Issue with Applying Symbology from Layer

Question

Hi All,

I am having an issue with the "Apply Symbology from Layer" tool. I have been creating symbology for two "Big Integer" fields and have no issue creating and exporting the symbology as a layer file, but when it comes to testing the layer file and importing it, it no longer recognizes the big integer fields. I have had no problem with other data types, just this one in particular. I think it might be a bug as almost all my problems come from the big integer type. 😇

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

afielder02 · Answer

Workaround - when adding the symbology, hit the remove button (red x) and then run the tool, it will work without issue.

DanPatterson · Answer

The integer data range is... (-9007199254740991) and (9007199254740991)

aka -2^53 -1 to 2^53 -1

and the warning that some applications don't support big integer data... perhaps a revisit may be in order if the data range possible isn't going to be used.  But a report of the issue may evoke an explanation at least

afielder02 · Answer

Hi Dan, the choice in field type is not up to me, so I'll report it as a bug. I don't know the reason why it was decided to be big integer considering the data housed in that field. Thanks!