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Reyalino

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Hi All,

Using arcpy mapping module I am trying to add multiple shapefiles

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "D:/Directory/Map"

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("D:/Directory/Map/layout.mxd")
listFC = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()

for fc in listFC:
  df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]
  layer = arcpy.mapping.Layer(fc)
  arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df,layer,"TOP")
  
                        

When I run those script via jupyter notebook only 1 shapefile is added to the arcgis. But when I run it through Python Window on ArcGIS it adds all the shapefiles but also sometimes only add 1 shapefile. Not sure why this happen. Could someone give me a clue? thanks ( I am using ArcGIS 10.5 Not the original :-D) 

 

regards

 

 

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dear Reyalino,

put

  df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]

 

before "for loop",

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "D:/Directory/Map"

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("D:/Directory/Map/layout.mxd")
listFC = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]
for fc in listFC:
  layer = arcpy.mapping.Layer(fc)
  arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df,layer,"TOP")
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thanks for your fast response yousef233. I have put the dataframelist before the loop it works but after the second trial it only added 1 single feature. I have made several trials by run the code via python window and jupyter notebook. I am just wondering, why the code sometime running properly but not in the other day. 

 

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do you work with layout.mxd or "current" ?

do you save it after adding layers?

 

works fine here

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\Users\Default.gdb"

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"D:\Untitled.mxd")
listFC = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]
for fc in listFC:
  layer = arcpy.mapping.Layer(fc)
  arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df,layer,"TOP")

mxd.save()
del mxd

 

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