ListCharts

Summary

The ListCharts function returns a list of chart objects stored in the metadata of a geodatabase dataset.

Syntax

ListCharts (datasetName, {wildcard})
ParameterExplanationData Type
datasetName

The path to the dataset.

String
wildcard

A wildcard is based on the chart title and is not case sensitive. A combination of asterisks (*) and characters can be used to help limit the resulting list.

(The default value is None)

String
Return Value
Data TypeExplanation
List

A list of chart objects.

Code sample

ListCharts example

Retrieve charts from the metadata of a feature class and export the first chart to an .svg file.

import arcpy

charts = arcpy.charts.ListCharts(r"c:\census.gdb\counties")
bar = charts[0]
bar.exportToSVG("bar.svg")

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