topic Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field in ArcGIS Pro Questions

How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

ChristopherBowering — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:27:48 GMT

When I right-click on a field within the attribute table and select 'Statistics', a chart and statistical properties appear. I wish a small, simple window would come up with statistical information instead of a full separate entity - as was the case in ArcMap - but that is neither here nor there! Right now, the various statistics (sum, max, mean, etc) only show 1 decimal place. The numeric properties for the field itself are set to show 6 decimal places and I don't see where I can change this property for the chart results. I'd like for more than 1 decimal place to be present. Does anyone know how to change this??

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

DanPatterson — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:05:35 GMT

You can change all the chart properties.... just not the tabular summary.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

ChristopherBowering — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:09:38 GMT

@DanPatterson - I noticed that as well. The number format can be changed for the chart like your screenshot shows. What's weird is that I've come across other screenshots of the 'Data' view which show more than 1 decimal place so it has to be doable somehow. I'm not sure how just showing the tenths place is deemed sufficient.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

DanPatterson — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 01:58:31 GMT

probably because it is just a quick view and probably isn't meant to be a proper summary table. There are lots of other ways to get a statistical summary for reports.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

ChristopherBowering — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 15:21:49 GMT

@DanPatterson Yeah, I agree that it isn't meant to be anything "proper". However, I don't really use it for reports, it's just a convenient way to do quick QC which is how I use the function. It rounding to the tenths isn't very conducive anymore. If you look at the image I'm attaching (found it online), there does seem to be a way to adjust this...just not sure how!

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

BrianOevermann — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:36:46 GMT

I agree with @ChristopherBowering because I use that information for quick QC or a quick answer for someone ("Hey, can you tell me how many feet of pipe are along that stretch of street we were just discussing?").

Not a solution but a workaround: If you right-click the value and copy it you can then paste it into a text file, email, etc. and it retains all of the decimal places. So it is just a short-sighted decision during development regarding how many decimals to display with no way for us to modify it. I wish they would at least honor the unit format settings one can set in the Options for Pro.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

ChristopherBowering — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:06:26 GMT

Thank you for the workaround suggestion! That is good to know. I miss the ease of viewing statistics in ArcMap when it just gave you a quick summary; no charts, graphs, etc.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

HollyTorpey_LSA — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:41:30 GMT

I completely agree. I use the statistics frequently for QC purposes and I need more decimal places. I don't want to have to generate a new summary table just to get the sum of a column. And most of the time, the charts are unnecessary clutter for me. I wish there were two options in the right-click menu, one for simple statistics and one for statistics and charts. And I wish we could specifiy how many decimal places we want to see.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

BrianOevermann — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:07:08 GMT

So... while in-person at the Esri UC a few weeks ago I took the opportunity to "gripe" about this issue at the Pro product island. I had nothing but great interaction and engagement with Alycia regarding three topics we discussed, of which this was one. She briefly left and came back with another employee who could shed some insight on this particular issue.

It turns out that this other employee (I won't name but he was great as well, seriously!) was the person that argued for changing it to one decimal place (who could have predicted that?). His reasons were sound, though shortsighted (my opinion).

I requested a reversal to 6 decimal places (quick, easy, not much testing) or, better, an option for us to specify the number of decimals shown (obviously more development and testing).

While he made no absolute promises, he sounded positive that they could just revert back to 6 decimals. I think they just didn't realize how people are using that information. It will be discussed by the Charts team. If it happens, we likely won't see it until Pro 3.1.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I'll believe it when I see it!

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

ChristopherBowering — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:19:58 GMT

Thank you for advocating this issue on our behalf! It's great that you were able to have a detailed discussion about such a minor feature. I really don't know how it could 'hurt' to have the option for multiple decimal places so hopefully it can be reverted back as you mentioned. I'm sure careful thought goes into most changes ESRI makes but I agree that this one was probably short sighted. Thanks!

