Number of decimal places for esriFieldTypeDouble fields

Question

Hi,

I've created a Data Expression that returns a feature set with several esriFieldTypeDouble fields.

When I run it in the Arcade editor, the Output looks correct, with all of the decimal places being preserved.

However when I view the Data Table in the widget editor only 2 decimal places are shown.

This is a problem because I am sorting on the Double field and the 3rd and 4th digit determine the sort order.

Is there a way to format the esriTypeDouble field so that it has more than 2 decimal places? I can probably perform the sort in Arcade but I would like to be able to use the Sort option in the widget editor.

Thanks!

Jill

JillianStanford · Answer

Thanks for your reply, Jennifer.

I do not own the layer that is supplying the data, so I can't modify it's pop up.

I'm pulling in the data using the FeatureSetByPortalItem function, combining it with data from another item and then creating a new FeatureSet object from a JSON definition.

I'd be surprised that it would still be formatting the field based on the popup of the original item, since I'm defining a new field. I even tried giving it a different name. The JSON used to create the Feature Set includes the correct number of decimal places.

Thanks again!

JA7 · Answer

You need to format your decimal fields to show the number of decimal places you desire. If you are bringing that layer into the dashboard through a webmap, you would do that in the webmap. If you brought in the layer directly, you would need to do that in the visualization tab of the item details.