topic Re: Sort Dashboard Legend? in ArcGIS Dashboards Questions

Sort Dashboard Legend?

Anonymous User — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:58:15 GMT

I have a dashboard that contains a time series for sample locations. The legend lists the location ids in no order that I can see. I would present an image, but the data is very sensitive.

There is simply no order. The unique ids are separated by color and if you are wondering which location the dark pink line represents, you just need to scan up and down the legend until you find it. Same for the turquoise line, the orange one, etc... Extremely awkward.

Is there a way to get the legends in dashboard time series charts to sort?

Thank you,

Randy McGregor

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

Anonymous User — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:00:26 GMT

I can sort lists, detail panes, almost everything except the legend items in the chart.

Thank You,

Randy McGregor

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

RickeyFight — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:55:04 GMT

Randy McGregor‌

"Since the contents of your web map determine the contents of the legend element, the order in which layers appear in the web map reflects the order in which they appear in the legend element."

Map legend—ArcGIS Dashboards | Documentation

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

Anonymous User — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:02:51 GMT

Thanks Rickey,

It's not the map legend. Sorry. I wasn't clear - It's the dashboard legend - the list of charted locations, which changes depending on selection.

There is only one map layer - the sample results layer. The dashboard creates a legend on the fly for each unique location id, because a line graph is made for each selected location (split by = "Location ID"). I obscured the ids, but this is an example and they are not sorted in any logical way and I don't seem to have any control over it.

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

RickeyFight — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:26:19 GMT

is it sorted by objectid?

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

Anonymous User — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:33:10 GMT

Good guess. I don't know. I see no way to tell it how to sort.

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

RickeyFight — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:03:39 GMT

Can you open the data in another map and see if it is ordered by objectid?

What chart are you using?

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

MapManOregon — Fri, 01 May 2020 23:18:21 GMT

I have a similar issue. We have a text values, Site Index, and I'd like I to be at the top, then II, but what I get is below. Any suggestions??

Thanks.

keith

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

Anonymous User — Mon, 04 May 2020 01:12:52 GMT

I have seen no way of dealing with this, nor have I heard anything. This is either a bug or an oversight. It would be nice if someone at ESRI could at least comment on this. An unsorted legend is awkward.

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

Anonymous User — Mon, 04 May 2020 01:15:05 GMT

If I discovered they were sorted based on object id, what would I be able to do with that information?

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

DerekLaw — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:32:11 GMT

Hi Randy,

> Is there a way to get the legends in dashboard time series charts to sort?

Unfortunately, there is no way to "re-order" the legend categories. Sorry. Please vote for the enhancement request,

https://community.esri.com/ideas/18330

Hope this helps,

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

Anonymous User — Tue, 05 May 2020 12:50:54 GMT

Thank you. Will do.

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

BrianAndersen — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:57:10 GMT

Where is this "enhancement" request located so people can vote for it? Thanks

Re: Sort Dashboard Legend?

GeorgeBrown1 — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:34:36 GMT

Did you ever get a reply for the vote option? I could not find it either. Thanks.