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Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

CarmelConnolly3 — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:49:31 GMT

Good morning,

Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online similar to what you can do in ArcMap?

At the moment I have a layer and have grouped categories by symbolising them in the same way for each grouping but this throws off the legend.

Any ideas or tips?

Carmel

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

XanderBakker — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:39:19 GMT

Not all that is possible in ArcGIS Online is supported by ArcGIS Online. To mimic this behavior, you could create a group layer in ArcMap and add copies of the layer, using a definition query with the same elements of the groups and publish that as a service (on ArcGIS Server). When you add the service you will see a group layer with different layers (one for each group).

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

CarmelConnolly3 — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:36:27 GMT

Hi Xander,

I thought that might be the case!

I did have that workaround implemented but this was impacting on some of the widgets. I think what I'll do is have the main layer in the web map but turned off in the web map and Layer widget and turned on for the Attribute table & Query widgets and then have the layer added in again and filtered and symbolised appropriately and use these for the Layer widget.

Thanks!

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

XanderBakker — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:41:35 GMT

Sounds plausible. It's not ideal but it is a way to solve the problem. There are some updates coming to AGOL next week, but I don't think that enhancements with Group Layers is included.

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

BrianRosenthal — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:36:31 GMT

I had a similar issue and was wondering whether this is a feature that ESRI would be implementing in the future?

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

Anonymous User — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:52:55 GMT

I need this also - I grouped symbols in ArcGIS Pro but when I publish to a feature service and add to Map Viewer (new) it ungroups all the symbols. Esri said there is an enhancement logged - so maybe it will come out end of April 2023.

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

DeniseVachon — Fri, 26 May 2023 16:07:13 GMT

I just got off a call with Esri Support. This is still not supported. The ENH is still open and labelled as "low" priority. This is the workaround I was given: How To: Group Multiple Features Based on Attribute Values in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer (esri.com). The workaround kind of works, but it results in more requests to your server and reduced performance overall. It's also difficult to update when you make changes to the underlying layer.

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

MariusBartašius — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:10:11 GMT

By any chance you have Error number to get higher priority?

Re: Is it possible to group values for a layer's symbology in ArcGIS Online?

SFM_TravisBott — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:10:12 GMT

What a bummer. I found this thread because when I published a layer grouped like this in Pro..

I end up with this in AGOL....

And these are all coded value domains, wo when used in attempts at combination in AGOL it only reads them as the integer fields they are and reverts to arithmetic forms of aggregation.