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

BrianOevermann — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:06:48 GMT

And an update regarding the workaround of copy/pasting the value--you need to basically select the line and not the value itself to copy/paste. Somewhere along the way, just copying the value no longer holds the entire value and only has the single decimal place. The Esri staff were not aware of the copy/paste abilities but, really, how can you truly be aware of all of the intricacies of the software when they are making all of the seemingly minor tweaks on a regular basis. You can copy the entire table of statistical info if you select toward the top and copy. You might need to play around a bit to find the sweet spot. I don't happen to have Pro open at the moment to be more detailed.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

KFung_TLC — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 18:59:40 GMT

I just got into the EXACT SAME ISSUE and it's mind boggling why ArcPo cannot (or refuse) to make this simple feature available.

"....It turns out that this other employee (I won't name but he was great as well, seriously!) was the person that argued for changing it to one decimal place (who could have predicted that?). His reasons were sound, though shortsighted (my opinion)....."

Hopefully I am wrong, but such opinion from that ESRI employee simply make me ANGRY about ArcPro, and drive me more and more a "ArcMap Desktop loyalist". I understand he may have a "high road" in his mind (such as forcing us to put extra effort in order to develop so-called good GIS practices), but those kind of Holier-Than-Thou attitude is not going to win more genuine convert to ArcPro. If ArcPro is a real upgrade, why not keeping the original feature that make ArcMap Desktop great?

Seriously, it is THAT hard for them to add/fix such minor features, which would make thousands of ArcPro users life such simpler?

Sorry for the ranting, but I second the cheers for Brian on advocating this minor but important issue on our behalf. Hopefully they can listen. Thanks again for everyone that bring this up!

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

GordondeSouza — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:18:17 GMT

I would like to see this feature as well. I used it all the time before Pro as I needed 2 decimals places and to not have that functionality is aggravating and time consuming. I would also like to see the length of objects update automatically instead of having to run Calculate Geometry every time. Many times I have to make fine adjustments to lines and areas and each time I change something I have to run Calculate Geometry to get my line totals. Pro needs a similar feature like MapInfo where you double click on the object and get all stats in a pop-up box without having to re-calculate any geometry.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

FaithSJohnson — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:56:50 GMT

I can't get it to work!! I'm really trying.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

FaithSJohnson — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:59:51 GMT

Lots of people are having this issue. So what is the quickest way that you are using to sum a field with precision of more than one decimal place? Please don't say Summary Statistics. I know about that, but I'd like something faster, that doesn't create an output table.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

BrianOevermann — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:34:58 GMT

@FaithSJohnson, I'm unsure if you can't get the table copy to work or the row copy (or something else). I am still using Pro 2.9.5 so if you are on 3.x your experience may now be different. See the attached graphic. I simply right-clicked within the statistics table and chose Copy Table, then pasted it into a text document. If you highlight a row and select Copy Row it will only give you that row information.

My original post says "select toward the top" but you can right-click anywhere in the table. And, I realize I didn't explicitly say "right-click to copy" so I apologize if I confused anyone.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

BrianOevermann — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:38:51 GMT

@FaithSJohnson, see my reply to your other post above. Instead of selecting "Copy Table", first highlight the Sum row and then right-click and select "Copy Row" then paste that into a text document to see the full decimal places. FWIW, the text file can be a throwaway and doesn't need to be something you keep around. You just need to have somewhere to paste the copied info so you can see the full value(s).

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

FaithSJohnson — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:35:07 GMT

Yes, thank you. This does work for me. I hope Esri doesn't think this is "solved" - but at least I can find the answer after a few more clicks and using another program.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

BrianOevermann — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:22:25 GMT

Here to post my 2nd Annual Update on this topic after attending the Esri UC. I saw my Esri staff friend, Alycia, again and got a bunch of my Pro questions answered (she really is an expert on Pro!). Then she walked me over to the island where the staff (who shall still remain nameless) from last year's interaction currently was. He, his Lead, and another staff whom was never introduced discussed the status of changing the number of decimals back to 6 places.

I was assured that the decimal change will be in Pro 3.2 due sometime around October.

I told them I would be posting an update to this thread and hoped they weren't going to make a liar out me! Crossing my fingers on that but it appears that the change is truly imminent.

Re: How to Change # of Decimal Places in Chart Statistics when Viewing Statistics on a Field

FaithSJohnson — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:02:34 GMT

👏I love this update, thank you!! I'll check back in once we get 3.2, but I feel really optimistic 🤞