idea Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL in ArcGIS Online Ideas

Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

JAVIERVARA_SANZ — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:33:32 GMT

Similar button to Import... on the Symbology tab of the Layer Properties in ArcMap, but directly applicable in AGOL

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

DanielleKulas — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:37:31 GMT

I just came to the ideas forum to post something like this! Would be great to import a layer file to set symbology etc, and would save so much time when creating view layers.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

KirstenHazler — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:33:50 GMT

Yes please.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

Anonymous User — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:01:28 GMT

Yes. We would like this functionality as well.

The official answer is "no" https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000012452 That is a significant barrier to hosting data on AGOL. Which is costing Esri lost revenue (opportunity cost)

There is a way apparently: https://community.esri.com/groups/arcgis-python-api/blog/2019/04/09/updating-layer-symbology-with-the-arcgis-api-for-python

Just needs a button on an Item page to do this script, above.

Uniform symbology would also help: https://community.esri.com/ideas/16228-have-the-same-symbology-across-arcgis-pro-arcmap-portal-for-arcgis-and-arcgis-online

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

Anonymous User — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:04:10 GMT

I don't see how the "way" does what the original requestor asked for--importing symbology (not just updating it). Did I miss something?

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

DavidMedeiros — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:53:43 GMT

Stunning omission from AGOL functionality IMO. Iterating and updating layers in longer term projects is made sooooo much more tedious by needing to apply customized symbols manually every time a layer in a web map is replaced with an updated version.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

RicciLucas — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:39:44 GMT

I also second this functionality. It's a bit backwards to be able to edit hosted features directly in Pro, but not have the ability to change its symbology.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

wayfaringrob — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:25:13 GMT

Agree with all of the above. If I'm making a map in Arc Online, it's because I wanted to make a map in Arc Online - not because I wanted to go back and forth between Online and Pro. Stunning omission indeed.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

MikePowers — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:31:38 GMT

Yes Please.
I primarily work in cross-organizational collaboration, and when receiving data from a collaborator to host It would be BEST if I could leverage the data owner's preferred symbology.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

ChrisRoot — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 22:24:12 GMT

I support the request of the OP, if its possible to program in AGOL.

Use Case: Pulling hosted features off AGOL for modification of domains / subtypes / fields etc.. in ArcPro then rehosting as a new HFL.

Desired workflow: existing HFL in AGOL could be used to symbolize the newly hosted / updated HFL in AGOL. Ideally this option would be on the visualization tab and also available in the new Map Viewer.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

BabiceanuSimonaVDOT — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:43:22 GMT

This would be a useful feature, I support it.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

erica_poisson — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:02:58 GMT

This would be extremely useful - please add to the road map!

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

CarlaIncontri — Mon, 15 May 2023 19:59:02 GMT

This would be great, as some times we publish hosted feature layers, share with a group, then they somehow lose their symbology and revert to black polygons with a black fill.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

NikHenryOz — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 01:01:28 GMT

Yes please, a button on the setting page would be great for uploading lyr or lyrx

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

dcallaghan — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:24:51 GMT

Yes please to this feature
The capability to do so is available through the backend of the Feature Layer (https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-copy-symbology-and-apply-to-it-another-feature-l-000027205) so presumably this could be done by a UI in Map Viewer, surely?

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

Laura — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:09:45 GMT

Came on to look for an answer to this and there still isn't one 4 years later. This would be extremely helpful I now have to manually symbolize or overwrite 50 layers.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

SamJakson — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:17:24 GMT

More bog standard basic functionality missing from ESRI software.

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

HelenCooper — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:13:40 GMT

This would be super helpful!

Re: Import Symbology to Hosted Feature Service or Hosted View in AGOL

AmandaPutri — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 01:30:19 GMT

Yes please on this functionality in AGOL.