idea Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

JasonBalmut — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:48:43 GMT

The options for adding a table to the Layout view are extremely limited and cumbersome for customizing because all of the options happen before the table is on the layout. Adding tools to modify tables on the layout would make more sense. A toolbar like the one for Drawing would be more beneficial, maybe one like in Excel. If it could control color, justification, row heights, and column widths the frustration levels would quickly subside.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

ArcGISUser — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:54:31 GMT

I totally agree with you. We use "Add Table to Layout" in our workflows and we would love to see more support and functionality for this feature across the board. ;)

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

mm — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:07:56 GMT

Not only more options but make it dynamic and flexible so that resizing doesnt pixelate.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

JakeKrall — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:40:16 GMT

Very much needed!!!

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

MichaelHillig — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:03:47 GMT

If our goal is to produce quality maps using ESRI products and there is an option in the software to place a table into our maps, then shouldn't the quality of that table reflect the quality of the maps we want to produce?

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

JurajKrumpolec — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:00:12 GMT

Required. Table element certainly with live connection to original attributes.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

JurajKrumpolec — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:00:13 GMT

Required. Table element certainly with live connection to original attributes.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

BruceLang — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:06:54 GMT

Adding empty tables for columnar text (e.g. MS Word Tables) would be great too - see idea "WYSYWIG text entry" at https://community.esri.com/ideas/3419

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

HeatherEisan — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:35:44 GMT

Have you looked into the Graphic Table Element? Its available in the Production Mapping extension.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

JasonBalmut — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:33:31 GMT

I don't think this should involve extensions, it's been part of ArcMap for years and just needs some tweaking. I'm actually surprised this idea is still on the boards nearly two years later with the amount of votes that it has.

Thank you for the support.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

JasonBalmut — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:07:51 GMT

It's now August of 2013 and ArcGIS 10.2 is out. At this point I was hoping to see dynamic table data akin to the Dynamic Legend showing only features in the data frame. I don't want a Python workaround or third party software, this seems like something that should be included with Data Driven Pages.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

TimLangner — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:45:08 GMT

As someone who needs to add a table once in a blue moon, I doubt I'd be able to justify the additional expense of buying the production mapping extension, especially as I work in the public sector.

The problem is when your not making a profit it's much harder to justify anything beyond the basics. There's a tendancy to make do. In the mean time I just criticise ESRI's ArcGIS for not being that good, even though ESRI's add on might be fantastic and resolve some of the problems I encounter. As a result I then pass on negative throughts to others I meet about my expariences of the ESRI ArcGIS software.

I doubt there's much that be done. ESRI need to make money and the public sector need to spend less.

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout

KoryKramer — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:33:40 GMT

Has anybody on this thread been working with table frames in ArcGIS Pro?

Work with a table frame—Layouts | ArcGIS Desktop

Re: Increase User Control of Tables Added to Layout - Status changed to: Closed

AubriOtis — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 02:38:48 GMT

Most of these comments have been addressed with the new Dynamic Tables experience in ArcGIS Pro.