ReportLayoutSection

Summary

The ReportLayoutSection object references a supplemental page in a report. It provides access to the URI property.

Discussion

An ArcGIS AllSource report can contain multiple report layout sections. A report layout section is a supplemental page that references a layout. Report layout sections are accessed using the listSections method on the Report object. This returns a Python list of ReportSection and ReportLayoutSection objects. Each report layout section can be referenced by a unique name and have a REPORT_LAYOUT_SECTION type.

To change the source of a ReportLayoutSection, update the URI property.

To exclude a report layout section when you export the report, set the visible property to False.

Properties

Property	Explanation	Data Type
name (Read and Write)	The report layout section's name. It is important that all report sections in a project have a unique name so they can be easily referenced by name.	String
type (Read Only)	The listSections method on the Report object returns both ReportSection and ReportLayoutSection objects. A report layout section has a REPORT_LAYOUT_SECTION type.	String
visible (Read and Write)	The report layout section visibility. Set this to False to exclude the section when exporting to PDF.	Boolean
URI (Read and Write)	The source for a report layout section is a layout in your project. The Universal Resource Indicator is the unique identifier for each layout and does not change.	String

Code sample

Report example 1

The following script gets all report layout sections in a report:

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\DemoData\NationalParks.aprx")
report = aprx.listReports("National Parks Report")[0]
sections = [s.name for s in report.listSections() if s.type=="REPORT_LAYOUT_SECTION"] # Get list of report layout section names
for s in sections:
	print(s)
# Map Overview
# Table of Contents
# Credits

Report example 2

The following script sets a report layout section visibility to False:

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\DemoData\NationalParks.aprx")
report = aprx.listReports("National Parks Report")[0]
section = report.listSections("Map Overview")[0] # Find the report layout section by name
section.visible = False

Report example 3

The following script sets the URI for a report layout section:

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"C:\DemoData\NationalParks.aprx")
report = aprx.listReports("National Parks Report")[0]
layout = aprx.listLayouts("Updated TOC")[0] # Get the replacement layout
section = report.listSections("Table of Contents")[0] # Get the report layout section
section.URI = layout.URI