idea Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field in ArcGIS Experience Builder Ideas

Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

KaraUtter — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 22:25:48 GMT

Please allow us to customize the colors of bar charts based on values in a single field. Right now, if we choose a field that houses all the categories associated with the features, we only get the option of a single color.

If we create a bar chart using multiple fields, each fields can apparently have a color but that doesn't work well for the way most categorical datasets are configured.

This issue has been posted about previously:

Bar Chart widget - Color and Label - Esri Community

Is there an option to change bar chart colours? - Esri Community

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

BrittanyBurson — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:32:11 GMT

Here to say... we should definitely have control over the bar chart colors + labels in the pop-ups within Map Viewer. Can't tell anything by this... hover over for label doesn't make sense.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

NeilPennanen_dnr — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:48:10 GMT

I was trying to recreate the symbology that one of my colleagues produced in a Dashboard using the same dataset in Experience Builder. It would be great if the options available to customize charts in Dashboards were available in Experience Builder.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

BrittanyBurson — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:33:25 GMT

Hi @NeilPennanen_dnr thank you for your comments. Consider additional Idea kudo over here ... https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/color-and-label-configuration-for-charts-in-map/idi-p/1194130

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

DanielGetz — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:34:06 GMT

This is a great suggestion. Otherwise you have to get a creative with how you display the datasets and adds extra work from a data management point of view.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

Theode_Beer — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:13:07 GMT

In circle diagrams the option to change colours within the same attribute is available and in bar or column charts this option is not available. Can't imagine why this would pose a technical challenge as a feature for the experience builder.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

CherieBryant — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:56:37 GMT

Definitely support this. The same chart options that are in Dashboard should be in Experience Builder, with the ability to control colors & labels high up on the priority list.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

SeanSummers_CC — Wed, 17 May 2023 12:19:15 GMT

The bar graphs are definitely lacking functionality. ESRI says Experience Builder is replacing Web App Builder. If so, we should be able to do the same thing in Experience Builder that we could easily do in Web App Builder.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

jbelak_audubon — Fri, 26 May 2023 15:26:47 GMT

Having different color bars in bar chart categories is such a basic function. It's very hard to understand why it was overlooked, particularly when it was possible previously. Why would one take away features and capabilities people have already built into their workflows with a new release? Isn't the point to add functionality?

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

Henry_PeleshBW — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:15:55 GMT

Not sure how Experience Builder has been around for so long without this functionality. Pretty disappointing.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

MichaelHanson1 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:18:04 GMT

It would be great if the chart inherited the legend color for each categorical value automatically like it does in ArcGIS Pro when that category is already symbolized on the map.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

DJB — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:28:22 GMT

In AGOL Dashboards you can do this extremely easily. Is there a reason why this has yet to be added to charts in Experience Builder? It's shocking that this is not available yet.

Re: Allow Bar Chart Custom Color by Value in a Field

EmilyC_nps — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:23:27 GMT

Having this functionality would also be great for accessibility purposes and better customization for design.