I have a Unique Values layer file (.lyr) that has a couple dozen unique value symbols in it. I have been working for a while to get a python script tool to apply this symbology to an ouput from the script tool, and then put it into an active MXD. Then when it is put in the MXD, I want to be able to remove some of the symbols in the Table of Contents, while retaining all the symbology in the Dataframe. After a week of searching, I found Representations have the ability to give me this functionality in the Symbology tab for that Representation using the Legend Properties menu, pictured below.
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Plus I found out that Representations have Arcpy functionality to create them and add them to layers and such, but there is absolutely no way I can find to replicate the functionality the Legen Properties menu gives you, just in Arcpy. This is the very last aspect of a tool I am working on at work, and this is driving me crazy. Why does ESRI no provide arcpy functionality to be able to manipulate every single menu option you can do in the Arcmap GUI, even the small insignificant ones like the Legend Properties on the Representation properties menu?
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Plus I found out that Representations have Arcpy functionality to create them and add them to layers and such, but there is absolutely no way I can find to replicate the functionality the Legen Properties menu gives you, just in Arcpy. This is the very last aspect of a tool I am working on at work, and this is driving me crazy. Why does ESRI no provide arcpy functionality to be able to manipulate every single menu option you can do in the Arcmap GUI, even the small insignificant ones like the Legend Properties on the Representation properties menu?