topic Re: Label or symbolize polygons containing attachments in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Label or symbolize polygons containing attachments

KarlUruski — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 01:32:56 GMT

Can I add a label or symbol to a polygon to indicate it contains an attachment?

Re: Label or symbolize polygons containing attachments

RaymondHuang_Sg — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 05:37:02 GMT

Hi Karl,

It is possible. Here's a high-level description of the steps required:

In short, the info that indicates any presence of attachment(s) for a polygon feature is stored in another table, so I suggest we can add a join to bring that info in for creation of symbology.

Then perhaps we can consider adding a marker symbol, with center placement, for records that has all other values other than null in terms of attachment ID field.

The effect is as such in ArcGIS Pro where polygons with attachment id null will be without the marker symbol:

Do let me know if it helps.

Cheers

Re: Label or symbolize polygons containing attachments

KarlUruski — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 02:27:41 GMT

Raymond, thank you for your direction on the table join to identify polygons with attachments. It was very clear. What wasn't clear is that my intent is to add a 2nd symbol to polygons already symbolized with land use data. But I'm still falling short in my attempt to insert a visual marker to ID polygons with attachments. I appreciate your help. Regards.

Re: Label or symbolize polygons containing attachments

KarlUruski — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 12:58:09 GMT

In the end, the most time efficient method for me was to extract the subset of polygons containing attachments, save to a new layer and drop in ascii character 254 as a label to visually identify polygons with attachments. Many thanks again.

Re: Label or symbolize polygons containing attachments

RaymondHuang_Sg — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:30:49 GMT

Hi Karl,

I am glad you achieved the symbology you wanted. I would have probably done the same way as you!