What layers are in an mxd

[Lew]

Hi Pythoneers,

Does anyone have a script that lists the layer names in an mxd to a
txt, csv or xls?

Thanks
Lew

[Lew.Gr...@gov.bc.ca]

Here is a script that lists the layers in an mxd.

 

from arcpy import mapping
mapDoc = r"W:\FOR\RCO\DCR\Projects\Status\DCR_Status_Feb5_2013.mxd"
mxd = mapping.MapDocument(mapDoc)
lyrs = mapping.ListLayers(mxd)
lyrTitle = 'Map Layer'
sourceTitle = 'Data Source'
#print('%-60s%s' % (lyrTitle,sourceTitle))
#print('%-60s%s' % ('-' * len(lyrTitle), '-' * len(sourceTitle)))
for lyr in lyrs:
    try:
        #print('%-60s%s' % (lyr.name,lyr.dataSource))
        print('***%s' % (lyr.name))
        print('******%s' % (lyr.dataSource))
        print "                       "
    except:
        print('Unable to retrieve layer information')
del mxd

[Will]

Hey Lew -  here is a script I had that crawls through mxd's and outputs the layers and their respective mxds.

~Will

import os,sys,arcpy

mxdList = []

searchPath = r"W:\tsa\kam\alpine_ski\big_white\mxds"

outputTxt = r"w:\tsa\kam\alpine_ski\big_white\mxdCrawler_Output.csv"

#list mxds in search Path

for root,subFolders,files in os.walk(searchPath):

    for file in files:

        if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == '.mxd':

            mxdList.append(os.path.join(root,file))

#open file to write datasources to

if os.path.exists(outputTxt):

    print 'output exists.. exiting script'

    sys.exit(0)

else:

    f = open(outputTxt,'w')

#end    

for mapFile in mxdList:

    mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mapFile)

    for lyr in arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd):

        if lyr.supports("DATASOURCE"):

            txtStr = mapFile + ',' + lyr.dataSource + '\n'

            f.write(txtStr)

f.close()