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The arcpy.mapping module was not designed to be used for the use case that you describe. A relevant post by Esri staff member Jeff Barrette at GeoNet says this better than I can: Arcpy.mapping wa …

I don't think it is possible to do this at 10.0 but in the What's New at 10.1 PDF (which is available via resources.esri.com) two new properties on the Layer class of arcpy.mapping are described: ▪ m …

The arcpy.da.Walk function that was introduced at ArcGIS 10.1 SP1 will give you a headstart to building such a tool. Alternatively, there is an excellent commercial product available called Voyager t …

"Map documents (.mxd files) are compound files. The information describing the map, layout, and any embedded objects saved in the map is organized into units called storages and streams. …

From your picture it appears that you have saved an MXD file into the same Windows folder that contains the files making up your file geodatabase. I think that is an unwise practice. … From your comment it appears that moving the MXD file out of the file geodatabase's folder has resolved this for you. …

As commented by @MichaelStimson: Unfortunately due to file access (the MXD is open) you cannot rename it by any method. … When you 'save a copy' ArcMap doesn't switch to the new MXD, you need to do that yourself; each instance of ArcMap can only have one MXD open so the old one is closed (locks removed) which can then …

You can do this in ArcPy by cloning a graphic element that is a rectangle, and then changing its position and size properties. http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy-mapping/graphice …

I would try this: import arcpy mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("C:\Project\Project.mxd") #I'd like to create a list for lyr in arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd): if lyr.dataSource == (r"C:\Project\ … not saving that MXD. …

For an inexperienced Python user my recommendation would be to author three MXDs that will be your templates. These would have your layout set up any data frame(s), scale bar(s), legend(s), north arr …

Any script to do this will need to start by using ListBrokenDataSources which: Returns a Python list of Layer objects within a map document (.mxd) or layer (.lyr) file that have broken connections …

Note that documents from ArcGIS 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and related releases, such as 10.3.1, are directly compatible with each other Consequently, I think you should use 10.2 to try and open the MXD …

A map package contains a map document (.mxd) and the data referenced by the layers it contains, packaged into one convenient, portable file. …

import arcpy mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("C:/temp/test.mxd") layers = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, '*') for i in layers: print i.name print i.isServiceLayer print i.longName will return …

As you have found you cannot create new *.mxt files at ArcGIS 10.1. To get a better understanding of how to save customisations in the Normal template at ArcGIS 10.1 perhaps start at the Fundamentals …

Although very easy to do at 10.0, I do not believe it is possible to use Python to update the Coordinate Systems of Data Frames in any straightforward manner at 9.3 and earlier. Only approaches I can …