Exporting Multiple Data Driven MXDs to PDFs using Python
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Hi Ana,
You'll want to take note that there are two options that allow you to export to pdf. The one suggested by David is the ExportToPdf method of the mapping class. If you decide to use this class then you also have to included logic to advance to each page within the map document. The method I suggested is the exportToPDF method of the dataDrivenPages class. This option would handle all of the iteration logic for you. This method would provide you with parameters to allow you to both specify the pages to print or how many pdfs to create.
Instead of iterating through each page, your logic could be as simple as follows (Note: I wrote this without verifying if it works😞
import arcpy
import os
def ExportToPDF(folder, pages, multiple_files, range_string="#"):
"""Walk specified directory to find files that in in *.mxd and export their
data driven pages to a pdf."""
# Walk the directory
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
for item in files:
# Check if file is an mxd
if not item.endswith(".mxd"):
continue
# Open mxd and hook into its data driven pages driver
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(path.join(root, item))
ddp = mxd.dataDrivenPages
# Specify the output path for the pdf
pdf = os.path.join(root, item.replace(".mxd", ".pdf"))
# desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/analyze/arcpy-mapping/datadrivenpages-class.htm
# Export the specified pages to the output pdf location
ddp.exportToPDF(pdf, pages, range_string, multiple_files)
if __name__ == '__main__':
ExportToPDF(r'C:\Path\To\Folder', 'ALL', 'PDF_SINGLE_FILE')
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