Below is a list of arcpy.mapping parameter constants. Many of these parameters are used with multiple arcpy.mapping functions and/or methods. Most of these parameters are optionalâthose surrounded by curly brackets ({})âand when appropriate, the default values are indicated next to the value. This document is intended to serve as a quick reference. For more specific information on what the parameter values mean, refer to the function or method documentation by using the links provided next to the parameter name.
arcpy.mapping constants
{add_position}âUsed by AddLayer and AddLayerToGroup.
- "AUTO_ARRANGE"âDefault
- "BOTTOM"
- "TOP"
â
{colorspace}âUsed by DataDrivenPages.exportToPDF, ExportToAI, ExportToEPS, and ExportToPDF.
- "CMYK"
- "RGB"âDefault
â
{color_mode}âUsed by ExportToBMP, ExportToGIF, ExportToJPEG, ExportToPNG, and ExportToTIFF.
- "1-BIT_MONOCHROME_MASK"
- "1-BIT_MONOCHROME_THRESHOLD"
- "24-BIT_TRUE_COLOR"âDefault for all functions except ExportToGIF
- "8-BIT_GRAYSCALE"âDefault for ExportToGIF
- "8-BIT_PALETTE"
â
connection_typeâUsed by CreateGISServerConnectionFile.
- "ADMINISTER_GIS_SERVICES"
- "PUBLISH_GIS_SERVICES"
- "USE_GIS_SERVICES"
â
{dataset_option}âUsed by ExportReport.
- "ALL"
- "DEFINITION_QUERY"
- "EXTENT"
- "SELECTED"
- "USE_RLF"âDefault
â
displayUnitsâA property of the DataFrame object.
- "Centimeters"
- "DecimalDegrees"
- "DecimalDegreesMinutes"
- "DecimalDegreesSeconds"
- "Decimeters"
- "Feet"
- "Inches"
- "Kilometers"
- "Meters"
- "MGRS"
- "Miles"
- "Millimeters"
- "NauticalMiles"
- "Points"
- "Unknown"
- "USNationalGrid"
- "UTM"
- "Yards"
â
{element_type}âUsed by ListLayoutElements.
- "DATAFRAME_ELEMENT"
- "GRAPHIC_ELEMENT"
- "LEGEND_ELEMENT"
- "MAPSURROUND_ELEMENT"
- "PICTURE_ELEMENT"
- "TEXT_ELEMENT"
â
{encryption}âUsed by PDFDocument.updateDocSecurity.
- "AES_V1"
- "AES_V2"
- "RC4"âDefault
â
{gif_compression}âUsed by ExportToGIF.
- "LZW"
- "NONE"âDefault
- "RLE"
â
{image_compression}âUsed by DataDrivenPages.exportToPDF, ExportToEPS, and ExportToPDF.
- "ADAPTIVE"âDefault
- "DEFLATE"
- "JPEG"
- "LZW"
- "NONE"
- "RLE"
â
{image_quality}âUsed by DataDrivenPages.exportToPDF, ExportToAI, ExportToEMF, ExportToEPS, ExportToPDF, ExportToSVG, and PrintMap.
- "BEST"âDefault
- "BETTER"
- "FASTER"
- "FASTEST"
- "NORMAL"
â
{insert_position}âUsed by InsertLayer and MoveLayer.
- "AFTER"
- "BEFORE"âDefault
â
{layers_attributes}âUsed by DataDrivenPages.exportToPDF and ExportToPDF.
- "LAYERS_AND_ATTRIBUTES"
- "LAYERS_ONLY"âDefault
- "NONE"
â
{layer_property}âUsed by Layer.supports.
- "BRIGHTNESS"
- "CONTRAST"
- "CREDITS"
- "DATASETNAME"
- "DATASOURCE"
- "DEFINITIONQUERY"
- "DESCRIPTION"
- "LABELCLASSES"
- "LONGNAME"
- "MAXSCALE"
- "MINSCALE"
- "NAME"
- "SERVICEPROPERTIES"
- "SHOWLABELS"
- "SYMBOLOGY"
- "SYMBOLOGYTYPE"
- "TIME"
- "TRANSPARENCY"
- "VISIBLE"
- "WORKSPACEPATH"
â
{msd_anti_aliasing}âUsed by ConvertToMSD.
- "BEST"
- "FAST"
- "FASTEST"
- "NONE"âDefault
- "NORMAL"
â
{msd_text_anti_aliasing}âUsed by ConvertToMSD.
