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What represent the xml file(s) referenced in the .lyrx files?

MarcFasel2 — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:35:15 GMT

I'm trying to understand .lyrx files and I don't find much info about the .xml files referenced in them. For example, I exported the symbology for a layer called "hydroWaterBodies" (first part below), but don't find this map/hydrowaterbodies.xml anywhere on my computer. I understood it's for the layer metadata? Where is this file located? Any clarification on this?

{ "type" : "CIMLayerDocument", "version" : "2.7.0", "build" : 26828, "layers" : [ "CIMPATH=map/hydrowaterbodies.xml" ], "layerDefinitions" : [ { "type" : "CIMFeatureLayer", "name" : "Water body", "uRI" : "CIMPATH=map/hydrowaterbodies.xml", "sourceModifiedTime" : { "type" : "TimeInstant" ...

Re: What represent the xml file(s) referenced in the .lyrx files?

DanPatterson — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:04:25 GMT

"type" : "CIMLayerDocument", "version" : "2.7.0", "build" : 26398, "layers" : [ "CIMPATH=npgeom_tests/x2.xml"

In the above example The CIMPATH refers to the map (npgeom_tests) that the input layer resides.

The actual location of the geodatabase that file that it references is given later.

"workspaceConnectionString" : "DATABASE=..\\tests.gdb",

The lyrx references what was use to produce the file and the properties of the symbology. If you are looking to see a nice little package describing the symbology, you will have to scroll through lyrx and its multitudinous list of nested curly brackets 😁. The above simple lyrx file that I extracted the examples from was only 1433 lines long. But it is best not to mess with the file

Re: What represent the xml file(s) referenced in the .lyrx files?

MarcFasel2 — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:45:49 GMT

Thanks, it's clearer now.

Re: What represent the xml file(s) referenced in the .lyrx files?

DanPatterson — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:18:04 GMT

No problem. You may want to close the thread if your question was answered