\" in " + territoryListString
else:
whereClause = "\"SPPCODE\" = '" + speciesCode + "' AND \"HrtgOccurno\" in " + territoryListString + " AND \"OccurType_PT_Desc\" = '" + occurType + "'"
##Check to see if things exist and delete
arcpy.AddMessage("Deleting the old 'Output_Layer' and 'OccurPoint_SV_Buffer' [outside of main loop]...")
if arcpy.Exists(arcpy.env.scratchGDB + "\Output_Layer"):
arcpy.Delete_management(arcpy.env.scratchGDB + "\Output_Layer")
else:
arcpy.AddMessage(arcpy.env.scratchGDB + "\Output_Layer" + " does not exist...")
if arcpy.Exists(OccurPoint_SV_Buffer):
arcpy.Delete_management(OccurPoint_SV_Buffer)
else:
arcpy.AddMessage(OccurPoint_SV_Buffer + " does not exist...")
arcpy.AddMessage("Deleted the old 'Output_Layer' and 'OccurPoint_SV_Buffer' [outside of main loop]...")
##Select the territories to buffer
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(lyr, arcpy.env.scratchGDB + "\Output_Layer", whereClause, "", "OBJECTID OBJECTID VISIBLE NONE;OccurPointID OccurPointID VISIBLE NONE;SPPCODE SPPCODE VISIBLE NONE;ComName ComName VISIBLE NONE;TaxoNameID TaxoNameID VISIBLE NONE;HrtgOccurno HrtgOccurno VISIBLE NONE;HrtgSeqno HrtgSeqno VISIBLE NONE;SiteName SiteName VISIBLE NONE;EffortDate EffortDate VISIBLE NONE;OccurNotes OccurNotes VISIBLE NONE;ObsAffil ObsAffil VISIBLE NONE;OccurType_PT_Desc OccurType_PT_Desc VISIBLE NONE;OccurClass_Desc OccurClass_Desc VISIBLE NONE;OccurOn_Desc OccurOn_Desc VISIBLE NONE;Zapped_Desc Zapped_Desc VISIBLE NONE;CountyName CountyName VISIBLE NONE;Legal_Desc_Nm Legal_Desc_Nm VISIBLE NONE;Township Township VISIBLE NONE;Range Range VISIBLE NONE;RangeDir RangeDir VISIBLE NONE;SubDivNo SubDivNo VISIBLE NONE;SubDivType SubDivType VISIBLE NONE;Lat_SPNAD83HARN Lat_SPNAD83HARN VISIBLE NONE;Long_SPNAD83HARN Long_SPNAD83HARN VISIBLE NONE;X_SPNAD83HARN X_SPNAD83HARN VISIBLE NONE;Y_SPNAD83HARN Y_SPNAD83HARN VISIBLE NONE;Accuracy_Desc Accuracy_Desc VISIBLE NONE;WDFWRegion WDFWRegion VISIBLE NONE;QuadCode100k QuadCode100k VISIBLE NONE;QuadCode24k QuadCode24k VISIBLE NONE;QuadName24k QuadName24k VISIBLE NONE;DelormePageNo DelormePageNo VISIBLE NONE;Shape Shape VISIBLE NONE")
##Do the buffer
arcpy.Buffer_analysis(arcpy.env.scratchGDB + "\Output_Layer", OccurPoint_SV_Buffer, "500 Feet", "FULL", "ROUND", "LIST", "SPPCODE;ComName;TaxoNameID;HrtgOccurno;SiteName")
#Set the current page to the first one
mxd2.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = 1
#Refresh the data driven pages
mxd2.dataDrivenPages.refresh()
arcpy.AddMessage("Completed updating the map grid...")Ill try what you say for the second mxd.
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