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Programming ArcGIS with Python Cookbook, Second Edition

By : Donald Eric Pimpler, Eric Pimpler
Book Image

Programming ArcGIS with Python Cookbook, Second Edition

By: Donald Eric Pimpler, Eric Pimpler

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Programming ArcGIS with Python Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Exporting a report


Reports in ArcGIS provide you with a way of presenting information about your data or analysis. Information in a report is displayed by using information pulled directly from an attribute table in a feature class or a standalone table. Reports can contain attribute information, maps, pictures, graphics, and other supporting information. ArcMap includes a Report Wizard and Report Designer that you can use to create and modify reports. You can also save the format of a report to a template file. This template file can be used repeatedly to generate new reports based on any changes in your data. Using a combination of a report template along with arcpy.mapping, you can automate the production of reports.

Getting ready

The Report Wizard in ArcGIS can be used to create reports. There are two native data formats for ArcGIS reports: Report Document File (RDF) and Report Layout File (RLF). RDF reports provide a static report of your data. A one-time snapshot, if you will. A RLF...