This tool takes a folder location where map documents (.mxd files) to be used as layout templates are located and returns the content of those layout templates formatted as JavaScript object notation (JSON).
This tool is shipped with ArcGIS Server and is intended to be published as a geoprocessing task within a printing service. It is also used by the preconfigured PrintingTools service.
The output of this tool is a string formatted as JSON. The string is a list of available map documents (used as layout templates) and the following information:
The sizes are returned in the unit that is saved with the map document.
A sample output JSON
[{ "layoutTemplate": "A4 Landscape", //name of the layout "pageSize": [29.7, 21], //page size "activeDataFrameSize": [27.75, 15.91], //size of the active data frame "layoutOptions": { "hasAuthorText": true, //is the predefined AuthorText available "hasCopyrightText": true, //is the predefined CopyrightText available "hasTitleText": true, //is the predefined TitleText available "hasLegend": true, //is legend element available "customTextElements": [] } }, { "layoutTemplate": "MyTemplatesWithCustomTextElements", "pageSize": [11, 8.5], "activeDataFrameSize": [6.65, 7.34], "layoutOptions": { "hasAuthorText": false, "hasCopyrightText": true, "hasTitleText": true, "hasLegend": true, "customTextElements": [ //available list of custom text elements { "CityName": "Redlands" }, { "MapCenterCoordinates": "" }, { "SelectedParcelID": ""} ] } }]The tool should use the same folder location that is used by the associated Export Web Map tool.
For more information, see Printing in web applications in the ArcGIS Server help.
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The following script returns a list of metadata for each layout from all MXDs in a folder.
arcpy.GetLayoutTemplatesInfo_server(r'C:\Data\MyLayouts')
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