- "FORCE"âDefault
- "NONE"
- "NORMAL"
â
{multiple_files}âUsed by PDFDocument.exportToPDF.
- "PDF_MULTIPLE_FILES_PAGE_INDEX"
- "PDF_MULTIPLE_FILES_PAGE_NAME"
- "PDF_SINGLE_PAGE"âDefault
â
{page_range_type}âUsed by DataDrivenPages.exportToPDF and DataDrivenPages.printPages.
- "ALL"âDefault
- "CURRENT"
- "RANGE"
- "SELECTED"
â
{pdf_layout}âUsed by PDFDocument.updateDocProperties.
- "DONT_CARE"
- "ONE_COLUMN"
- "SINGLE_PAGE"âDefault
- "TWO_COLUMN_LEFT"
- "TWO_COLUMN_RIGHT"
- "TWO_PAGE_LEFT"
- "TWO_PAGE_RIGHT"
â
{pdf_open_view}âUsed by PDFDocument.updateDocProperties.
- "ATTACHMENT"
- "FULL_SCREEN"
- "LAYERS"
- "USE_BOOKMARKS"
- "USE_NONE"
- "USE_THUMBS"âDefault
- "VIEWER_DEFAULT"
â
{permissions}âUsed by PDFDocument.updateDocSecurity.
- "ALL"âDefault
- "ALL_MASTER"
- "COPY"
- "DOC_ASSEMBLY"
- "EDIT"
- "EDIT_NOTES"
- "FILL_AND_SIGN"
- "HIGH_PRINT"
- "OPEN"
- "PRINT"
- "SECURE"
â
{picture_symbol}âUsed by DataDrivenPages.exportToPDF, ExportToAI, ExportToEMF, ExportToEPS, ExportToPDF, and ExportToSVG.
- "RASTERIZE_BITMAP"âDefault
- "RASTERIZE_PICTURE"
- "VECTORIZE_BITMAP"
â
{ps_lang_level}âUsed by ExportToEPS.
- 2
- 3âDefault
â
{record_set}âUsed by ExportReport.
- "ALL"
- "SELECTED"
- "USE_RLF"âDefault
â
{rle_compression}âUsed by ExportToBMP.
- "NONE"âDefault
- "RLE"
â
{save_username_password}âUsed by CreateGISServerConnectionFile.
- "DO_NOT_SAVE_USERNAME"âDefault
- "SAVE_USERNAME"âDefault
â
{service_capabilities}âUsed by PublishMSDToServer.
- "MAPPING"âDefault
- "KML"
- "WCS"
- "WFS"
- "WMS"
â
{server_type}âUsed by CreateGISServerConnectionFile.
- "ARCGIS_SERVER"âDefault
- "SPATIAL_DATA_SERVER"
â
{server_type}âUsed by CreateMapSDDraft.
- "ARCGIS_SERVER"âDefault
- "FROM_CONNECTION_FILE"
- "MY_HOSTED_SERVICES"
- "SPATIAL_DATA_SERVER"
â
symbologyTypeâA property of the Layer object.
- "GRADUATED_COLORS"
- "GRADUATED_SYMBOLS"
- "OTHER"
- "RASTER_CLASSIFIED"
- "UNIQUE_VALUES"
â
{tiff_compression}âUsed by ExportToTIFF.
- "DEFLATE"
- "JPEG"
- "LZW"
- "NONE"âDefault
- "PACK_BITS"
â
timeWindowUnitsâA property of DataFrameTime.
- "centuries"
- "decades"
- "days"
- "hours"
- "millseconds"
- "minutes"
- "months"
- "seconds"
- "unknown"
- "weeks"
- "years"
â
{version}âUsed by Layer.saveACopy and MapDocument.saveACopy.
- "10.1"âDefault
- "10.0"
- "8.3"
- "9.0/9.1"
- "9.2"
- "9.3"
â
{workspace_type}âUsed by Layer.replaceDataSource, MapDocument.replaceWorkspacePaths, and TableView.replaceDataSource.
- "ACCESS_WORKSPACE"
- "ARCINFO_WORKSPACE"
- "CAD_WORKSPACE"
- "EXCEL_WORKSPACE"
- "FILEGDB_WORKSPACE"
- "NONE"
- "OLEDB_WORKSPACE"
- "PCCOVERAGE_WORKSPACE"
- "RASTER_WORKSPACE"
- "SDE_WORKSPACE"
- "SHAPEFILE_WORKSPACE"
- "TEXT_WORKSPACE"
- "TIN_WORKSPACE"
- "VPF_WORKSPACE"