Latest Contributions by TomBole

Thanks Justin.  My advice would have been the same. Thanks for helping out! ... View more

Hi Jessica,  Your instincts are correct. You will need to create 2 separate layouts, one portrait and one landscape, each with it's own map series. You'll probably need to add a field to the index to indicate which layout the particular index feature should be used for and set a definition query based on this field for each layout. As Josh states above you may want to use ArcPy.mp.  Here are some links to help you get started. Help topics: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/mapping/introduction-to-arcpy-mp.htm https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/mapseries-class.htm https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/layout-class.htm Samples: List of samples - https://esriurl.com/8899 Specific Map Series sample - http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=eba53351ceb84b58b505dec5272e526c The second script should shine light on how to "stitch" your portrait and landscape pages into a single PDF.  Hopefully, these resources should help you get started. Tom ... View more

Hi Casey,  I did a quick test with 2.7.1 and was unable to repro the issue you describe. There was an issue with the export progress message when exporting a map series using the multiple PDF option (BUG-000132799 - see GeoNet post Pro 2.6 no longer showing export progress for map series). It is possible that you are running into a different bug that may be specific to your data or workflow. Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Hi All,  If the DISTINCT function is not working with the Value dynamic text element I would consider this a bug. Can someone log this with Support? It will help us prioritize this. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Hi Lindsay,  The chart legend is controlled by the chart and can be toggled off in the Chart View.  All chart frames that reference this chart will either display or not display the chart's legend based on the state of this button. Are you suggesting an additional option that allows separate control of the chart legend for the chart frame on the layout?  For example, the chart legend displays in the chart view, but not in the chart frame on the layout? Thanks,  Tom ... View more

My advise would be to leave it "unsolved" for a bit. Perhaps there is a "raster guru" out there that may have a solution. ... View more

Hi Adam,  The legend (on the layout) pulls symbology directly from the layer. You cannot change the symbol's appearance separately in the legend. If the layer does not support adding a border around the symbol the legend won't either.  I'm not an expert with raster symbology, but I don't believe this is supported. Unfortunately, you'll need to add independent graphic rectangles for this effect.  Obviously this would not work if the legend is dynamic and will change based on the current map extent. I did not see a suggestion covering this in the Ideas site. Please feel free to add one for this if you think this would be a good enhancement. Thanks for the feedback.  Tom ... View more

Hi Justin,  Glad the Strip Map Index tool is working for you.  The GP tool creates and populates the field and the Map Series automatically uses the values for a field named "Rotation". You can set all pages to be "North at the top of the page" by simply setting the Rotation of the Map Series to use no field.    Once you do this remember to set the rotation for the map to 0.  Feel free to add your suggestion to Pro ideas. Thanks, Tom ... View more

Another option to create map series index features is to use the Strip Map Index Features geoprocessing tool. This tool "(c)reates a series of rectangular polygons, or index features, that follow a single linear feature or a group of linear features. These index features can be used with spatial map series to define pages in a strip map or a set of maps that follow a linear feature. The resulting index features contain attributes that can be used to rotate and orient the map on the page and determine which index features, or pages, are next to the current page (to the left and right or to the top and bottom)." ... View more

Fynn, You cannot associate a different layout page to a specific map series page of a different layout. You might be able to do this using python, but I cannot confirm this. You can "fake" this by creating a copy of the layout/map series. One copy that shows the map, & one that covers the map (ex: with a rectangle graphic that is the same color as the page. This way the dynamic elements (text, table frame, legend) are still tied to a map extent driven by the index layer features. You will probably need 2 versions of the index layer, each with field to extract the page number. The "map" index layer may be all even numbers while the "text" index layer has all odd numbers.  You'll have to figure out what you want the page numbers to be.  Once you've exported both map series to PDFs you can use python to create a single PDF product as illustrated, I believe, in the sample - MapBooksInPro_Pro1.0_v1.  Tom ... View more

HI Fynn,  You can use ArcPy.mp to create a map book (multi-page PDF) using the map series you've created and other "non-map" pages.  A good example can be found here - MapBooksInPro_Pro1.0_v1. There are other examples listed here - Python Map Automation Samples. If you're new to ArcPy.mp please refer to Tutorial: Getting started with arcpy.mp. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Greg,  You should be able to get the label to draw next to the symbol patch by having the Label (or layout name) checkbox toggled on and the Layer name and Headings checkboxes toggled off as seen in the example below. If this does not work for you there may be something particular with the data or with the raster layer properties. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Kieran,  You can do this if your map's coordinate system is in either a geographic coordinate systems and cylindrical projected coordinate systems.  For more information on this see the section Allow panning across the international date line in maps in the help topic Specify a coordinate system. Here is where you'll find the checkbox under the Coordinate Systems tab of Map Properties. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Your description matches with our understanding of the issue. I don't think we need anything more at this time. Once the fix is in your hands please feel free to let us know if there any additional issues. Thanks for the feedback! ... View more

Hi Kieran,  If you're new to Map Series I would suggest taking a look at the following help topic - Map Series.  Thanks to Justin for providing very useful info on Map Series.  Hopefully this help you get to where you want to go. Tom ... View more