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Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

RyanSutcliffe — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:36:34 GMT

I would like to label features from a Multipoint FeatureLayer in ArcGIS JavaScript API 4x. Is this possible? I can't get it to work.

Here is what I've tried:

let url = [my multipoint service layer url] var layer = new FeatureLayer({ url: url, opacity: 0.9, renderer: { type: "simple", //autocasts symbol: { type: "simple-marker", //autocasts size: 3, color: "white", }, }, title: "Site Labels", labelingInfo : { labelExpressionInfo: {expression: "$feature.[myfield]"}, symbol: { type: "text", color: "black", haloSize: 1, haloColor: "white" } }, }); var map = new Map({ basemap: "topo", layers: [layer] });

Basically, the same way you would label a simple point layer. For a point layer this will work. No labels appear for a multipoint layer. Can't find anything online besides the statement:

Currently a feature can only have one label. If a feature satisfies the where condition of multiple LabelClasses, then only the label corresponding to the first matching LabelClass is displayed.

Which might mean that with multipoint point layers we're out of luck?

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

RyanSutcliffe — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:38:23 GMT

ESRI Canada got back to me. They've logged a bug (BUG-000137586 Labels for Multipoints Fail to Render in Javascript API 4.18) for this. Just in case anyone else comes across same issue.

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

Noah-Sager — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:35:54 GMT

Thanks for getting this issue logged. We currently do not support Multipoint geometries by design, but this issue will help drive the enhancement request.

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

RyanSutcliffe — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:42:16 GMT

Is there somewhere that this lack of support for Multipoint in the ArcGIS JavaScript API is stated? If that is indeed the case I think you should clarify in the documentation. There is a Multipoint geometry class and certainly no mention any support limitations for labelling or otherwise there. The closest I've seen is a Technical Article for ArcGIS Online that refers to lack of support for Multipoint in the context of editing.

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

AnninaHirschiWyss — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:32:58 GMT

Any idea when this will be fixed? As this also affects the new Map Viewer in AGOL, my layer doesn't get labelled... Thx!

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

Anonymous User — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 22:58:34 GMT

I would have thought this would have been fixed by now (12/3/2021) since we just had a new release of AGOL. I will also submit a bug from our organization.

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

KrzysztofNoga — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:01:12 GMT

Any idea when this will be fixed? ESRI JS API 4.24 still not working.

message: "Unable to create labels for Feature Layer, esriGeometryMultipoint is not supported"

name: "mapview-labeling:unsupported-geometry-type"

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

AnninaHirschiWyss — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:55:09 GMT

It looks like it’s in product plan now… hope it comes soon and will fix this one as well: https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/labels-on-multipoint-layers-do-not-display-in-the-new-m-bug-000131800

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

JwHayes — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:27:07 GMT

Oh my giggles. I can't believe this, but yet I can. This is a huge issue for my organization. Support all your geometries ESRI!

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

AnninaHirschiWyss — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:37:36 GMT

The Bug https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/labels-on-multipoint-layers-do-not-display-in-the-new-m-bug-000131800 is considered now as "Known Limit", is there really no way to fix this?

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

AnninaHirschiWyss — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 08:13:33 GMT

Hi @Noah-Sager ,

some of the related issues logged are "not addressed", "known limit"... Could you give some priority to this issue? It is rather important for us, as converting multipoints to single points is not an option (we have a related table to the feature and this would disturb the data integrity...)

https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/unable-to-add-points-in-a-multipoint-feature-service-in-bug-000104054

https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/labels-on-multipoint-layers-do-not-display-in-the-new-m-bug-000131800

And one "in product plan" since more than 3 years... https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/multipoint-labels-fail-to-render-in-an-arcgis-api-for-j-bug-000137586

And one "under consideration" since more than 3 years... https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/there-are-problems-with-adding-or-submitting-multipoint-bug-000142193

Thanks

Re: Label a Multipoint Layer in ArcGIS JavaScript API

SebastianFrey1 — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:09:47 GMT

Crazy, how self-contradictory those individual status values are. We have also various customers asking about that feature.. nothing has changed since 3+ years.